Reviews of Yahoo! Personals

There use to be a day where women and men got married out of necessity and not love. Then came the sexual revolution of the 60's and everything changed, femininism took place, and people became independent of one another. A man no longer needs a woman to satisify himself sexually due to the internet and a woman no longer needs a man to live financially well. Therefore, neither sex really needs the other except for companionship which is lacking in relationships anyways due to the overwhelming workload corporate America places on its society. What ensues is a growing generation of single people that want a romantic relationship on their terms - looks, money, height, possessions. Heck, even having one-night stands is becoming that way. It is therefore not suprising that none of you people can find anybody. And typically it's a hypocritical argument because you place the same criteria on the very people that you chastise. No, "internet women" are no different than women in work, a bar, or at church. There is no place our media cannot influence the expectations of men and women. If a man looks at porn everyday for 15 years and surrounds himself with pictures of beautiful busty women with a size 4 waste and long blond hair than HE is going to expect something similar in a woman he wants to have a relationship with. If a woman reads romance novels of a 6 foot wealthy man rescuing a kitchen maid, then she will expect the same. In the end, it is as most of you said - "unrealistic expectations" and ALL disappointment is the result of it being unfulfilled. Therefore, the internet is a breeding ground for the spiteful and bitter. That's why most men will sleep with a girl and move on to someone else - revenge and most women never show up for the first date. I am 29 and speak from experience. The internet is what it is. Accept it and move on with life.

After reading the reviews posted here, I just had to add some of my own thoughts. So here it is -- in all it's ugly truths; kind of like a frog with all its warts!

I have tried Yahoo, Match, Perfect Match, eHarmony, and Christian singles. Don't get me wrong--I didn't become a member of each of these, but did their "free" trial. I actually joined Match and eHarmony once. So, I think this gives me enough experience to comment fairly accurately about online dating. DON"T DO IT!!! eHarmony was the worst! I only got 2 responses -- one from a 72 year old male and one from a female! And, it took 4 months,getting ugly, and finally contacting my credit card company that I did not authorize them to keep charging me for their "service" before they finally got the message. All these sites do is take advantage of people's lonliness and rip them off of their money too! What a job! Glad I don't have to actually work for any of them.

As for the people who use these internet sites, I have to say I believe that most of them are truly lonely and want to find someone to share life with. I would never stereotype any group of people, including those that join internet dating sites. But, the honest truth is, the chances of meeting someone special is probably like a zillion to one. One of the main reasons for this is that people have unrealistic expectations. Top that off with all the lies people tell about themselves and you have a recipe for rejection -- either by you or the other person.

Also, I can't sign off without making a statement about all the comments I have read about overweight women. It seems that here in the good old USA, if a woman gets old or gains weight, she is unworthy of love or respect. Well, let me tell you, I am over 50 years old and have been overwweight and normal weight too. I am the SAME person no matter what I weigh. Men are out to find a Barbie doll -- but let's face it -- they are not Ken! Old, fat,bald, pot-bellied men are even worse looking than old, fat women! So I suggest they all go look in the mirror and quit thinking they should have a beautiful young doll on their arms! (By the way, I make a very good living, own my own home, drive a BMW Z4, collect antiques, and have a great sense of humor---but none of that matters because I committed the "sin" of getting old and gaining weight. Guess I should just kill myself!) Boo-hoo! Get a life--go make the best of what God gave you and quit thinking you need someone else to make you happy!

Good luck!!!

I joined yahoo a week or so ago. So far I have talked with a few nice men, but have not met any of them yet. To me, it seems like the quality and quantity of matches out there were better than I had when I previously tried match.com. In repsonse to "Good Guy Gone Bad", it sounds like there is a definate reason American Women don't want him. One word ATTITUDE. It sucks. I can see there are many women out there that are probably seeking a man with great looks and a six figure income, heck if he comes my way GREAT. :) But that is not all that we are looking for. There are many other qualities that make a good man and a potential life long partner. The response to good guy gone bad from Nick out in California was that great women don't need nor use an online service to meet men, well I disagree. I am a divorced single mother who happens to not have a whole lot of free time. Go figure! I don't meet a lot of men at my job so for me it is a good way to expand my options. (and I consider myself a "great woman" worthy of someone great in return) Nick says that he changed his income bracket to see what kind of traffic he would get and it increased his traffic. I absolutely believe that. There are women out there that search for just that. They don't care about the other stuff. I had a guy on match.com that I went out with whose income was between $101,000-150,000. He was nice at first but turned out to be a real jerk once I had actually gone out with him a few times. Money isn't everything. Judging from the contacts he receives, I think that gave him an increased sense of self because he gets more traffic as well, but believe me, he is not all that. In closing, it is all about who you chose to make contact with and what your expectations are. If you go into it with an attitude like good guy gone bad, well no wonder you are not having any luck. Good luck to all of you in finding your perfect match out there. I think yahoo.com has been pretty good so far.

