Consumber Reports, But Unreliably
I along with lots of others grew up with Consumer Reports being regarded as close to the bible as a reference book. So I was interested to see that Consumer Reports has taken on the Internet dating industry to review. I even mail ordered a copy to see it. “Should be good,” I thought.
Well, I could have written a much better analysis. Take a look at what they wrote for yourself. What’s really creepy is that they infer that True.com is safest and nicest: If Internet dating gives you pause, try True, whose screening of members and customer-friendly privacy policy make it especially reassuring. Not what I have heard, about the niceness anyway. I’ve written about True.com a number of times here on this blog. Take a look at some of my entries.
I don’t want to sound too snotty, but you’ll do a lot better reading my blog entries about the biggest of the dating sites. Consumer Reports? Shallow.
From Your Romance Coach, Kathryn Lord
Dear Kathryn,
I agree - consumer report organisations and most newspaper reporters have no idea what really happens during your search - the worst in the article was in my opinion that “in one month, our reporter received more than 200 e-mails from the five sites. On the busiest days, she had more than 20 new messages from potential suitors; on the slowest, only a few.”
So what is the message? 200 Emais are just 200 Emails - the information is worth nothing.
Posted by Gebahrd Roese on 12/13 at 10:49 AM