Where All Mazes Meet
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yamamanamaNothing from Adara, nothing from Greykin, and I despise Scarletdeath so I don't want to talk to him even if it does mean getting Yuna's IM, not that he'd give it to anyone. Plarom wouldn't give it to me, but Plarom's a robot and I suspect that he wants to kill all humans.
I did, however, find out the bullshit behind what was going on with random pillocks IMing me.
Unofficially.
Officially, I did not post the following and you did not read it.
Lesson Learned: I'll let the violet text speak for itself.
Gechmir writes: Introduction:
I have a number of folks OKCupid who I consider quite good friends. These are individuals I talk with to "hit things off" and find that I enjoy the conversation moreso than the possibility of drugging them and copulating with their unconscious bodies.
All of these friends are of the "fairer" sex, and the troubles they go through on dating sites is quite extensive. A free, popular dating site is even worse, unfortunately.
This is in relation to one of my said friends. She is a nice girl with quite a sharp wit. Her pictures are quite ambiguous; they are blurred, of her as a child, filtered, or from oblique angles. I can tell by one, though, that she isn't a buttersaur. I'll chalk it up to her quirky personality.
Case in point, this friend of mine makes use of the journal option on there quite frequently. Men make entries and hardly get responses, but if anything with a coinpurse between its two legs makes an entry, it'll get flooded like Katrina to New Orleans (or was that in bad taste~ ). Of course, most of her readers on there seem to be usual visitors/buddies (myself included) since she typically has something humorous to show. However, there are times where she is blitzed by tons of folk.
This brings me to a recent instance of this. She was sent a webcam invite, and, unfortunately, it is on auto-accept or something of the sort. Quite a few times, she has been exposed to the following. Note that this is not safe for work:
NOT SAFE FOR WORK:
u hav been warned tuff guy ;-\
I chuckled at this, of course, given the guy's response in addition to her own. I spoke to her recently about it and she mentioned that this was probably the sixth time. "Are you sure it's not the same guy?" "It's not. Trust me." With another laugh, I said that it must be interesting. She then said "MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME =(", to which I replied "maybe I shall!"
Problem:
And lo, this leads us to the purpose of this entry. Gentlemen (and lady), this shall be investigated in a scientific manner! The purpose? To monitor the traffic a lady would receive on such a site.
Processes & Methodology:
But what sort of damsel? Well, there are a number of potential choices to make. I shall create six accounts. The parameters of each are listed below:
1) A girthy, ugly woman with a horrible profile. Bad typing, unattractive interests. Awkwarrrrd girl.
2) A girthy, ugly woman with a great profile. Good personality, all that good stuff. A fine lady who likes the food =d
3) A plain girl. A bland profile, with nothing that stands out too much, really, but isn't sloppy. Probably by someone who is a tad apathetic or burnt out. This shall be our control group!
4) A very attractive girl with a shit profile. A hot version of #1.
5) A very attractive girl with a great profile. A hot version of #2.
6) This one is a surprise =D
All six entries will be the same height, same age, and live in the same area. I am probably going to pick LA or NYC to maximize results (will let you know if Sprout or Paco message any of them ). #2 & #5 are going to be absolute maximums on personality, so I plan on giving them interests in video games and anime, since it'll maximize results on this website. Plus, it can breed some potentially strange folk. sup gff~
I shall create these six profiles and let them sit for a week. After seven days, I will check them to see the amount of contacts they received. If there are any unique or "interesting" messages, I will let you fellows know of the contents
Next week, the profiles shall be constructed. I have Scarletdeath lending me a hand on acquiring pictures; any other assistance will be more than welcome. These pictures shall be randomly snagged off the internet, and the profiles shall be deleted after the seven-day window, unless requested otherwise by GFFers (future readings maybe?).
Gentlemen, this may be a bit of an eye-opener. We all know that creeps are more than abundant on said sites, but many women-folk bite their tongues on HOW MANY messages they receive, or what nature some of the lines are. Maybe we'll blow our loads on a dry run and I'll just end up with a mess on my hands... But we may also come up with some rather... Interesting messages.
