tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post8862173704453573437..comments2023-09-05T08:45:22.572+01:00Comments on Bête de Jour: [Web] BeautifulPeople.com :: The Ugly Face of Online DatingLa Bêtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-21425464683954726422010-04-26T20:47:31.028+01:002010-04-26T20:47:31.028+01:00I love your exotic similes! They always make me la...I love your exotic similes! They always make me laugh!!! :)))Datinghttp://www.luvfree.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-8708566906126529812010-02-27T01:40:20.849+00:002010-02-27T01:40:20.849+00:00Hi again!
Sorry about that thing I just sent!
The ...Hi again!<br />Sorry about that thing I just sent!<br />The one that begun with "(continuation)".<br />Please just delete it, together with this one.<br />Thanks! :D"IQ"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-89344577704759805132010-02-27T01:37:27.461+00:002010-02-27T01:37:27.461+00:00(continuation)
Or maybe you say "connected w...(continuation)<br />Or maybe you say "connected with" intelligence? In any case, as far as I'm concerned you may delete both this and the previous comment."IQ"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-36744730581864887562010-02-26T21:10:58.367+00:002010-02-26T21:10:58.367+00:00Hi Bête. :D
I've been reading you a bit now an...Hi Bête. :D<br />I've been reading you a bit now and then, but this is the first time I comment.<br /> <br />I was surprised to see you didn't get into the the "clever-people's site", as it was sufficient to have an IQ in the top 15% of the population, and as I would have assumed that you did. I'm in the highest[1]% myself - I'm just an anonymous voice here, so I can tell - and you have always come across to me as clearly intelligent.<br /> <br />There are different sorts of intelligence you know, and even if you don't have what it takes to get top scores on IQ-tests, it's still clear as daylight from your blog that you're intelligent and gifted in other ways.<br /><br />(For example, you could probably correct some minor language errors I've just committed, or at least suggest better formulations. :D <br />I take that with a smiley though, as English is not my first language :) And a bit more serious, wit may not register on IQ-tests, but it still clearly depends on intelligence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-42093947795555426042010-01-26T23:12:30.850+00:002010-01-26T23:12:30.850+00:00It's not just BeautifulPeople, I think it'...It's not just BeautifulPeople, I think it's dating websites full stop. I joined the Grauniad site in Nov 2008. Had a few nice messages & chats based on my profile ... it all stopped when I posted a couple of photos. Not a peep in over a year. It's a visual medium and my face don't fit *shrug*<br /><br />PS: I've commented before but am now brave enough to use my name.Catherine Rowan Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-33758599364029011402010-01-26T11:00:27.901+00:002010-01-26T11:00:27.901+00:00yikes - it all sounds incredibly scary and a tad d...yikes - it all sounds incredibly scary and a tad depressing, and I will now cringe ever so slightly as I realise I sound just like my mum and ask whether people still go out and join clubs or get hobbies to meet people?!<br /><br />Still, my chums C&C met via a dating site and are one of those blissfully happy married with 2 children success stories you hear about so nil carborundum...!janetyjanetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-68099213970421962382010-01-24T14:01:32.957+00:002010-01-24T14:01:32.957+00:00Anon, BeautifulPeople certainly does claim to be a...Anon, BeautifulPeople certainly does claim to be a website. Greg Hodge said this to me: 'The primary focus of BeautifulPeople.com is for people who want to date.' See?