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How could fab be better?

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Fab is great / don't get me wrong.

Could it be better?

Is it evolving in line with it's customer's views?

Obvious fake accounts and rejoining after being banned - it's too easy to join fab. You don't even need to verify email! It could easily ban the IP address of banned accounts.

Too many men / too few women - maybe join by recommendation rather than keep filling and filling the place.

Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

Too many messages for women - limit messages from men to unique women? Stop cut and paste messages?

This is just me thinking out loud - but it's a great site that's over populated with too many of the wrong type.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

Thanks!!

Great profile you x

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

People don't keep the same IP addess. Addresses are assigned from a pool belonging to the ISP. Reset your router and there's a good chance your IP address will change.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I just wish the chat experience was improved...

Otherwise, I think the site, particularly the mobile element is very much fit for purpose.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

People don't keep the same IP addess. Addresses are assigned from a pool belonging to the ISP. Reset your router and there's a good chance your IP address will change."

Plenty of Fish manage to do it - and do it well: once vanquished from there they do everything they can to keep you off I believe. Ip addresses don't reset as far as I'm aware when you reset router.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I just wish the chat experience was improved...

Otherwise, I think the site, particularly the mobile element is very much fit for purpose.

Chat experience in what way?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too.

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

There's actually very little that can be done to ban someone who is determined to rejoin.

There are services you can sign up to to hide your real IP address and use ones from a different country even. You can connect from a different IP address, from another country, every time.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Our Up address was blocked constantly when we first joined, couldn't understand it back then.

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By *r-UniqueMan over a year ago

Carmarthenshire

Not sure what's the feature is called, but I remember on another social site whenever the forum creator wanted to vote on something. They basically had a poll and you could simply click the option at the top of the page and it would say 1000 voters voted and 36% of people said that, etc. May seem pointless, but it saves people reading the entire forum just to see what's the most popular answer as some people go off on a tangent at times.

Maybe they could have a chat feature like facebook so you can talk to the regulars on it at it saves private messaging all the time.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too."

I'm sure they do. I did not suggest they didn't. However giving card details, even for a nominal fee, would stop fake and spammers, and may even deter those that think fab is just a free fuck site.

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

People don't keep the same IP addess. Addresses are assigned from a pool belonging to the ISP. Reset your router and there's a good chance your IP address will change.

Plenty of Fish manage to do it - and do it well: once vanquished from there they do everything they can to keep you off I believe. Ip addresses don't reset as far as I'm aware when you reset router. "

You are aware wrong then. Very few individuals will have a "static", rather than "dynamic", IP address and usually if they do, they pay extra for it for some reason.

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too.

I'm sure they do. I did not suggest they didn't. However giving card details, even for a nominal fee, would stop fake and spammers, and may even deter those that think fab is just a free fuck site.

People who pay to be here may well feel more entitled to meets.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

People don't keep the same IP addess. Addresses are assigned from a pool belonging to the ISP. Reset your router and there's a good chance your IP address will change.

Plenty of Fish manage to do it - and do it well: once vanquished from there they do everything they can to keep you off I believe. Ip addresses don't reset as far as I'm aware when you reset router.

You are aware wrong then. Very few individuals will have a "static", rather than "dynamic", IP address and usually if they do, they pay extra for it for some reason. "

Fair enough

It just seems odd that you can be banned but rejoin the next moment.

POF manage to do it / but perhaps they have the resources to do so!

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

The "wrong" sort of people are fairly easy to avoid with a bit of sense and a little effort.

I think there's a limit to what the site should do to protect us. At some point it's down to personal responsibility.

Fab gives us lots of tools, which cover most circumstances, to protect ourselves.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too.

I'm sure they do. I did not suggest they didn't. However giving card details, even for a nominal fee, would stop fake and spammers, and may even deter those that think fab is just a free fuck site.

People who pay to be here may well feel more entitled to meets."

What they feel is a moot point.

People pay £20 a month on Match. It doesn't promise them a wife/husband.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I just wish the chat experience was improved...

Otherwise, I think the site, particularly the mobile element is very much fit for purpose.

