Mar 23, 2009
It seems that some of our members still don't get it. The rules are so simple and much, much easier to follow then other free dating sites. But no, there's always someone who will upload upload a fake picture or send his/hers email in messages, unfortunately.
We've introduced a warning text, on the upload images pages; on both of them, upload to profile and upload to gallery. We hoped everyone will read it since is just on the top of the page. You really can't ignore it, even if you try. But people still ignore it.
You know, I was thinking the rules are written too small, people can't find them, so they just break them by not knowing what they're doing. Or maybe they don't understand English and they break the rules; however, there's no excuse now and, besides, the translate.google.com will translate almost any text in almost all the major languages. I'm confident that everyone understands one of those languages.
Here's the text on the upload to profile page (the one that you MUST upload your real picture):
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Just like this - nobody can skip it.
Anyway, some people just ignore it. And those people got deleted in the past. We changed the rule a little bit, maybe deleting was too drastically as a measure. Besides, probably they'll register again and doing it again, spending even more of the administrators time.
So, from now on, all the members that will break the rules, any of the 5-6 rules we have, will be moved in a special membership category with a lot of restrictions. The category is called symbolically STOP breaking the rules and it will last for one month. Of course, since upgrading to the Free Membership is available to anyone, members can upgrade the second day and take advantage of our free services again. But that's not the point, we don't want to punish anyone from the first mistake they make.
The STOP breaking the rules category is a warning sign, not a punishment. If you've been placed in that membership, please feel free to upgrade anytime to the Free Membership if you think you've understand the reason why you've been warned. Whenever you want to respect the site's rules, upgrade and start using our full services. Chat and forum access has not been blocked, BTW.
Dear members, you must understand that verifying your pictures and maintaining this site does cost money and time. We are not some huge company who can afford anything, though we're offering for free many services not available on the paid dating sites. We are normal people with normal daily jobs that are taking care of this dating site whenever they can. We do have families, children to take of and friends we'd rather spend our time with instead of moderating the site. But we want to give anyone a chance to find a partner and that's why we sacrifice our time doing this.
Again, please read the rules and stop wasting our time.
Also, only one time you'll be moved to the STOP breaking the rules category - if you break ANY rule a second time, you will be deleted without warning. If you don't understand something, please read the rules and if you still don't get it, feel free to use the feedback link to leave us a message.
Thank you!