<br /><br />www.singlehotandloaded.co.uk looks pretty horrible too. Let's face it. All dating sites are absolutely ghastly. Bloody internet.La Bêtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-34848741855759220242010-01-24T13:33:58.506+00:002010-01-24T13:33:58.506+00:00well i have to tell you i have tried both bueatifu...well i have to tell you i have tried both bueatifulpeople and asmallworld... although i must add none of them claim to be "datingsites" but more of a facebook for the rich and glam. <br /><br />I found a dating site called http://www.singlehotandloaded.co.uk and although there is still some work needed on the platform the members are wicked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-56580087696494863232010-01-23T01:37:25.934+00:002010-01-23T01:37:25.934+00:00Hello, Katja. Yeah, I had heard about that before....Hello, Katja. Yeah, I had heard about that before. It sounds ghastly. <br /><br />Thanks, Marianne. It’s a thin line though, between quirky and freakish. <br /><br />Hello, Anon. Yes, I believe I have. And thanks. <br /><br />Thanks, Maria. <br /><br />Use it, Gpuk. I insist. <br /><br />Helen, you are too kind. <br /><br />BS, a friend of mine saw your comment and went and tried himself. Passed first time. Annoying eh? <br /><br />Maybe, Anon, but they don’t have the imagination to really enjoy it. <br /><br />Oh, Cindy. Isn’t that just a typo though? Beautiful people have sausage fingers too you know. Be fair. <br /><br />TL, yeah, it’s bollocks. I went in with my clever friend’s password and it’s even more dead than the beautiful one. By the way, you’re not really saying you fancy that leotard guy, are you? <br /><br />Juliette! But… you’re beautiful! I’m thinking of starting a Bloomsbury Set. Do you want in?<br /><br />Right you are, Abi. <br /><br />Hello, BeautifulPeople member. Thanks for dropping by. I’m glad you like the site. You really feel like contacting half the people on there? That’s amazing to me. But I’m very happy for you. <br /><br />Hello, Ms Cake. Well, quite.La Bêtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05934460455824439786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-71775700487882722882010-01-22T19:46:42.284+00:002010-01-22T19:46:42.284+00:00Sounds quite horrible. I cant imagine that a date...Sounds quite horrible. I cant imagine that a date with anyone who considers themself a 'beautiful person' would be more than an opportunity to listen to some egotistical git talking about themselves and looking down their nose at everyone around them. Just nasty!Joanna Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944673677004607976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-58158914364570445502010-01-22T13:17:56.028+00:002010-01-22T13:17:56.028+00:00I absolutely love the site.
Granted, the concept ...I absolutely love the site.<br /><br />Granted, the concept of BeautifulPeople.com is somewhat shallow, but as a dating service it works brilliantly.<br /><br />And yes, it has some technical bugs, but the site is continuously updated and improved.<br /><br />On the mainstream dating sites I feel like contacting 1-2% of the profiles I come across. On BeautifulPeople I feel like contacting about half the profiles!<br /><br />There are so many ordinary sites out there - I think that it is liberating that the Internet has room for this type of niche community that caters to a narrow group of people who are not afraid to admit that looks is an important factor when they search for a potential partner.<br /><br />BeautifulPeople member<br />(since Oct 2009)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-38037807899665503732010-01-22T00:30:48.339+00:002010-01-22T00:30:48.339+00:00I will be damn sure to steer clear of beautifulpeo...I will be damn sure to steer clear of beautifulpeople.com. Lol =]Liliaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677722341225289045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-79151909127824569982010-01-20T10:00:03.762+00:002010-01-20T10:00:03.762+00:00LOL, couldn't agree more!!!
