Wolverine84 is offline Wolverine84 Post #1  July 16,2009, 11:09pm
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Hi...I'm new to E-harmony, and was wondering what other people think about the site compared to other dating sites. I like some of the features, like this advice page. I wonder if they actually use the "29 dimensions" to match people...it seems somewhat invisible. Also, the guided communication process seems a little cumbersome, even though they have the fast track option.

My question is what features do other people like, what features do they not like, what features from other sites do you wish they had and is there anything you'd like to see that you haven't seen on another site?

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The things I like are. Must have/Cant stand and the alternating questions. In that whoever asked first on first questions gets to ask 2nd on second questions.
 
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well i just dont like it how they match you with people, who are not subscribe to the site.
 
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Wolverine84 wrote :
Hi...I'm new to E-harmony, and was wondering what other people think about the site compared to other dating sites. I like some of the features, like this advice page. I wonder if they actually use the "29 dimensions" to match people...it seems somewhat invisible. Also, the guided communication process seems a little cumbersome, even though they have the fast track option.

My question is what features do other people like, what features do they not like, what features from other sites do you wish they had and is there anything you'd like to see that you haven't seen on another site?

Thanks!
Welcome!
First advice .... don't take Life so seriously (or eHA)! Sounds like your writing a book, so here are some quick answers:

My question is what features do other people like - nothing so far, what features do they not like not getting any decent matches, what features from other sites do you wish they had uhm, real matches and is there anything you'd like to see that you haven't seen on another site uhm, real matches?
 
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inn wrote :
Welcome!
First advice .... don't take Life so seriously (or eHA)! Sounds like your writing a book, so here are some quick answers:

My question is what features do other people like - nothing so far, what features do they not like not getting any decent matches, what features from other sites do you wish they had uhm, real matches and is there anything you'd like to see that you haven't seen on another site uhm, real matches?

You have to forgive 'Inn'... shes just being "honest"...
 
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Shads wrote :
You have to forgive 'Inn'... shes just being "honest"...
stalker .... LOL!!!!!!!!
 
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well considering i have an account that im not using (because i get no matches what so ever)... so i guess that would be the one thing i DONT like... because they are paring me up (thats when i rarely get pared (last one was i think beginning of this year end of last year)) with guys i really actually have nothing in common with. music wise personality etc etc. and i cant really say anything good about it (not b/c im just trying to be a b**** and make them look bad) but b/c i however dont have the mucho bucks to spend on here...
 
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Wolverine84 wrote :
I wonder if they actually use the "29 dimensions" to match people...it seems somewhat invisible.
IMHO, it depends on how many potential matches there are in your area (and/or fit items you specified as very important to you). If there are a lot of potential matches in your area, the 29 dimensions are used to narrow down who to match you with. If there are not a lot of potential matches in your area, they just send you whoever there is and ignore the 29 dimensions.
 
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While other than the programmers at eHarmony who know how the site really works who would know if they really use the 29 Dimensions. However, have no reason to believe that they don't as my matches share common values, goals and interests with me as well as could be measured with a Personality assessment.

I have used other sites extensively and have much more success on eHarmony.

To all you who complain that you get no matches I would suggest that you contact eHarmony support to find out why. Unless you live in a very sparsely populated area and have your distance set very close to home I would expect that you would get some matches. However, you would not get as many as those who live in a large city.

To those who complain that they matches are incompatible. If you thought the Questionnaire was a joke then you are going to get matched to jokes.

To those who don't like the Guided Communication system then you can request Fast Track though in my experience most people prefer the GC and won't respond favorably to a Fast Track request. So you might prefer a site such as Match where you are completely on your own for communicating with your matches.
 
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Its random really. To some of us, this site has given nothing. No good matches, no nothing.

Than others, like myself was wildly successful. Through EH, I met and was casually dating 4 people at the same time, plus, I had maybe 3 more that wanted to meet. I actually got overwhelmed with the number of good dates i had until i had to make a choice to be exclusive with one.

And at this rate, it looks like that choice, is the one I may marry soon.


Where will you fall? Who knows? Give it a shot. Oh, I never subscribed to EH for longer than 3 months. I was on here twice with 3 months subscriptions I did not renew. The first time I was on, I got lots of matches, but very few live people. I may have gotten 3 or 4 dates max total.

Second time around, Within 3 days, I had a date, second week, a date with someone else. It started trickling away after 6 weeks, live matches that is, but i still had enough open matches and communications that I had at least two dates a week with two different people. It was an interesting experience for me. It was also very exhausting.
 
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