Does anybody else feel like there has been an overload of 'dud' matches over the past few weeks


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sony12 is offline sony12 Post #1  May 8,2010, 9:11am
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Normally I get a handful of matches a week that seem promising and and of those probably 30 to 50% I end up talking to to certain levels.

But over the past few weeks since about mid April or so I am getting about twice as many matches as I normally do and practically all of them seem to be 'dud' ones (either with no photos or practically blank profiles and usually a combination of both).

Even the ones I have initiated contact with I havn't liked that well. Most of them put little effort into their profiles and I mainly just initiated communication with them because they had more than one photo up.

Has eharmony been doing some extra promoting that has brought more people onto the site just to fill out a compatibility test.

It's strange because the 'dud' profile percentage for me generally never is that high and I usually do find a few matches per week that seem promising.

Have you guys been seeing the same thing over the past few weeks as well where you are getting a lot more matches then you usually do yet practically all of them seem to be duds?
 
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I have not seen anymore advertising by eHarmony than usual.

If you are getting 30% to 50% of your matches that communicate stop your complaining. You are having vastly greater positive results than anyone else.

I have not noticed anything unusual with my matches either in more matches or more with no photo and / or limited profile information. On the surface I seem to be getting a higher percentage that don't communicate but looking closer I am getting more that close me, therefore viewing a close as a communication the percentage is probably about the same.
 
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Not so much as "dud" matches but I felt an increase in flexible matches well outside what my normal flexes were, as if they wanted me to get real used to the new archive features. It seems to have returned back to normalcy at this point.
 
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krohnan wrote :
Not so much as "dud" matches but I felt an increase in flexible matches well outside what my normal flexes were, as if they wanted me to get real used to the new archive features. It seems to have returned back to normalcy at this point.
Maybe that is why my number of matches have increased because they are allowing you to get more flexible matches.
 
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I find my more suitable matches come in waves. The system gets stuck in finding your compatible matches with certain search words mixed in. Sometimes it's good, sometimes not so much. Right now about half of my matches are OK. The other half are either dead profiles or I'm left scratching my head and wondering why the system matched me with that particular person.
 
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AndieIsMe wrote :
I find my more suitable matches come in waves. The system gets stuck in finding your compatible matches with certain search words mixed in. Sometimes it's good, sometimes not so much. Right now about half of my matches are OK. The other half are either dead profiles or I'm left scratching my head and wondering why the system matched me with that particular person.
What. Search words? I thought they just went by rather or not their test matched up with yours.
 
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Along with that they use certain words in your profile to match you up "earlier" with those who have similar interests. Or, at least you both put down that you have those interests.

If you adjust your profile at all you might notice certain things popping up. I added target shooting and now, I get a ton of guys who like to shoot, hunt, etc. Cooking is also mentioned in my profile now, and that is starting to pop up more.

Test it out and add a word or two into your profile. Something you like to do but don't have listed currently. You might see matches appearing with those same interests right away.
 
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AndieIsMe wrote :
Along with that they use certain words in your profile to match you up "earlier" with those who have similar interests. Or, at least you both put down that you have those interests.

If you adjust your profile at all you might notice certain things popping up. I added target shooting and now, I get a ton of guys who like to shoot, hunt, etc. Cooking is also mentioned in my profile now, and that is starting to pop up more.

Test it out and add a word or two into your profile. Something you like to do but don't have listed currently. You might see matches appearing with those same interests right away.
Hmm, thinking of ways to get myself matched up with girls who like to perform 'you know what' without getting closed.
 
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Hmm, thinking of ways to get myself matched up with girls who like to perform 'you know what' without getting closed.
Lol, just kidding. Thanks Andie I will have to try that out.
 
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