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Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
Wed Oct 23, 2013, 07:35 PM Oct 2013

The Dating Website Where Women Decide? Creepy....

Really? Is there a dating website -or even a dating REALITY - where women are not the ones who decide?

http://www.checkhimout.com

As long as we are talking about filthy, rotten behavior online, let me present to you a website where:

"Men can't talk to you until you explicitly let them"

I am sure there are quite a few radfems who would just love this AND not see how twisted and wrong it is.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/08/lulu-app-review-rate-men-yelp_n_2647315.html



If you meet a guy at a party and hit it off, admit it: you’re going to Facebook and Google him when you get home. Lulu is the place to do your research. Except we’re not going to bore you with whether he’s registered to vote. No way. Lulu tells you the stuff you want to know: is he a heartbreaker or your future husband? Lulu is the fastest way you can find out if he has a good track record with the ladies.
Users are instructed to log-in through Facebook, both to ensure that the space is "ladies only" (i.e. your Facebook account has the gender "Female" selected) and so that women who log-in to the app can rate all of their male Facebook friends. It also allows women to see how users have already rated any of their friends. All reviews are anonymous, and users must specify whether the person they're rating is an ex, a crush, a current partner, someone they've hooked up with, a friend or a relative.

The app invites women to rate men on their looks, sense of humor, willingness to commit to women and their best and worst qualities. Women are restricted to answering from a drop-down menu so no one can get too mean. The answers range from the positive (#AlwaysPays, #RespectsWomen, #CallsOnTime), to the negative (#Boring, #GlassHalfEmpty, #WearsEdHardy).

Chong told BuzzFeed Shift that she sees the app as "a place you can talk about the good and the bad," and she sees negative reviews as incentives for men to make changes. "Should a guy not do well in a particular category, then they can change their behavior," she said. Men are able to see their ratings and can remove themselves from the database.

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The Dating Website Where Women Decide? Creepy.... (Original Post) Bonobo Oct 2013 OP
Does anyone think this is typical women's behavior? I don't. nt Bonobo Oct 2013 #1
No, it isn't typical of women. HappyMe Oct 2013 #2
thats why you take precautions and use a fake name loli phabay Oct 2013 #3

HappyMe

(20,277 posts)
2. No, it isn't typical of women.
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 02:26 PM
Oct 2013

I'm not saying that there aren't some of them out there, it just isn't very common. I'm wondering if it isn't a generational thing. But there again, I don't know any women that would do this sort of thing (I know quite a few in the 25-30 age bracket).

 

loli phabay

(5,580 posts)
3. thats why you take precautions and use a fake name
Thu Oct 24, 2013, 04:04 PM
Oct 2013

Something just a bit off of your real name so you can claim they misheard, or use a nickname or middle name.

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