Either way! I shall create the profiles on Thursday or Friday (depends upon my schedule upon returning), and will let you know the details when that happens!
Gentlemen, I bid you a good day. Just as all is fair in love and war, they can also be just as ugly
Set-up of Data:
As mentioned before, there are six brackets: two typically less-desired women, a plain woman (the "control"), and two very physically desirable women. The pairs would consist of one with a good profile (one geared toward OKC's common creeps) and the other with a shitty one. Following those five, there is a sixth! These will sit for a week, and I will return with the results/highlights as well as statistics broken down for your viewing pleasure =V
Let us begin!
Firstly is the larger woman with the bad profile. This didn't take much work; I've seen shit profiles like this all too often. NOTE: Wojo approached me about this. He thought it was too obvious as a joke profile. Let me tell you folks who haven't looked at these sorts of sites: this sort of profile is rather common in the proper circles. Seriously. I doubt anyone will think this is fake. Same with the other bad-profile-girl.
#1: cutieangle
This next one took a tiny bit of effort. Making it believable and all that good stuff.
#2: goonette198
Our control. I'm quite pleased that the user-name wasn't occupied =D I think it fits well. The profile is very dull, offers nothing (other than a snip of sarcasm), and that's that.
#3: blAnned
Temari will bite my head off for this, but I'm basing this on how a "friend" of mine actually acted in college. Hardcore sorority chick (sororislut to a degree). Her profile leaves much to be desired, but I put up two pictures (courtesy of Scarletdeath. He threw in the towel on the fatties, so I had to handle those ;x)
#4: tridelt4evr
Here we go. Plays games, watches anime, is a gymnast, doesn't have ANY standards laid out. If this girl isn't snowstormed, then I'll be horribly confused. Horribly. Picture from SD.
#5: sousukesucks
The data has been set to the field, and all we need to do now is wait.
HOWEVER.
For the next few days, I would like to ask a few GFFers to volunteer. I'm a bit tired and burnt out, so I feel lazy about approaching this... BUT. I would like a few volunteers to log in to these accounts and answer the profile questions so they can get tallied on to match lists. Try to stick to a consistent personality, or answer the questions as truthfully as you wish. How do you do it? Well, just click on the five stars on the right of the profile and answer away for a while =0
Oh, wait. I forgot something!
Aaaaaaaaand here's the sixth one. What is it? Why; read closely good sir! :-D I kicked around ideas and pulled this one out.
#6: dahliaskitty
Picture once again courtesy of SD. We only wish furries looked this good. Time to see who'll sell their soul for such an opportunity or pose as a furry. Or if we'll dig up some nutbags
Doing this was a bitch-and-a-half. People tried chatting with me (pop-up is generated) the WHOLE FUCKING TIME. I eventually disabled it, but it was IMPOSSIBLE to do much. So, the results of her? As you saw in the previous entry, people absolutely LOVED “sousukesucks” or “Doran”. Many messaging folks were, of course, of anime/gaming backgrounds and began to blow their loads, discussing what they thought of the new Square-Enix game or why Naruto is so awesome. I spent about an hour gathering pictures from #4 only to arrive at this, the mother lode. It was at this point that I said “fuck. I’m gonna finish this tomorrow.” I didn’t capture as many pics by ratio as I did for #4 simply because most of them were IDENTICAL. “Hi, I’m ___. I love anime and/or vidya gaemz. You’re a gymnast, huh? SOUNDS HOT.” I should’ve said she does pole-vault to open the door to loads of potential symbolism ;x
Conclusion:
None of this should come as a surprise, but it still left an impression on me. I can't tell you how many people did a "woo" (which is akin to a "wink") to the test subjects. What is this? It basically says "so-and-so is interested in you". They don't even have the nerve to make the first MOVE (meaning a message; something that takes some effort). And of the ones that DID make a move, their attempts were all pretty damn lackluster. Hardly any tried to show any humor, and the questions were dull, dry, and unimaginative. There are some that'd only talk about themselves and spill their life story out, some who would do one-sentence messages, others who would instant message (OKC has an internal messenger whenever you're logged on), and other who would bitch if you didn't respond to them.
