Yahoo personals, Match.com being sued for fraud.

[reveal]

and it shows the frayed edges of sanity rather well, too.

And it's also good for a laugh.

 

[WayneLigon]

What's being done is unethical, sure. However, if it's some guy that could use a little boost to his ego to keep him in the game, then what real harm has been done?

The harm is that it's unethical I wouldn't be surprised if that is an arguement they'll use, but I guess I'm too cynical to think that such a company would send an employee on a date with a customer to boost his ego and give him confidence. If that was the reasoning behind it, and they could somehow prove that, then it wouldn't be so bad. Unethical and perhaps in poor judgement but probably not actionable. But I can't beleive they'd do that. They would be doing it so he'd keep paying that chunk of change every month and encourage others to do so.

I'm really curious as to their criteria for setting you up with an employee: do they do that only for customers who pay more than others (do you pay per connection made? or is it a flat fee per months?), someone who writes a lot of messages (I assume there is a message board for the service, at least, so people could tout successes - guy gets on and says what a wonderful person Yahoo fixed him up with, and that boosts others)?

 

[Aeson]

People, please don't respond to yourselves using alt-ids, especially nastily. It's pretty tacky.

Someone is posting replys to themselves? Maybe that is what's happening at the personals sites. The people answer their own ads.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Someone is posting replys to themselves? Maybe that is what's happening at the personals sites. The people answer their own ads.

That would take being in love with yourself to a whole new level...

 

[Aeson]

That would take being in love with yourself to a whole new level...

Self love helps fight cancer. Don't knock it.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Self love helps fight cancer. Don't knock it.

Uhm...nevermind. Eric's grandma wouldn't like me to go down my current train of thought.

 

[Aeson]

Uhm...nevermind. Eric's grandma wouldn't like me to go down my current train of thought.

I'm not sure if it would help her anyway.

 

[Admiral Akbar]

People, please don't respond to yourselves using alt-ids, especially nastily. It's pretty tacky.

It's a trap!

 

[Kanegrundar]

I'm not sure if it would help her anyway.

Must fight the desire to say something overly nasty...

 

[Aeson]

Must fight the desire to say something overly nasty...

What is the will DC for that?