I joined that si...LOL, couldn't agree more!!! <br /><br />I joined that site yonks ago, because it sounded very exclusive and I wanted to see if I could get in. And upon getting accepted with a genuine recent photo, I was as ridiculously happy as if I'd actually achieved something. <br /><br />Which goes to prove that, cynical or not, their Nazi-tastic door policy certainly works. <br /><br />I swear to God, you could make a cow's arse a desirable venue if you barred 95% of applicants from going in on the grounds that they weren't pretty enough. <br /><br />Once inside the inner sanctum, I immediately realised pretty much what you did. It's a horrible site that's a bugger to use, and it seems to be full of bright orange people with Tippex-coloured teeth who make Jordan and Alex Reid look like particularly erudite members of the Bloomsbury set.<br /><br />And there are far, far, far too many photos of smirking bare-chested men who appear to be coated in Ronseal. <br /><br />Far from being an exclusive party that lesser mortals weren't invited to, I quickly came to think of it as a convenient corral for the vain, the dim and the scarily orange - handily preventing normal people from ever having to go out with them.<br /><br />When I was a member (a year or so back) they had occasional parties for their members, where you could all meet up in real life. But for some strange reason, I never really wanted to go - wonder why <br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-40952528132121714352010-01-19T23:08:10.938+00:002010-01-19T23:08:10.938+00:00And now I'm annoyed because I failed the Intel...And now I'm annoyed because I failed the Intelligent People test once and am too scared to try again. Ach, I probably don't want to join a community of pattern matching champions anyway. They probably wear ugly jumpers.<br /><br />Also, Katja, thank you for mentioning asmallworld. If you hadn't, I'd never have seen the picture of Patrick Liotard-Vogt. The stalkery starts now.truelateralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16872335280772110393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-32808713598033091702010-01-19T21:48:19.737+00:002010-01-19T21:48:19.737+00:00I love the fact that on the front page, at the bot...I love the fact that on the front page, at the bottom is says "Too ugly to sign up? Click here to browse BeautifulPeople as guest". <br /><br />As guest? <br /><br />Beautiful maybe, <br />stupid definitely.CindyCBhttp://www.chickbassknitknacks.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-15845633510600629362010-01-19T13:38:15.642+00:002010-01-19T13:38:15.642+00:00Everyone knows beautiful people shag more! Like ra...Everyone knows beautiful people shag more! Like rabbits, apparently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-32561971737427598352010-01-19T12:02:47.657+00:002010-01-19T12:02:47.657+00:00Now I'm annoyed because I failed the intellige...Now I'm annoyed because I failed the intelligentpeople IQ testm twice. And I want to know what the answers were! And now I need to resist wasting the rest of the day doing it over and over with a different email address each time until I get the correct damn answers.Beleaguered Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13699493386984083561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-61300554854136545792010-01-19T11:00:36.650+00:002010-01-19T11:00:36.650+00:00"trying to get to know people is like trying ..."trying to get to know people is like trying to make a paper swan out of a baked potato. Whilst blindfolded. And wearing an oven glove."<br /><br />Brilliant. Just brilliant.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15187405625806124612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-16204340904437060752010-01-19T08:42:58.274+00:002010-01-19T08:42:58.274+00:00Love your blogs. For years I have been using IMO r...Love your blogs. For years I have been using IMO rather than the obsequious IMHO. I'm now really tempted to start using IMNMH,YFL-WO but fear it may be misunderstood.grahampuknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-87232310390073341152010-01-19T00:23:03.359+00:002010-01-19T00:23:03.359+00:00I love your exotic similes! They always make me la...I love your exotic similes! They always make me laugh.<br /><br />Maria in OregonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-71198673836580196832010-01-19T00:16:15.505+00:002010-01-19T00:16:15.505+00:00As a self-confessed ugly guy have you never met so...As a self-confessed ugly guy have you never met someone who is not beautiful in the traditional sense but the more you know her the more beautiful she becomes? <br /><br />Anyone who signs up to an online dating sight is subjecting themselves to the vetting process - and stage 1 is always about aesthetics. And you need more than just thick skin to survive that unscathed.<br /><br /> Beautifulpeople sounds vacuous and base, but probably reflects what the vast majority of people want. <br /><br />I hope you find your Maria. And may she be beautiful to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-65260705793326852902010-01-18T23:40:39.909+00:002010-01-18T23:40:39.909+00:00a) Damn... I should watch Canada AM more often.
...a) Damn... I should watch Canada AM more often. <br /><br />2) Damn... you have a very sexy voice. <br /><br />C) Oh yes... topic of post. Right. When I find out that someone I've been corresponding with online is conventionally attractive, it throws me right off. I just don't know what to do with someone who isn't, at the least, quirky looking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971077270766122919.post-11554206441516576482010-01-18T22:52:22.779+00:002010-01-18T22:52:22.779+00:00Do you know about asmallworld.net? I'll proba...Do you know about asmallworld.net? I'll probably be blackballed for even mentioning it, but a more vacuous set of cnuts I've rarely seen. It's Eurotrashers with too much money; the kind of people that I went to school with and was very glad to leave behind. If you can get yourself an invitation I'd love to hear what you think of it ...Katjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194345669238572145noreply@blogger.com