This whole thing left a very, very bad taste in my mouth. What did I do? I closed my account, not wanting to be a part of this anymore. The shit ladies go through on these sites is very upsetting If you look halfway decent, you'll get bombarded, and most of these are just copy-pasted questions with zero effort. The ones who put thought in to it live in their parents' basement and get by on handouts for being top on their WoW Server in PVP or some shit. You've then got your morons, but this is the internet; idiots on it shouldn't surprise anyone here.
The girl who I copied off of for #5 has good reason to bail out. She was seriously trying to use it for her love-life whereas I used it as a source for potential humor. You think I'd get a chuckle out of it all, right? Well, I got pretty annoyed with it. Nonstop AIM messages that were all "hay" or "u ther?" I'm amazed she lasted long; chances are most cute ladies on these sites aren't even sporting pictures :x
The experiment has made me turn away from this medium for dating. My job makes it impossible, and it's just not worth it. Most women on it really aren't even worth the trouble, or they're too jaded over due to this bullshit. Just goes to show you that dating on the internet is like cooking in a port-a-potty... But I'll get off my soapbox. This shouldn't surprise anyone, but looking it right in the face kind of makes me agree; it is hard to put up with. Ladies who try this stuff? I tip my hat to you. You are braver and potentially more patient than myself.
This ends the experiment, at least for now. I'll keep an eye out for DBZ tattoo dude~
Oh yeah. I *did* respond to almost every message. Maybe 75-80% of them?... I gave them an AIM sign name to contact. You think "oh, that's sweet of you Gech. You probably gave them a fake name and leave them waiting, hoping on their angel to sign on. Right?"
Wrong. I gave them someone else's AIM screen name.
Or for those of you who don't care to wade through pages and pages of bollocks, Gechmir is an asshole and put my AIM name on it. Since they've stopped for now, I don't have to change it. I'm very tempted to. If I do, I'll see you with And The Stars Shine. And since I can't get him back with anything, I'll say this: I hope a very large bird decides to take a shit on you.
I suspected a GFFer.
And I don't get what's so scientific about this. No equations or anything and I don't even think Gechmir wears a white coat.
Burning Question: Is Doran a female name?
I did, however, find out the bullshit behind what was going on with random pillocks IMing me.
Unofficially.
Officially, I did not post the following and you did not read it.
Lesson Learned: I'll let the violet text speak for itself.
Gechmir writes: Introduction:
I have a number of folks OKCupid who I consider quite good friends. These are individuals I talk with to "hit things off" and find that I enjoy the conversation moreso than the possibility of drugging them and copulating with their unconscious bodies.
All of these friends are of the "fairer" sex, and the troubles they go through on dating sites is quite extensive. A free, popular dating site is even worse, unfortunately.
This is in relation to one of my said friends. She is a nice girl with quite a sharp wit. Her pictures are quite ambiguous; they are blurred, of her as a child, filtered, or from oblique angles. I can tell by one, though, that she isn't a buttersaur. I'll chalk it up to her quirky personality.
Case in point, this friend of mine makes use of the journal option on there quite frequently. Men make entries and hardly get responses, but if anything with a coinpurse between its two legs makes an entry, it'll get flooded like Katrina to New Orleans (or was that in bad taste~ ). Of course, most of her readers on there seem to be usual visitors/buddies (myself included) since she typically has something humorous to show. However, there are times where she is blitzed by tons of folk.
This brings me to a recent instance of this. She was sent a webcam invite, and, unfortunately, it is on auto-accept or something of the sort. Quite a few times, she has been exposed to the following. Note that this is not safe for work:
NOT SAFE FOR WORK:
u hav been warned tuff guy ;-\
I chuckled at this, of course, given the guy's response in addition to her own. I spoke to her recently about it and she mentioned that this was probably the sixth time. "Are you sure it's not the same guy?" "It's not. Trust me." With another laugh, I said that it must be interesting. She then said "MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY IT SOMETIME =(", to which I replied "maybe I shall!"
