dinsdag 15 februari 2011

The Pudding Taster and the Social Network (2)

Yours truly, the Pudding Taster, has continued his adventures on Single.nl.
He has sent messages to several people, but not gotten a single response (no pun intended). Not that the Pudding Taster is surprised: this is quite normal for dating sites, for reasons explained elsewhere. He has also been active in the forums, but that has not yielded results either.

How does Social Network pudding taste?
If Single.nl were a pudding... it would have been made by a cook who did a half-hearted attempt at establishing who you were, then based his pudding on that. The cook presents his pudding as being better than others,but the ingredients have gone stale.

And now in English:

"a cook who did a half-hearted attempt at establishing who you were"
Single.nl allows you to describe your interests - things in which you are "interested", "not interested" or an "expert". But the subjects are vague. For example, what does it mean to be an expert in "military"? That you are a Civil War buff? Or that you have a profound interest in military hardware? While the one does not exclude the other, there's a world of difference.

" the cook presents his pudding as being better than others"
Single.nl says it's a social network. Why? Because you can be "friends" with other members? News flash, Marquet B.V. - other sites have been doing that too.

"the ingredients have gone stale"
There are very few people on this site. Worse, it doesn't tell you the last time people were active - you may be writing to someone who hasn't been online in 3 months.

Pudding Judgment: 3 out of 10
Single.nl is not a social network. It is just a profile gallery like every other run-of-the-mill dating site. Worse, however, is that it has a very limited membership. And even there it is doubtful which of the members are active. The whole thing has been a waste of time.

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