BBACP
| | Joined: 10/25/2011
Msg: 26 | |
| | How do u use the meet me app,Page 2 of 6 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) | I may be on the wrong forum to ask this but, recently I have received two notifications to my private e-mail that users want to meet me, when I check the "who wants to meet me" link 1) they are not there 2) a search of the user name comes up empty and 3) when I do hit the link on my e-mail that says "view user's profile" I have to log in and again, nothing is found.
Is this a scam, phishing? Some help would be great.
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/2/2011 9:10:31 AM | | I understand that the number of people it shows that want to meet me goes up whenever anyone clicks on yes or maybe. What causes the number indicated to occasionally decrease? | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/2/2011 7:12:50 PM | Here is what I sent to csr@pof.com
Ref:
>Sorry - our Meet Me list shows you users we've specifically chosen for you!
>Sometimes, this list runs out. Don't worry, new users will be added to the list soon.
1. EVERY woman you showed me lives farther away than the 75-mile limit specified in my contact restrictions.
2. You generate automatic emails to the people for whom we click "Yes" or "Maybe." However, you don't say this. You say that the feature is for improving the matching function.
3. When the automatic emails come from women who clicked "Yes" or "Maybe" in response to my photos, they have no idea that they generated an email to me until I tell them how it happened. IF I can contact them at all.
4. If I attempt to email these women, ONLY THEN do you check to see if I live within their distance limit.
5. Lots of women in your database live within 75 miles of me. You have no justification for your message that a search for someone nearby is "too restrictive."
6. Even 75 miles is too far unless maybe it is all Interstate. Do you really think that it makes sense to most of your members to be frequently driving
*four to ten hours round trip, often on two-lane roads,
*thru forests with large deer populations,
*even in summer, but especially in winter,
*to such places as Minneapolis/StPaul, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison, Des Moines, Eau Claire, Rochester (MN), La Crosse, Wausau, Faribault, Mason City, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, and other sites on the frozen tundra?
This is almost unmanageable for someone who works a regular job, to say nothing of folks who are past retirement age. Come on -- GIVE US SOME HELP.
7. Your forum is the only place that addresses this issue or provides a way to make contact (your "Contact us" feature is more like a bug than a feature). Few of your users have any idea of how to reach this section or use it.
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I'm a retired Comp Sci prof. Your software developers appear to be trying to make things convenient for themselves and your company rather than for us. That's not how good software gets written. That is not how software-based service companies find success. CAN YOU POSSIBLY IMAGINE THAT WE WILL ACTUALLY *PAY* FOR SUCH TREATMENT?
If a team of my students had designed and implemented your matching interface and algorithms, they would quickly be revising it to
WORK FOR REAL PEOPLE IN REAL SITUATIONS
and
ATTRACT BUSINESS INSTEAD OF KEEPING IT AWAY
if they wanted to pass the course. | |
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| FAQ: How do you use the MEET ME feature
Posted: 11/7/2011 9:29:04 AM | Here's what I wrote to support today after this happened to me:
"So here's the scenario;
A female messages me and cusses me out because she considers the system generated email she got from your "meet me" feature impersonal instead of a message from me.
Apparently, she doesn't understand that I never wrote that message nor did I request it be sent to her. All I did was say "yes" or "maybe" to her photo when it showed up on the feature. Maybe you need to clearly spell out to people who don't understand exactly what that message means, or don't send the message from the feature in the first place.
On the other hand, maybe she just isn't that bright and nothing but killing this feature will solve the problem."
There are some people who just don't have the capacity to understand why they got the message they did, which makes the feature a bad idea. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/8/2011 7:51:53 AM | yuck!!!! I wish there would have been a notice of that! How can I delete this from my profile? I am new (2 days) and said maybe to exclusively go back and ponder these people. Now I have a guy asking to meet me, who, upon reflection I am not interested in. This hurts his feelings... and makes me uncomfortable. should I delete and re-add my account? what shall I do? bugger, I really wish I had known this!!!!!!
PLEASE I IMPLORE YOU TO PUT A DISCLAIMER ON THE WEB PAGE STATING THAT YES AND MAYBE ARE THE SAME! I specifically did NOT say yes to ANYONE so I would have the freedom and privacy to think about it.
Thank you in advance! | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/18/2011 7:35:26 AM | I don't believe this to be a bad feature, it can be used to break the ice if someone is too shy to send an email ... almost like a 'wink'. The problems arise because it has not been properly explained, either on the user's feature page or in the recipient's email message.
As a user, there is no indication that a YES will generate an email or that a MAYBE will generate the same email as if you said YES. As a recipient, there is no explanation that the person has not read your profile and has judged you solely on your picture. There is no way of knowing if they have actually read your profile, are truly interested and really want to meet you, or just think you are attractive.
Unfortunately I found this forum thread too late and probably have confused and or hurt a lot of people in my ignorance, I'm sure that I am not alone, and wish that this feature had been better described, so that I may have better used it to my advantage.
This is a free site, so I am not complaining, I believe this can be a good feature if it was used as a 'wink' or 'flirt' and user friendly. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/18/2011 12:15:42 PM | Agree with most of the above. A poor feature at best. I immediately stopped using it once I discovered automatic e-mails were being sent out. When I get one come my way - that I wish to reply to - I often preface it with a 'delicate' explanation of how I got the message. For me personally, I feel a sincere interest requires I write an actual note.
Disappointing at times to find out there's almost no sincerity behind the "Yes- I want to meet you~!"  | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/19/2011 8:47:03 AM | Why bother to have a "meetme" function if it is prone to misinterpretation?