Problem:
And lo, this leads us to the purpose of this entry. Gentlemen (and lady), this shall be investigated in a scientific manner! The purpose? To monitor the traffic a lady would receive on such a site.
Processes & Methodology:
But what sort of damsel? Well, there are a number of potential choices to make. I shall create six accounts. The parameters of each are listed below:
1) A girthy, ugly woman with a horrible profile. Bad typing, unattractive interests. Awkwarrrrd girl.
2) A girthy, ugly woman with a great profile. Good personality, all that good stuff. A fine lady who likes the food =d
3) A plain girl. A bland profile, with nothing that stands out too much, really, but isn't sloppy. Probably by someone who is a tad apathetic or burnt out. This shall be our control group!
4) A very attractive girl with a shit profile. A hot version of #1.
5) A very attractive girl with a great profile. A hot version of #2.
6) This one is a surprise =D
All six entries will be the same height, same age, and live in the same area. I am probably going to pick LA or NYC to maximize results (will let you know if Sprout or Paco message any of them ). #2 & #5 are going to be absolute maximums on personality, so I plan on giving them interests in video games and anime, since it'll maximize results on this website. Plus, it can breed some potentially strange folk. sup gff~
I shall create these six profiles and let them sit for a week. After seven days, I will check them to see the amount of contacts they received. If there are any unique or "interesting" messages, I will let you fellows know of the contents
Next week, the profiles shall be constructed. I have Scarletdeath lending me a hand on acquiring pictures; any other assistance will be more than welcome. These pictures shall be randomly snagged off the internet, and the profiles shall be deleted after the seven-day window, unless requested otherwise by GFFers (future readings maybe?).
Gentlemen, this may be a bit of an eye-opener. We all know that creeps are more than abundant on said sites, but many women-folk bite their tongues on HOW MANY messages they receive, or what nature some of the lines are. Maybe we'll blow our loads on a dry run and I'll just end up with a mess on my hands... But we may also come up with some rather... Interesting messages.
Either way! I shall create the profiles on Thursday or Friday (depends upon my schedule upon returning), and will let you know the details when that happens!
Gentlemen, I bid you a good day. Just as all is fair in love and war, they can also be just as ugly
Set-up of Data:
As mentioned before, there are six brackets: two typically less-desired women, a plain woman (the "control"), and two very physically desirable women. The pairs would consist of one with a good profile (one geared toward OKC's common creeps) and the other with a shitty one. Following those five, there is a sixth! These will sit for a week, and I will return with the results/highlights as well as statistics broken down for your viewing pleasure =V
Let us begin!
Firstly is the larger woman with the bad profile. This didn't take much work; I've seen shit profiles like this all too often. NOTE: Wojo approached me about this. He thought it was too obvious as a joke profile. Let me tell you folks who haven't looked at these sorts of sites: this sort of profile is rather common in the proper circles. Seriously. I doubt anyone will think this is fake. Same with the other bad-profile-girl.
#1: cutieangle
This next one took a tiny bit of effort. Making it believable and all that good stuff.
#2: goonette198
Our control. I'm quite pleased that the user-name wasn't occupied =D I think it fits well. The profile is very dull, offers nothing (other than a snip of sarcasm), and that's that.
#3: blAnned
Temari will bite my head off for this, but I'm basing this on how a "friend" of mine actually acted in college. Hardcore sorority chick (sororislut to a degree). Her profile leaves much to be desired, but I put up two pictures (courtesy of Scarletdeath. He threw in the towel on the fatties, so I had to handle those ;x)
#4: tridelt4evr
Here we go. Plays games, watches anime, is a gymnast, doesn't have ANY standards laid out. If this girl isn't snowstormed, then I'll be horribly confused. Horribly. Picture from SD.
#5: sousukesucks
The data has been set to the field, and all we need to do now is wait.
HOWEVER.
For the next few days, I would like to ask a few GFFers to volunteer. I'm a bit tired and burnt out, so I feel lazy about approaching this... BUT. I would like a few volunteers to log in to these accounts and answer the profile questions so they can get tallied on to match lists. Try to stick to a consistent personality, or answer the questions as truthfully as you wish. How do you do it? Well, just click on the five stars on the right of the profile and answer away for a while =0
Oh, wait. I forgot something!
