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  • Karupted Charles
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 1662
    #1

    Classmates.com lawsuit could affect dating sites

    http://www.wired.com/politics/law/ne.../11/classmates

    When he found out real people were not looking for him online after upgrading he is now suing. Could this set a precident for some of the shady activity in dating sites?
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    • Sands
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      • Feb 2007
      • 3134
      #2
      The consumer in me is happy about this, but the affiliate marketer in me is disappointed.

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        • Fletch XXX
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          • Jan 2002
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          #3
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            • cherrylula
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              • Jan 2002
              • 15969
              #4
              Originally posted by Karupted Charles
              http://www.wired.com/politics/law/ne.../11/classmates

              When he found out real people were not looking for him online after upgrading he is now suing. Could this set a precident for some of the shady activity in dating sites?
              damn, and I just thought I was just really popular.

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                • nojob
                  The Original NoJob
                  • Feb 2004
                  • 3682
                  #5
                  I will never sign up that site since it is a scam. It always tells you that you have all of these visitors and to find out who they are, you have to sign up. If they can not figure out how to reach me, then let them wait a few more years.

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                    • Tom_PM
                      Porn Meister
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 16443
                      #6
                      I can tell you that classmates dot com emails me quite regularly telling me "someone you know is trying to contact you" with upgrade links to see who it was. Quite blatant bullshit and I gotta tell ya, I've been wondering if and when they'd pop up in the news.. and.. ba-zing. Sho nuff.
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                        • Mr.Right - Banned For Life
                          I guarantee it
                          • May 2005
                          • 18314
                          #7
                          fuck, this assholes pulled the same shut on me.

                          fucking cunts

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                            • jakethedog
                              Confirmed User
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 2497
                              #8
                              ?? what ..?? that's why I joined .. CM ...FB ..MS and even GFY .. I want my money back as well
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                                • DamageX
                                  Marketing & Strategy
                                  • Jun 2001
                                  • 14293
                                  #9
                                  A win for the plaintiff in that case could have implications for many more in this industry, not just the dating sites. It all depends on the actual wording of the ruling.
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                                    • Iron Fist
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                                      • Dec 2006
                                      • 23400
                                      #10
                                      If they are too stupid to use Facebook, then they don't need to contact me at all.
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                                        • StuartD
                                          Sofa King Band
                                          • Jul 2002
                                          • 29903
                                          #11
                                          It is a deceptive practice.
                                          How many millions does that site make? Does it really need to be dishonest to make more or is there a chance it could still be profitable while being honest?
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                                            • mona
                                              Registered User
                                              • Feb 2008
                                              • 1940
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by sharphead
                                              If they are too stupid to use Facebook, then they don't need to contact me at all.

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                                                • Karupted Charles
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Jul 2001
                                                  • 1662
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by StuartD
                                                  It is a deceptive practice.
                                                  How many millions does that site make? Does it really need to be dishonest to make more or is there a chance it could still be profitable while being honest?
                                                  Well since the blow up of Facebook more so then myspace I think it has become far less used. Not to mention paying for the service blows as it does not even have as many features or users as facebook.

                                                  Damage you have a good point. I read this and thought of the fake winks and nudges of dating sites but it may affect a wider demographic then that.
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                                                    • Z
                                                      Vidi Vici Veni
                                                      • Nov 2002
                                                      • 6308
                                                      #14
                                                      You watch, this'll turn into a class action.

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                                                        • Machete_
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                                                          • Oct 2002
                                                          • 14579
                                                          #15
                                                          I hope they do. Scammers like that fuck up the market for the real and honest sites. I hope they run them in the the ground and keep jumping on them as soon as they stick their fugly head out again.

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                                                            • DamageX
                                                              Marketing & Strategy
                                                              • Jun 2001
                                                              • 14293
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by StuartD
                                                              It is a deceptive practice.
                                                              How many millions does that site make? Does it really need to be dishonest to make more or is there a chance it could still be profitable while being honest?
                                                              No chance in hell. Would you pay $15 to have access to a site where you don't really have much of a chance of getting in touch with someone you know, when there's a much bigger chance of doing just that for free via facebook or myspace?
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                                                                • BradM
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                                                                  • Dec 2003
                                                                  • 3397
                                                                  #17
                                                                  Originally posted by DamageX
                                                                  No chance in hell. Would you pay $15 to have access to a site where you don't really have much of a chance of getting in touch with someone you know, when there's a much bigger chance of doing just that for free via facebook or myspace?
                                                                  Exactly. You'd have to be a moron to pay for classmates at this point on the net.

