majesticmike is offline majesticmike Post #1  October 8,2010, 9:58pm
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Correct me if I’m wrong but the archive folder is basically the equivalent of the “people I’m going to ignore folder”.
Because they don’t know they’re in your archive folder, right? It only changes on their side when you’ve moved them to the CLOSED folder. It’s not like you get a message that says so-and-so has decided to archive communication with you, maybe just maybe, if your lucky, they’ll decide to communicate with you again sometime.

It’s the dumbest thing! Most of the women on my matches list I would assume think that the archive folder is the same as the CLOSED folder.

I’d much rather be Closed then Ignored.
 
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Hi, majesticmike - Welcome to the community.

I've just decided I'm going to turn matching off again, in part because I'm so tired of the hassle involved in archiving and/or closing matches, most of whom aren't compatible and/or active anyway. But when I have matching on and am using this feature, I use it instead of closing when I'm not certain of the match, or I'm being sent a lot of matches suddenly for FCW or when they're trying to get me to subscribe again, and I don't have time to look at them carefully right away.

Unfortunately, it did get to the point where I'd keep forgetting or thinking "later" because of the hassle of the process, but I never used it to intentionally ignore people.

I don't recall ever seeing that I've been archived, but I've wondered about this, too, since it has happened often that right after I archived someone, he showed up on my "viewed me" list.
 
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Yes, it's the worst "innovation" ever.

It keeps hordes of people in this bizarre limbo, where you aren't interested in them, but don't have time to push buttons back and forth to get them "closed".

Did you know the can reemerge from there to "communicating", if they contact you?

It's like Night of the Living Dead

majesticmike wrote :
the archive folder is basically the equivalent of the “people I’m going to ignore folder”.

It’s the dumbest thing!.
 
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I personally close the ones I have zero interest in. I archive people I see potential in, but am not 100% sure for some reason. It may be their location, lack of photo, etc. The ones I keep on the main page are the ones who seem to have everything I'm looking for. (this is a pretty small group so far)

I would definitely communicate with someone I originally archived, however.


Not sure how other people think of the feature. but I just use it as a sorting tool.
 
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majesticmike wrote :
Correct me if I’m wrong but the archive folder is basically the equivalent of the “people I’m going to ignore folder”.
I close matches that I have nothing in common with or if there is a red flag in their profile. The rest of the matches go into my archive area. When one of them views me I will send out questions. Every 2 weeks I go through my archive folder and close out the ones who haven't viewed me in two weeks.
 
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Archived=Purgatory
 
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Lol........
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Archived=Purgatory
 
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majesticmike wrote :
Correct me if I’m wrong but the archive folder is basically the equivalent of the “people I’m going to ignore folder”.
Because they don’t know they’re in your archive folder, right? It only changes on their side when you’ve moved them to the CLOSED folder. It’s not like you get a message that says so-and-so has decided to archive communication with you, maybe just maybe, if your lucky, they’ll decide to communicate with you again sometime.

It’s the dumbest thing! Most of the women on my matches list I would assume think that the archive folder is the same as the CLOSED folder.

I’d much rather be Closed then Ignored.

Yes, the archive thing is a really, really bad idea that is only meant to prolong subscription revenue. For a service that tries to advertise itself as all about compatibility and communication, it goes completely against that. Archiving someone means I choose to not communicate with them, perhaps indefinitely. Closing, on the other hand, is a form of communication. Might not be what you want to see, but at least there is some finality.

I'd say: get your act together, eHarmony.
 
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Archive / backspace / Close

easiest way to do it!
 
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