Aaaaaaaaand here's the sixth one. What is it? Why; read closely good sir! :-D I kicked around ideas and pulled this one out.
#6: dahliaskitty
Picture once again courtesy of SD. We only wish furries looked this good. Time to see who'll sell their soul for such an opportunity or pose as a furry. Or if we'll dig up some nutbags
Doing this was a bitch-and-a-half. People tried chatting with me (pop-up is generated) the WHOLE FUCKING TIME. I eventually disabled it, but it was IMPOSSIBLE to do much. So, the results of her? As you saw in the previous entry, people absolutely LOVED “sousukesucks” or “Doran”. Many messaging folks were, of course, of anime/gaming backgrounds and began to blow their loads, discussing what they thought of the new Square-Enix game or why Naruto is so awesome. I spent about an hour gathering pictures from #4 only to arrive at this, the mother lode. It was at this point that I said “fuck. I’m gonna finish this tomorrow.” I didn’t capture as many pics by ratio as I did for #4 simply because most of them were IDENTICAL. “Hi, I’m ___. I love anime and/or vidya gaemz. You’re a gymnast, huh? SOUNDS HOT.” I should’ve said she does pole-vault to open the door to loads of potential symbolism ;x
Conclusion:
None of this should come as a surprise, but it still left an impression on me. I can't tell you how many people did a "woo" (which is akin to a "wink") to the test subjects. What is this? It basically says "so-and-so is interested in you". They don't even have the nerve to make the first MOVE (meaning a message; something that takes some effort). And of the ones that DID make a move, their attempts were all pretty damn lackluster. Hardly any tried to show any humor, and the questions were dull, dry, and unimaginative. There are some that'd only talk about themselves and spill their life story out, some who would do one-sentence messages, others who would instant message (OKC has an internal messenger whenever you're logged on), and other who would bitch if you didn't respond to them.
This whole thing left a very, very bad taste in my mouth. What did I do? I closed my account, not wanting to be a part of this anymore. The shit ladies go through on these sites is very upsetting If you look halfway decent, you'll get bombarded, and most of these are just copy-pasted questions with zero effort. The ones who put thought in to it live in their parents' basement and get by on handouts for being top on their WoW Server in PVP or some shit. You've then got your morons, but this is the internet; idiots on it shouldn't surprise anyone here.
The girl who I copied off of for #5 has good reason to bail out. She was seriously trying to use it for her love-life whereas I used it as a source for potential humor. You think I'd get a chuckle out of it all, right? Well, I got pretty annoyed with it. Nonstop AIM messages that were all "hay" or "u ther?" I'm amazed she lasted long; chances are most cute ladies on these sites aren't even sporting pictures :x
The experiment has made me turn away from this medium for dating. My job makes it impossible, and it's just not worth it. Most women on it really aren't even worth the trouble, or they're too jaded over due to this bullshit. Just goes to show you that dating on the internet is like cooking in a port-a-potty... But I'll get off my soapbox. This shouldn't surprise anyone, but looking it right in the face kind of makes me agree; it is hard to put up with. Ladies who try this stuff? I tip my hat to you. You are braver and potentially more patient than myself.
This ends the experiment, at least for now. I'll keep an eye out for DBZ tattoo dude~
Oh yeah. I *did* respond to almost every message. Maybe 75-80% of them?... I gave them an AIM sign name to contact. You think "oh, that's sweet of you Gech. You probably gave them a fake name and leave them waiting, hoping on their angel to sign on. Right?"
Wrong. I gave them someone else's AIM screen name.
Or for those of you who don't care to wade through pages and pages of bollocks, Gechmir is an asshole and put my AIM name on it. Since they've stopped for now, I don't have to change it. I'm very tempted to. If I do, I'll see you with And The Stars Shine. And since I can't get him back with anything, I'll say this: I hope a very large bird decides to take a shit on you.
I suspected a GFFer.
And I don't get what's so scientific about this. No equations or anything and I don't even think Gechmir wears a white coat.
Burning Question: Is Doran a female name?