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                                                                    • DamageX
                                                                      Marketing & Strategy
                                                                      • Jun 2001
                                                                      • 14293
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Originally posted by Karupted Charles
                                                                      Damage you have a good point. I read this and thought of the fake winks and nudges of dating sites but it may affect a wider demographic then that.
                                                                      Reading the reference to Bonzi made me realize that most sponsors using the IM pop-up window ads may risk coming under fire already. Of course, since they did settle it doesn't set a legal precedent, but that won't keep some litigation-happy bozo from coming after them. In fact, that's exactly what I'd do if I were a litigation-happy bozo.
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                                                                        • Snake Doctor
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                                                                          • Mar 2001
                                                                          • 13449
                                                                          #19
                                                                          It may end up setting a precedent that would force those "girls in your area" ads to actually contain "girls in your area"
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                                                                            • DamageX
                                                                              Marketing & Strategy
                                                                              • Jun 2001
                                                                              • 14293
                                                                              #20
                                                                              Originally posted by Snake Doctor
                                                                              It may end up setting a precedent that would force those "girls in your area" ads to actually contain "girls in your area"
                                                                              Or simply remove the pics and/or expand "your area" to include neighbouring countries.
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                                                                                • collegeboobies
                                                                                  So Fucking Banned
                                                                                  • Jul 2004
                                                                                  • 3644
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Wow, class action time?

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                                                                                    • Pete-KT
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                                                                                      • Oct 2004
                                                                                      • 51532
                                                                                      #22
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                                                                                        • JFK
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                                                                                          • Jan 2002
                                                                                          • 67369
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Originally posted by BradM
                                                                                          Exactly. You'd have to be a moron to pay for classmates at this point on the net.
                                                                                          I signed up a long time ago for the free stuff, but they keep enticing me about long lost friends trying to get in touch. I lived in the same city for 40 yrs and I'm in the phone book , so those friends can look me up, if they really want to find me ;)

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                                                                                            • pornguy
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                                                                                              • Mar 2003
                                                                                              • 62910
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              If they sent him mail or notices saying that X was looking for him, and the only way to talk with them on the site was to upgrade, and it turned out to be a lie then they should pay.
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                                                                                                • Holly
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                                                                                                  • Jun 2003
                                                                                                  • 10017
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  My friend's younger brother joined a site called "Horny Matches" and he was telling us about all these chicks he was talking to. Their profiles all said they lived within 10 miles of him, but he'd never heard the name of most of the towns/cities they listed. And when he tried to question them about the exact area they were in, he said they'd ignore his questions or give weird answers.

                                                                                                  He was doing this on a daily basis for over two months. I almost hated to tell him he was talking to some third-world beggar who'd never even been to the US, and almost certainly had a penis. He was pissed.
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                                                                                                    • IllTestYourGirls
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                                                                                                      • Feb 2007
                                                                                                      • 14311
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by BradM
                                                                                                      Exactly. You'd have to be a moron to pay for classmates at this point on the net.
                                                                                                      Ive always thought that about Fling, AFF or other dating sites. Who the hell would pay for it when you have myspace, facebook and countless other social networking sites? But for some reason they still do.

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                                                                                                        • Bama
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                                                                                                          • Nov 2001
                                                                                                          • 2727
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          I often wondered when dating websites will get hit for using fake profiles.

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                                                                                                            • Don Pueblo
                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                              • Dec 2004
                                                                                                              • 656
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              dating sites are parasites to the adult industry.
                                                                                                              -they make money from adult traffic
                                                                                                              -they bring nothing to the table
                                                                                                              -they rip off the members with delusions of meeting someone to fuck in "your city here"
                                                                                                              -they make fake profiles
                                                                                                              -yadda yadda yadda
                                                                                                              not sure why the industry lets these scumbags skate off with money that is ours.

                                                                                                              name me one thing dating sites bring to the table?
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                                                                                                                • Tom_PM
                                                                                                                  Porn Meister
                                                                                                                  • Feb 2005
                                                                                                                  • 16443
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  The catch is the wording of the emails. I looked to see if I'd saved one, but nope they all got deleted darn the luck.
                                                                                                                  They dont say someone MAY be trying to contact you.. they say they ARE trying to contact you.. that little "may" could be millions $$ now. Very poor choice they made, regardless of if classmates themselves were being lied to (which they claim as some pseudo "defense") or not.
                                                                                                                  43-922-863 Shut up and play your guitar.