Chat experience in what way?"

I find it quite 'cumbersome', particularly the pm'ing aspect and it's put me off using it.

Compared to the chat experience of a 'rival' swinging site, fab's looks a little dated.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"The "wrong" sort of people are fairly easy to avoid with a bit of sense and a little effort.

I think there's a limit to what the site should do to protect us. At some point it's down to personal responsibility.

Fab gives us lots of tools, which cover most circumstances, to protect ourselves."

This thread was about general improvements - not health and safety matters

If it's perfect then Yey fab!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I just wish they would leave the juicy threads to run

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I just wish the chat experience was improved...

Otherwise, I think the site, particularly the mobile element is very much fit for purpose.

Chat experience in what way?

I find it quite 'cumbersome', particularly the pm'ing aspect and it's put me off using it.

Compared to the chat experience of a 'rival' swinging site, fab's looks a little dated.

It looks like Ceefax rather than a website in 2014 - but I'm not sure what their bottom line is - is it a hobby or a business? I pay to be here so it must be a business!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I just wish they would leave the juicy threads to run

How do you mean?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Filters, bullshit detectors, blocking, intuition keeps the fakes from our doors. The site has all the tools to make your experience as positive as possible.

Making it a pay site will do little to deter the undesirable element if they choose to be here.

To the OP, why do you feel the need for the crusade considering it appears that you're one of the more successful males in terms if meeting others?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I just wish they would leave the juicy threads to run

How do you mean?"

I understand that certain things Can't be said on here but sometimes a real hum dinger of a thread gets going , then it gets pulled

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please? "

You don't pay to be here.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too.

I'm sure they do. I did not suggest they didn't. However giving card details, even for a nominal fee, would stop fake and spammers, and may even deter those that think fab is just a free fuck site.

People who pay to be here may well feel more entitled to meets."

Even more entitled than they do already?!

I like it all as it is. Works fine.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Filters, bullshit detectors, blocking, intuition keeps the fakes from our doors. The site has all the tools to make your experience as positive as possible.

Making it a pay site will do little to deter the undesirable element if they choose to be here.

To the OP, why do you feel the need for the crusade considering it appears that you're one of the more successful males in terms if meeting others?"

Crusade? My thread was about improvements generally. My success has nothing to do with it. It's better than insipid threads about what shall one have for dinner.

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By *oveSlutForUseCouple over a year ago

Brighton

Honestly, I'd like to see an upfront fee, maybe 50 quid for a lifetime. Anyone who is serious can pay that, anyone who isn't, won't.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Filters, bullshit detectors, blocking, intuition keeps the fakes from our doors. The site has all the tools to make your experience as positive as possible.

Making it a pay site will do little to deter the undesirable element if they choose to be here.

To the OP, why do you feel the need for the crusade considering it appears that you're one of the more successful males in terms if meeting others?

Crusade? My thread was about improvements generally. My success has nothing to do with it. It's better than insipid threads about what shall one have for dinner."

Chicken please.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here."

Some do. 8p a day.

I want my money's worth! Wall to wall shagging!!!!!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here."

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Honestly, I'd like to see an upfront fee, maybe 50 quid for a lifetime. Anyone who is serious can pay that, anyone who isn't, won't."

It would make the place quieter -

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Make the forums better. A new interface would be good.

Allow for pictures to be uploaded in posts

Have rooms for people 18-30, 31-40 etc.

Run competitions for gold membership.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Some do. 8p a day.

I want my money's worth! Wall to wall shagging!!!!!!!!!

8p a day !! They should be lining up for you before breakfast ! x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Honestly, I'd like to see an upfront fee, maybe 50 quid for a lifetime. Anyone who is serious can pay that, anyone who isn't, won't."
yes I have paid that,already on here, with maybe a free weeks faster to see if you like it before laying out your money, if your unsure.

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By *an and wifeyCouple over a year ago

n lincs

The search filters when looking for meets parties etc could be better. Rather than looking in the whole of east midland when we are nearly north east could be better if you could put a distance in like when brousing who is online if that makes sense

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact."

