tried to log in to this for the first time in three years and my profile was deleted
that's reasonable, but it's unlikely i'll ever have the energy to make a new one
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 January 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
Probably not worth said energy, tbh.
― may the force leave us alone (zchyrs), Friday, 17 January 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
diminishing returns
― Suggest Banshee (Hadrian VIII), Friday, 17 January 2020 22:10 (four years ago) link
We’ve introduced a dating forum at https://t.co/rVJHNl5voI, so singles who feel the same way about the virus can meet and not have to worry about differing attitudes to social distancing. https://t.co/haGHFYuzuy— Toby Young (@toadmeister) August 9, 2020
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 August 2020 15:08 (three years ago) link
Is there any reason currently to use this over the apps?
― lukas, Monday, 10 August 2020 16:48 (three years ago) link
iirc there is no reason whatsoever to use a dating forum based around being a "lockdown sceptic"
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 August 2020 17:00 (three years ago) link
or did you mean OKC? it has an app!
Is there any reason currently to use an app promoted by someone who calls himself toadmeister?
― nickn, Monday, 10 August 2020 17:06 (three years ago) link
I meant OKC, and yeah I guess now that it has/is an app it seems to have sanded away all the weird bits that maybe made it unique and useful?
― lukas, Monday, 10 August 2020 17:07 (three years ago) link
let alone one promoted by someone featured in a thread like this
Most Hilarious Way for Toby Young to Die Although God Forbid It Should Ever Happen
― mookieproof, Monday, 10 August 2020 17:08 (three years ago) link
the gradual sanding-down of OKC was one of those long slow bummer demises of the Old Internet, or in this case the Internet of the Mid-00s. gradually the site became incredibly square in tone, policing out a lot of weirdies/kink profiles etc., the clampdown on usernames in favor of real names, and with the interface meanwhile becoming so simplified and tinder-like that having more than a few sentences in your profile came to look absurd. i'm sure they culled a lot of the questions and quizzes and stuff too. it basically just got a lot more generic, slowly.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 10 August 2020 17:17 (three years ago) link
Every 6 months they get rid of another feature people liked, people complain, life goes on. As with all sites, doing what your userbase wants or retracting a bad change is completely off the menu.
― With deep regret I remove my bookmark from this thread (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 11 August 2020 02:57 (three years ago) link