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Scott had requested a way to sort his closed matches. I would like a way to see who I have last viewed. Maybe a date and time indicator (there is one for the first time I viewed) so when I'm going through matches and trying to remember which ones I just looked at that day I don't get confused. I end up looking at the same profile over and over because there is no way to identify who they are as well as when I last looked over their profile.

Even a list that says You looked at.... today. Like the "who's viewed you" tab.
 
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Maybe online dating is simply too complicated for you?

Is there really any gain in keeping so many matchs you can't tell them apart?

Maybe tightening up one or more criteria, or closing more of them would help.
 
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AndieIsMe wrote :
I end up looking at the same profile over and over because there is no way to identify who they are as well as when I last looked over their profile.
Look at it this way: If you can't even remember reading their profile, that's a pretty good indicator that it had no meaning to you anyway.
 
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TheThinker wrote :
Look at it this way: If you can't even remember reading their profile, that's a pretty good indicator that it had no meaning to you anyway.
As of today I have sent First Questions to 75 matches, none who are responding. I am sure that I will get at least 1 or 2 more before the next FCW comes around. After the FCW is over I will then close out all the matches that have not responded. There is no reason to close any match too soon (particularly when you are desperate).
 
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Scott had requested a way to sort his closed matches. I would like a way to see who I have last viewed. Maybe a date and time indicator (there is one for the first time I viewed) so when I'm going through matches and trying to remember which ones I just looked at that day I don't get confused. I end up looking at the same profile over and over because there is no way to identify who they are as well as when I last looked over their profile.

Even a list that says You looked at.... today. Like the "who's viewed you" tab.
Hey, every time you view a match it puts you at the top of their Who's Viewed Me list
 
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Hi AndieIsMe,

I may be wrong, but I assume you are clicking on your matches over and over because you can't decide to communicate with them or close the match? If that is the case, the new Archive feature should help you sort and keep better track of who your matches are.

When you review a New match's profile, if you don't choose to initiate communication right then but believe there is a good chance you will soon, you don't need to do anything and the match will remain in the New folder.

However, if you aren't as interested in communicating with a match, but also aren't sure you want to close communication completely, you can archive the match and his profile will be placed in the Archive folder. That way, you will have fewer matches in your New folder, which should make it easier for you to keep track of matches you are currently interested in.

However, I can still see how it may be useful to know which match you recently viewed; so I'll be glad to pass on your feedback and suggestion to our Production Team.

In the meantime, until you are able to get a handle on the matches you currently have, you may want to turn off the matching service from your Home page. Then when you are ready to receive more matches, turn it back on.

Anyone else have any tips to share with AndieIsMe?

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Renee - What would be really helpful for dealing with this issue is if the listing of matches included a thumbnail pic of them as well. That would make it a lot easier to distinguish between John, 50, Washington; John 52, Washington; Steve, 52, Bethesda, etc., without having to open up the profiles to see which is which (again).

Some people's brains may remember the little bit of written info about their matches well, but other folks (like me) do much better with visual cues.
 
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Ok, I'll try to explain it a little better. I have a list of 39 matches in my archive list (pared down from 100+). I know I want to close some and some I want to leave open. I try going one by one down the list, but by the time I hit about #15 I'm lost. I can't remember which one came after who I'm already looking at so I end up clicking on random profiles until I find the one I wanted to close. If there was a date indicator for when I last looked at the profile I would know I had already made my decision about keeping them open or closing them. Now, sometimes I have the luck of having just sent an ice breaker, but I don't send one to every match. That at least gives me an indication of where I left off. I receive 7 matches per day, so unless I go through them every day, it can get pretty hairy.

Froggie, you should know by now that I understand e-dating fairly well. It's the change with the system and having to go to a profile twice that is making this more difficult.
 
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neardc wrote :
Renee - What would be really helpful for dealing with this issue is if the listing of matches included a thumbnail pic of them as well. That would make it a lot easier to distinguish between John, 50, Washington; John 52, Washington; Steve, 52, Bethesda, etc., without having to open up the profiles to see which is which (again).

Some people's brains may remember the little bit of written info about their matches well, but other folks (like me) do much better with visual cues.
Sort of similar to how it works when you over over a match on the "Who's Viewed Me" tab. That particular tab serves no purpose to me since I only care about matches that are actually communicating, but seeing a thumbnail of a match popup is nice. I'm just not quite sure why that is only available there.
 
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neardc wrote :
Renee - What would be really helpful for dealing with this issue is if the listing of matches included a thumbnail pic of them as well. That would make it a lot easier to distinguish between John, 50, Washington; John 52, Washington; Steve, 52, Bethesda, etc., without having to open up the profiles to see which is which (again).

Some people's brains may remember the little bit of written info about their matches well, but other folks (like me) do much better with visual cues.
neardc: Great suggestion about the thumbnail pop-up pix! I will be happy to pass it on.

AndieIsMe: First of all, I am very happy to hear that you are receiving so many matches, but, I can see how they might all blur together when only their names, ages, and locations are provided on your match lists.

As I suggested before, so you can keep sane and organized, you may want to take advantage of your ability to turn the service off and on as necessary. We want you to be wowed, not overwhelmed by your matches!

Anyone have any more "sorting" suggestions to help AndieIsMe now or to be passed on to our Product team for their consideration?

All the best,

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