Way back in January or February, I put an ad up on Yahoo personals. Today, I cancelled it. They asked me why. I said something about having a girlfriend and the Connecticut lesbian dating scene being unfathomable. But they asked me again to take a survey.<\/p>\n
\nWhat did you like most about your Yahoo! Personals service?<\/h4>\n
um, honestly, mocking the ads of the other users.
\n\u00a0<\/p>\nWhat did you like least about your Yahoo! Personals service?<\/h4>\n
\u00a0going to coffee shops to meet women with mullets who think \/i’m\/ weird<\/p>\n
What changes would you suggest we make to the service that would improve the experience?<\/h4>\n
This is a large problem which requires a multi-facetted approach. First of all, personal ads are still viewed with suspicion by members of the lesbian community, especially in New England. It might be a good idea to advertise in MetroLine, a gay publication that seems to be popular. This would make people less embarrassed when their lurker friends found their ad and would increase the size of the population placing ads.<\/p>\n
Secondly, many people have poor written communication skills, which makes their ads subliterate or causes misunderstanding in their ad-realted correspondence. You may want to lobby for better writing programs in highschools. The whole on-line industry depends on the reading and writing skills on the general populace, so it’s in your best interests to improve education.<\/p>\n
Um, I really don’t know what you can do about the over-representation of TV-addicted women with mullets. Maybe start offering free haircuts with a subscription?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
But gos, that makes me sound like an asshole. And while I’m not really into northeastern suburban lesbian hair fashions, it’s not so auful as I make it out. And while I really had little in common with the women I met, they were actually nice people and some I would like to keep around as friends. Maybe I bare some blame for the oddness of my internet-dating experiences.<\/p>\n
\nHer: what popular bands do you like?
\nme: i don’t listen to popular music
\nher: oh, um, what tv shows do you watch?
\nme: i don’t watch tv
\nher: what kind of car do you drive?
\nme: i prefer bicycling due to the general unavilability of vegetable-based fuels in this area
\nher: uh…. ok… so what do you study?
\nme: I compose experimental electronic music with my laptop.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nPhillip K dick wrote in Radio Free Abelmouth<\/em> that once you become a Berkeley radical, you can never leave. Thishas happened to me. I can really never leave Berkeley. I can go to visit other places anywhere in the world, but always as a foreigner. They sell t-shirts on Telegraph Ave that say “The People’s Republic of Berkeley.” I could never decide if I wanted one or they were too touristy and deserved to be mocked. I think I might get one for East Coast wearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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