cupid, ok...

[cabanafred]

So as part of a intiative to broaden my horizons & because it seems to have a 50% success rate with people i know, i decided to make a profile on the site okcupid in a attempt to meet people for...well whatever really, Im not picky as to whether i'm looking for friends, SO's or lovers now.If youve never been there its a free"dating" site where

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[balladsofmirth]

good luck fred! i've known people who've had great luck and those who haven't! i hope you write more about the process. i don't know much about it.

[cabanafred]

yeah neither do I, so far the fact that people i email dont actually repond with anything, turndown or otherwise is really annoying (almost like the real world haha), especially since its obvious i'm NOT a 52 year old guy looking for tail. hopefully it'll give fodder for blogging even if it is a wash

[apples491]

How is it in terms of keeping the spam away? I've ventured on to other sites in the past and all I got was fake profiles that eventually tried to get me to pay for a porn site

[cabanafred]

I havent gotten any emails at all yet, as for the profiles most of the people seem real but i filtered it down to singles not looking for hookups the inseesant questions probably cut the number of bots