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                                                                                                                    • DutchTeenCash
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                                                                                                                      • Feb 2003
                                                                                                                      • 21684
                                                                                                                      #30
                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Snake Doctor
                                                                                                                      It may end up setting a precedent that would force those "girls in your area" ads to actually contain "girls in your area"
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                                                                                                                        • mynameisjim
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                                                                                                                          • Aug 2007
                                                                                                                          • 2985
                                                                                                                          #31
                                                                                                                          Wasn't match dot com caught for going as far as setting up fake dates with people then sending staff to follow through? If you do a search you will find the story.
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                                                                                                                            • Quentin
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                                                                                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                                                                                              • 1280
                                                                                                                              #32
                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Snake Doctor
                                                                                                                              It may end up setting a precedent that would force those "girls in your area" ads to actually contain "girls in your area"
                                                                                                                              Yeah.... the clear potential for slam-dunk false advertising claims aimed at dating and adult sites is something that I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop on for some time now.
                                                                                                                              Q. Boyer

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                                                                                                                                • Rochard
                                                                                                                                  Jägermeister Test Pilot
                                                                                                                                  • Dec 2001
                                                                                                                                  • 75733
                                                                                                                                  #33
                                                                                                                                  I get the emails too - "X" amount of people have checked your profile in the past month, etc etc. Whatever.

                                                                                                                                  I signed up once, looked around, great fine dandy. Set my profile and in the bio section included instructions on how to email getting around their censors. Every now and then I get an email from someone on classmates.com. However, if I haven't been in touch with you in the past twenty years chances are I don't give a fuck about you anyhow.

                                                                                                                                  And it's not like you can't just plug my name into a search engine or look me up on Myspace.
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                                                                                                                                    • okfling
                                                                                                                                      So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2008
                                                                                                                                      • 112
                                                                                                                                      #34
                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by mynameisjim
                                                                                                                                      Wasn't match dot com caught for going as far as setting up fake dates with people then sending staff to follow through? If you do a search you will find the story.

                                                                                                                                      yes you are right

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                                                                                                                                        • mynameisjim
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                                                                                                                                          • Aug 2007
                                                                                                                                          • 2985
                                                                                                                                          #35
                                                                                                                                          Originally posted by Quentin
                                                                                                                                          Yeah.... the clear potential for slam-dunk false advertising claims aimed at dating and adult sites is something that I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop on for some time now.
                                                                                                                                          So wait, Carli Banks doesn't live in Schaumburg, Illinois and is so desperate to find men to fuck her she's joined an adult dating site?????

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                                                                                                                                            • bobby666
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                                                                                                                                              • Nov 2005
                                                                                                                                              • 21765
                                                                                                                                              #36
                                                                                                                                              good idea to bring that on the table

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                                                                                                                                                • FakeNick
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                                                                                                                                                  • May 2007
                                                                                                                                                  • 739
                                                                                                                                                  #37
                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Don Pueblo
                                                                                                                                                  name me one thing dating sites bring to the table?
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                                                                                                                                                    • DamageX
                                                                                                                                                      Marketing & Strategy
                                                                                                                                                      • Jun 2001
                                                                                                                                                      • 14293
                                                                                                                                                      #38
                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Quentin
                                                                                                                                                      Yeah.... the clear potential for slam-dunk false advertising claims aimed at dating and adult sites is something that I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop on for some time now.
                                                                                                                                                      Interesting read. The question is, however, should any legal action occur in such a case, would they be able to use the user-submitted profile pictures loophole, like all of them have so far when they got called out for stealing content?
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                                                                                                                                                        • Juicy D. Links
                                                                                                                                                          So Fucking Banned
                                                                                                                                                          • Apr 2001
                                                                                                                                                          • 122992
                                                                                                                                                          #39
                                                                                                                                                          I was so disappointed to learn that my high school sweetheart wasn't looking for me...

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                                                                                                                                                            • Pornwolf
                                                                                                                                                              Drunk and Unruly
                                                                                                                                                              • Jan 2002
                                                                                                                                                              • 22712
                                                                                                                                                              #40
                                                                                                                                                              Andrew and Lars will look like the biggest (or only) winners in paid dating in about a year.
                                                                                                                                                              I've trusted my sites to them for over a decade...

                                                                                                                                                              Webair, bitches.

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                                                                                                                                                                • NYRangers
                                                                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                                                                  • Jul 2004
                                                                                                                                                                  • 552
                                                                                                                                                                  #41
                                                                                                                                                                  Originally posted by Don Pueblo
                                                                                                                                                                  dating sites are parasites to the adult industry.
                                                                                                                                                                  -they make money from adult traffic
                                                                                                                                                                  -they bring nothing to the table
                                                                                                                                                                  -they rip off the members with delusions of meeting someone to fuck in "your city here"
                                                                                                                                                                  -they make fake profiles
                                                                                                                                                                  -yadda yadda yadda
                                                                                                                                                                  not sure why the industry lets these scumbags skate off with money that is ours.