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"The search filters when looking for meets parties etc could be better. Rather than looking in the whole of east midland when we are nearly north east could be better if you could put a distance in like when brousing who is online if that makes sense

Total sense to me

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

One can choose to pay for extra features.............not for membership

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"One can choose to pay for extra features.............not for membership"

Yes I know. Which I do. Which makes me a customer entitled to an opinion.

Generally, in life, if anything is given to you for free, you're the product.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me. "

If I wasn't midly amused I'd consider you rude.

No one pays to be here.

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman over a year ago
Forum Mod

My Own Little World

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact."

Fab is a free site, you can choose to pay to upgrade your membership, it is optional.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"One can choose to pay for extra features.............not for membership"

Yep. Being here is free. Which seems to be part of peoples arguments for what 'they' deem to be 'unsavoury' characters mingling amongst the chosen folk.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

More single men please

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By *r-UniqueMan over a year ago

Carmarthenshire

"More single men please

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me.

If I wasn't midly amused I'd consider you rude.

No one pays to be here."

Again. I pay to be here / which makes you wrong. That's not rude / that's a fact.

Nice weather today.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"More single men please

Au contraire, I think the place could do with a few more single women!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

Fab is a free site, you can choose to pay to upgrade your membership, it is optional."

I know. You'll be telling me it's a swinging site next

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Perhaps fab needs an 'instashag' button to keep the impatient happy.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

If you stopped paying, you'd still be here tho'

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"More single men please

Au contraire, I think the place could do with a few more single women!"

More couples too, in fact more if everything woohoo!

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By *he Queen of TartsWoman over a year ago
Forum Mod

My Own Little World

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

Fab is a free site, you can choose to pay to upgrade your membership, it is optional.

I know. You'll be telling me it's a swinging site next

Well I do alright

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me.

If I wasn't midly amused I'd consider you rude.

No one pays to be here.

Again. I pay to be here / which makes you wrong. That's not rude / that's a fact.

Nice weather today.

It's a little overcast here but that's the weather not my ability to understand the point you attempt to make.

You can be here without paying.

Incidentally , stating FACT after things that you say and telling people they are WRONG doesn't make you correct.

People can be here for free.

Tomorrow's weather is more promising.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Perhaps fab needs an 'instashag' button to keep the impatient happy.

Like the new gold button on X factor ?

When you get that bored and that desperate you press it and booooooom you get a knock on the door

But it's a lucky dip

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A) Can the free service be improved? Yes

B) Can additional features that some folk pay for also be improved? Yes

Will they....? I think there's a forum area for suggestions.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me.

If I wasn't midly amused I'd consider you rude.

No one pays to be here.

Again. I pay to be here / which makes you wrong. That's not rude / that's a fact.

Nice weather today.

It's a little overcast here but that's the weather not my ability to understand the point you attempt to make.

You can be here without paying.

Incidentally , stating FACT after things that you say and telling people they are WRONG doesn't make you correct.

People can be here for free.

Tomorrow's weather is more promising."

You've changed from nobody pays to people can be here for free!

Nice dodge x

Politician?

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me.

If I wasn't midly amused I'd consider you rude.

No one pays to be here.

Again. I pay to be here / which makes you wrong. That's not rude / that's a fact.

Nice weather today.

It's a little overcast here but that's the weather not my ability to understand the point you attempt to make.

You can be here without paying.

Incidentally , stating FACT after things that you say and telling people they are WRONG doesn't make you correct.

People can be here for free.

Tomorrow's weather is more promising."

Saying a fact to a fact is allowed - I'll check my fab handbook x

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Same concept.

I thought the change of words might enable you to see the error of your argument.

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too.

I'm sure they do. I did not suggest they didn't. However giving card details, even for a nominal fee, would stop fake and spammers, and may even deter those that think fab is just a free fuck site.

People who pay to be here may well feel more entitled to meets.

What they feel is a moot point.

People pay £20 a month on Match. It doesn't promise them a wife/husband."