Well my friends, loneliness and other psycological malfunctions is the cause of everything, but we all have times lilke that, what worries me the most is that for those of you who sent pictures before realizing about the scam, beware because your pictures could have been stolen and now your teacher or employer could be getting them with an accompanying email stating that you would really like to meet them on a date. Scam scam scam scam scam scam.

www.Scamthelonely.com

and the malfunctioning people also. We should start getting more to the park, to the mall, to the outdoors, we are spending too much time inside our 4 walls, if we all do our part, then there will be more meat out there for everybody, get out lets enjoy life!!

It dosent take a rocket scientist to realize that a woman that dosent even have your picture tells you that she thinks you are interesting. Do an exercise, of your favorite girls in high school, or college, which would tell you this kind of crap, if they talked to you at all. What makes you think that suddenly, your favorite girls became weirdos and went out thre telling anybody, and I mean anybody, that they seem interesting, scam scam scam scam scam

Yahoo is worthless. I sometimes wonder of those profiles are connected to real people as I have gotten almost no responses from anyone. I did get plenty of bogus inquiries. I tried an experiment where I sent out 30 responses to thirty "matches" that I had created using rigorous search criteria. Got Zippo. Yahoo sucks.

I have used Yahoo on two different occasions, with the same result both times. I agree with everything the previous reviewers have said: the internet is a wasteland for dating and Yahoo in particular is a crappy service. Yahoo continually rejected my profile descripition, I think mainly because I was advertising I was going to leave their service on such-and-such a date. With Yahoo you get 0 responses from women you contact, but you get plenty of contacts from the following:

1) Scam artists who think you are stupid or desperate enough to send money to someone you have never met

2) People looking to generate traffic to their porn site

3) Fat old women who are ugly enough to be starring on Jerry Springer

My advice is if you want to keep the internet option open, don't use Yahoo. I actually managed to meet some fairly nice women on Match and I would say their service is much better.

In response to “Good Guy Gone Bad”, I think that the women online are generally the bottom of the barrel in terms of desirability and date-ability. The attention they get as a result of the skewed male to female ratio has pumped up their self-image to outlandish proportions; nothing less than Prince Charming himself will do for them, and he should be making no less than 6 figures. In a recent experiment I did, I found that changing only the income in my profile drastically affected the flow of attention. Your cynicism is understandable, but I think it extrapolates too much from your online experiences. The best women neither need nor join online dating services.

You’re spot on regarding foreign women, however. I see so many girls asking, “Where are all the good men?” Answer: They’re avoiding you, and going out with foreign women who are far more the real deal. They also take better care of themselves and carry less baggage. Is it any wonder to see so many American women 35+ listing themselves as never married? That’s a huge warning sign, and should be just as big a wake-up call.

Finally, your comparison of dating and marriage to legal prostitution is too simplistic. Guys who really know their stuff with women—specifically, how to CREATE attraction in them—don’t need lots of money or even looks to go out with girls who’d normally wouldn’t give them the time of day. You’ll have to research and some self-education to understand what I’m talking about. But if you’re like most guys, you don’t realize your full potential and power you wield.

After many years of looking for quality women on the online personals, I have come to the conclusion that dating AND marriage are nothing more than legal prostitution. Women who are fat or ugly or both come with a low price tag and very attractive women come with a very high price tag. This is no different than walking into a whorehouse and checking out the menu for you will find this is also the case. For the most part women online usually prostitute themselves to the highest bidder or the guy who has best photos AND income bracket. I used to be a "nice guy" who once despised players who were only after one thing but no more. I have now turned to the dark side. I was once honest and truthful and a true blue kinda guy who played by all the rules but no more. I am now the kinda guy your momma always warned you about. But you wont know it because i now will lie cheat and deceive you until I get what i want then i will dump you and move on. Oh dont think that i am just a bitter nut job in the minority here...many guys out here are beginning to feel the same as i do. I will eventually find and settle down with a good woman one day but it will most likely be a woman from the far east who has been raised with some real values and can appreciate a good man when she see one unlike you pretentious money grubbin spoiled rotten as hell American women. In fact...more and more men in the US are seeking foreign women because of the very reasons i have stated here. I do hope you valueless gold diggin women find the kind of relationship that you REALLY deserve.

The Net Hound has pretty well described internet dating in his review below. If you are using the internet as anything more than an alternative dating outlet, and without any high expectations whatsoever, then you are a certifiable head case. Some people met by accident on the internet, just like in real life. That doesn't mean the internet is the preferred place to meet. Libraries, supermarkets, clubs, churches, or whatever are still many notches up the ladder for meeting interesting people. Striking up conversations with strangers can be a fun experience, so why don't you try it sometime? Oh yeah, if you are a head case, it will expose you rather quickly, but that is what I like about real life face-to-face meetings. If you are a woman worried about dangerous head cases in real life, may I suggest enlisting the services of Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson and a specially designed purse designed for handling that service. Beats the internet by about 1000 percent.

never used the site, i had so much trouble with customer services who kept declining my profile, without giving a reason. after submitting it without exageration at least 14 times with requests to customer services for an explination i eventualy got an answer and it turned out the problem was because my profile said i was just looking for friends and people to chat with.

I decided to go else where...