Being a newly registered FOP fellow, I feel obliged to reply to a meetme request when I receive one via messages. However, if the original sender has a message filter block such as the age bracket, and you are not in that bracket, the recipient couldn't reply if they wanted to. That is frustrating, even if all you wanted to reply was with a polite "no thanks". What is worse? What if the recipient want to reply in a positive manner, but can't given the senders mail config?
Why add the potential for missed connections with this feature if there are not ways to circumvent?
Wouldn't it just be better to have the message feature, and if the sender originates the message, the responder can respond even if a filter at the originator mail options exist?
The FAQ says that it could as easily be just a concept of the person clicking to say yes with the intent that they "might" meet with the person they selected yes for.
Why can't you fix this via programing options?
I don't like receiving meet requests with no option to respond based on the originators mail config.
I realize the service is free (and I am grateful), but if the process itself allows errors, why not fix it, or delete it? | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/19/2011 9:56:57 AM | It is reasonable to think that the purpose of the "meet me" feature could (or should) be as a tool to tailor matches for a user based on their "yes", "maybe", or "no" responses.
Whether or not POF uses the data for that purpose or not is unknown, presumably not since the feature is being used to send messages that the user didn't initiate and that's probably it's sole purpose at this time.
Since POF is basically a free site, there's not a lot of room for complaint about the site's functionality however I have noticed that all the new features that have appeared lately are geared towards getting members to "upgrade" to a paid status.
Having the "meet me" feature function as a match filter instead of a system generated message tool might be a good area for POF to look at as a way to get people to upgrade to a paid status, rather than the less than useful features that have been rolled out lately for that purpose.
On the other hand, if POF were to go too far towards being a paid site, I'm certain it would do nothing but drive people away just like many other dating sites that started off free. | |
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TDH49
| | Joined: 8/13/2010
Msg: 37 | |
| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/19/2011 3:01:08 PM | One of the major issues most people have with the "meet me" section is that people just click on it without actually reading their profile. Maybe it would work better if POF actually put a "would you like to meet this person" at the bottom of profiles? That way members that actually have read the persons profile can use this option if they lack the stones to actually send a message?.
Not suggesting you do away with the "Meet me" section mind you. that you can leave the same. Just put a link to it at the bottom of profiles. So after reading a persons profile you can click on the link and go right to that person picture in the "meet me" section. And that would then automatically place that profile in the "viewed profile/want to meet you" section. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/19/2011 9:25:12 PM | My problem is that I feel guilty when not replying to anyone's potential meetme request (doesn't matter if I am interested or not). It's the same when holding the door open for the stranger that is two steps behind me as I enter.
But I don't want to reply to someone who may have just casually clicked on my picture. And I don't want to "not" reply assuming they were actually interested.
I'm no longer confused about the meetme function, I just think it has no value in it's current implementation. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/22/2011 10:02:20 PM | | I have a question that pertains to this feature. I was using my phone earlier tonight and saw a girl that I thought would be a really good match for me and was going to try and contact her when I got home. However, I had to lock my phone for a min to do something and when i opened it up again it didn't load her profile up. So I went back to the meet me app and was looking at profiles and saw here again and accidentally selected no on her. However, now I cannot find her anywhere as a result of this site's lackluster search features. I can't even do an advanced search to find her...the advanced search on here is a joke. Any idea on how I can find her? | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/23/2011 9:37:46 AM | That is good idea or when click yes the profile
then pops up.
My prob is some one and I want to meet each other but can't message one another. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/24/2011 4:39:50 AM | I agree with what others have already posted. I absolutely HATE the "meet me" feature. If they are too lazy to send me an email, don't bother contacting me. I have even put this on my profile and they still do this.
There should be a way for people to block these highly annoying emails! | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/24/2011 6:58:13 AM | | Really? Users should be expected and take the time to set up message filters to work around a feature that nearly everyone agrees is unpopular? Yeah, that's going to happen. Clearly the responsibility lies with POF and not the membership to address a bad feature. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 11/26/2011 2:58:45 AM | i like the feature as i got very tired of putting alot of effort into messages and getting no replies. after i started using meet me feature i get alot more messages from people replying to the feature.
what i do not like about the feature is that i live in a large city so my meet me radius is only 10 miles.. but dont get local users i get them from 30 miles away. i wish i could define the mile radius like i can with search results..
i also agree having the festure on profiles as well as seoerate makes sense.. and users do get put back in the meet me feature | |
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| FAQ: How do you use the MEET ME feature (Post Your Issues / Suggestions Here)
Posted: 12/21/2011 12:24:29 PM | | As in, this one girl supposedly wants to meet me, she used the Meet Me Feature on Me, i sent her a message and it is still "Unread" eventhough it is obvious she has been online, i sent her the first message on the same day she used the Meet Me Feature on Me, which was the day before yesterday, eventhough it says she has been online hours after i sent her the message, and even yesterday, but my initial message is still "Unread", I can accept, deal with rejection, but getting teased, lead on is a different story. | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 12/28/2011 6:57:40 PM | Is there a way to remove people from the list?
I have actually met several of the people and they didn't work out.
How can I remove their lines from my list so I can concentrate on the people I haven't met yet? | |
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| How do u use the meet me app,
Posted: 1/1/2012 4:17:27 PM | | Using the meet me app is quite nice but alot of members want you to contact them by mail. My problem is I received a notification that a user wanted to meet me and when I clicked on the link it would not take to the profile as it should. So I did a user search and still got nothing. When I clicked on the veiw profile I got redirected to my mail. So what do you do in this situation? | |
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