Of course it's not a moot point. The more entitled they feel the more likely they are to expect replies, meets and whatever else they want. The more of a pest they may be and the more unpleasant when they don't get what they want.

Just look at the sense of entitlement some have now; the complaints about not getting replies, women being up themselves, the "timewasters" and "fakes" so labelled because they declined to meet someone... And that's with it being a free site!

If POF or match.com suit you better then go there. This is neither of those sites and I think that's actually a good thing!

I think fab works about as well as it could. Making it a better experience is down to how it's used, (and my post before wasn't about "health and safety", it was about avoiding those people you seem to think the site owners should be discouraging from being here. With a bit of sense they aren't a problem).

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"If you stopped paying, you'd still be here tho'"

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

Saying a fact to a fact is allowed - I'll check my fab handbook x

In my FAB handbook it says - Saying fact to a fact is perfectly permissable. In addition , saying fact to a non fact is permissable. However people will continue to see your phoney fact as unfactual.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

People don't keep the same IP addess. Addresses are assigned from a pool belonging to the ISP. Reset your router and there's a good chance your IP address will change.

They do reset you have to pay extra for a static in address with most providers

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact."

No you don't. You can join and use this site for free. Paying unlocks extras like the lokked at me list and extra webcams in chat. But the basic functionality is the same, pay or not.

And I'm pretty sure that POF etc DON'T manage to keep banned people off the site. Few IP addresses are static. If you use a mobile or tablet and hop around wifi hotspots you can have loads. Email addresses take minutes to set up.

I see what you're trying to do, make the site better for

"genuine" people. But it's all been suggested before and if people took more responsibility for their bad choices then it woukd be a better place as there woukd be less to whinge about.

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

I'd like two additional features.

The option to appear offline so I can chat or deal with messages without receiving loads of new ones from people who see I'm online.

A better email system so I can see all my messages, not just the most recent page. I'd also like to be able to save my messages to my computer (without having to cut and paste them individually) or forward them to my email account.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

No one has to pay to join Fab. If people chose to become silver or gold members then they have to pay £5. Or have I missed something?

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

" Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

'Idiots' have money too.

I'm sure they do. I did not suggest they didn't. However giving card details, even for a nominal fee, would stop fake and spammers, and may even deter those that think fab is just a free fuck site.

People who pay to be here may well feel more entitled to meets.

What they feel is a moot point.

People pay £20 a month on Match. It doesn't promise them a wife/husband.

If POF or match.com suit you better then go there. This is neither of those sites and I think that's actually a good thing!

If you think fab is perfect then this thread wasn't for you.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"No one has to pay to join Fab. If people chose to become silver or gold members then they have to pay £5. Or have I missed something?

No you are RIGHT......... Fact !

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No you don't. You can join and use this site for free. Paying unlocks extras like the lokked at me list and extra webcams in chat. But the basic functionality is the same, pay or not.

I see what you're trying to do, make the site better for

"genuine" people. But it's all been suggested before and if people took more responsibility for their bad choices then it woukd be a better place as there woukd be less to whinge about. "

Absolutely dahlink ! x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No one has to pay to join Fab. If people chose to become silver or gold members then they have to pay £5. Or have I missed something?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No one has to pay to join Fab. If people chose to become silver or gold members then they have to pay £5. Or have I missed something?

No you are RIGHT......... Fact ! "

Marfelys! Thanks Granny!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I agree the free service could be a little better, we are on the same account, different phones, so when apart we couldn't see what each other had said in messages, and ascertain everywhere on the phones, it did get a bit confusing.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"No one has to pay to join Fab. If people chose to become silver or gold members then they have to pay £5. Or have I missed something?

No you are RIGHT......... Fact !

Marfelys! Thanks Granny!"

Oh dear.

Yes I know nobody HAS to pay.

I was told incorrectly than NOBODY pays to be here.

My fact stands.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I agree the free service could be a little better, we are on the same account, different phones, so when apart we couldn't see what each other had said in messages, and ascertain everywhere on the phones, it did get a bit confusing."
Adverts*

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

A gold watch when you have hit you 5 year service to the efforts of sex

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A gold watch when you have hit you 5 year service to the efforts of sex

"
I'm due one then

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Kiss, fuck or avoid anyone

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A gold watch when you have hit you 5 year service to the efforts of sex

and the user picks the deliver?