                                                                                                                                                                  name me one thing dating sites bring to the table?
                                                                                                                                                                  Seriously, could you be that ignorant and stupid? Can you reply to this thread in a year so we can know what you are doing? It might be fun to see if you are still posting mindless responses or if you have finally faded away.
                                                                                                                                                                  Understand the business before you open your mouth.

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                                                                                                                                                                    • DWB
                                                                                                                                                                      Registered User
                                                                                                                                                                      • Jul 2003
                                                                                                                                                                      • 31779
                                                                                                                                                                      #42
                                                                                                                                                                      You mean that dating sites as well as adult sites will scam people?

                                                                                                                                                                      Oh noz! What is the internets coming to?

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                                                                                                                                                                        • d-null
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                                                                                                                                                                          • Apr 2007
                                                                                                                                                                          • 13724
                                                                                                                                                                          #43
                                                                                                                                                                          really, honesty and ethics should start to make a comeback and the dishonesty that is taken for granted by many will hopefully come back to bite alot of these lowlifes

                                                                                                                                                                          lying or deceiving to obtain money is wrong and fraudulent and it would be nice to see it catch up to some people finally

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                                                                                                                                                                            • andy83
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                                                                                                                                                                              • Jun 2005
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                                                                                                                                                                              #44
                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by PR_Tom
                                                                                                                                                                              The catch is the wording of the emails. I looked to see if I'd saved one, but nope they all got deleted darn the luck.
                                                                                                                                                                              They dont say someone MAY be trying to contact you.. they say they ARE trying to contact you.. that little "may" could be millions $$ now. Very poor choice they made, regardless of if classmates themselves were being lied to (which they claim as some pseudo "defense") or not.


                                                                                                                                                                              and they keep repeating it, making u feeling like you should sign up.. probably this guy felt the same and did so, then got fedup when he actually saw that none of those who ARE trying to contact him are people he knew.

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                                                                                                                                                                                • WiredGuy
                                                                                                                                                                                  Pounding Googlebot
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                                                                                                                                                  • 34512
                                                                                                                                                                                  #45
                                                                                                                                                                                  I wonder if this will stop all the dating companies from saying Raven Riley wants to date me if I pay for an upgraded membership.
                                                                                                                                                                                  WG
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                                                                                                                                                                                    • CarlosTheGaucho
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                                                                                                                                                                                      • Oct 2005
                                                                                                                                                                                      • 9560
                                                                                                                                                                                      #46
                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by Juicy D. Links
                                                                                                                                                                                      I was so disappointed to learn that my high school sweetheart wasn't looking for me...
                                                                                                                                                                                      When I met my sweetheart from the high school three years ago it ended up with a very wild outdoors story..
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                                                                                                                                                                                        • tranza
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                                                                                                                                                                                          • Jun 2003
                                                                                                                                                                                          • 57559
                                                                                                                                                                                          #47
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                                                                                                                                                                                              • Nov 2003
                                                                                                                                                                                              • 32189
                                                                                                                                                                                              #48
                                                                                                                                                                                              Originally posted by Karupted Charles
                                                                                                                                                                                              http://www.wired.com/politics/law/ne.../11/classmates

                                                                                                                                                                                              When he found out real people were not looking for him online after upgrading he is now suing. Could this set a precident for some of the shady activity in dating sites?
                                                                                                                                                                                              Wouldn't affect POF and free dating sites. Those sites got huge because they offer real dates. Takes a long while to get a critical mass on..... Unless you're willing to put on a black hat

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                                                                                                                                                                                                • okfling
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Oct 2008
                                                                                                                                                                                                  • 112
                                                                                                                                                                                                  #49
                                                                                                                                                                                                  POF founder says free sites will be dead in the coming years. the cost will just be to high.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                    • potter
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                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Dec 2004
                                                                                                                                                                                                      • 6559
                                                                                                                                                                                                      #50
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Originally posted by d-null
                                                                                                                                                                                                      really, honesty and ethics should start to make a comeback and the dishonesty that is taken for granted by many will hopefully come back to bite alot of these lowlifes

                                                                                                                                                                                                      lying or deceiving to obtain money is wrong and fraudulent and it would be nice to see it catch up to some people finally
                                                                                                                                                                                                      agreed..

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