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By *iverpool LoverMan over a year ago

liverpool

Hmm

so the OP makes a thread about how can we make fab site better.

He posts what he thinks would make it better for him.

so instead of people offering their own ideas they prefer to argue pety little nit pickings about why the OPs ideas wont work.

this whole tbread has turned into a do we or dont we pay to be here thread which isnt what the original post was aiming for.

if the site works fine for you then great if it doesnt then offer suggestions.

but all this pety drama is non productive and people just need to stop trying to get the last word in.

now stop sqaubbling and have a group hug damn it

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"A gold watch when you have hit you 5 year service to the efforts of sex

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Hmm

so the OP makes a thread about how can we make fab site better.

He posts what he thinks would make it better for him.

so instead of people offering their own ideas they prefer to argue pety little nit pickings about why the OPs ideas wont work.

this whole tbread has turned into a do we or dont we pay to be here thread which isnt what the original post was aiming for.

if the site works fine for you then great if it doesnt then offer suggestions.

but all this pety drama is non productive and people just need to stop trying to get the last word in.

now stop sqaubbling and have a group hug damn it

Ok, but only if you've paid to be here

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"Hmm

so the OP makes a thread about how can we make fab site better.

He posts what he thinks would make it better for him.

so instead of people offering their own ideas they prefer to argue pety little nit pickings about why the OPs ideas wont work.

this whole tbread has turned into a do we or dont we pay to be here thread which isnt what the original post was aiming for.

if the site works fine for you then great if it doesnt then offer suggestions.

but all this pety drama is non productive and people just need to stop trying to get the last word in.

now stop sqaubbling and have a group hug damn it

Ok, but only if you've paid to be here

I'd pay for him to be here just so I could perve...I mean look at his pictures

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By *iverpool LoverMan over a year ago

liverpool

"Hmm

so the OP makes a thread about how can we make fab site better.

He posts what he thinks would make it better for him.

so instead of people offering their own ideas they prefer to argue pety little nit pickings about why the OPs ideas wont work.

this whole tbread has turned into a do we or dont we pay to be here thread which isnt what the original post was aiming for.

if the site works fine for you then great if it doesnt then offer suggestions.

but all this pety drama is non productive and people just need to stop trying to get the last word in.

now stop sqaubbling and have a group hug damn it

Ok, but only if you've paid to be here

ha ha

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"No one has to pay to join Fab. If people chose to become silver or gold members then they have to pay £5. Or have I missed something?

No you are RIGHT......... Fact !

Marfelys! Thanks Granny!

Oh dear.

Yes I know nobody HAS to pay.

I was told incorrectly than NOBODY pays to be here.

My fact stands.

No it doesn't.

Read what was actually said.

Nobody pays to be here.

No one has to pay to join.

To join is free.

What wasn't said is no one pays any money ever.

I've been a silver member or gold member on and off for a few years depending on what I want and how I fee but I have NEVER paid to BE here and neither has anyone else.

It's GRATIA....... BUCKSHEE...... FREE!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Perhaps fab needs an 'instashag' button to keep the impatient happy.

Like the new gold button on X factor ?

When you get that bored and that desperate you press it and booooooom you get a knock on the door

But it's a lucky dip "

Lol. Lucky dip could also apply to which doors they use.... Booooom back doors

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By *abioMan over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

"Fab is great / don't get me wrong.

Could it be better?

Is it evolving in line with it's customer's views?

Obvious fake accounts and rejoining after being banned - it's too easy to join fab. You don't even need to verify email! It could easily ban the IP address of banned accounts.

Too many men / too few women - maybe join by recommendation rather than keep filling and filling the place.

Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?

Too many messages for women - limit messages from men to unique women? Stop cut and paste messages?

This is just me thinking out loud - but it's a great site that's over populated with too many of the wrong type.

I prefer "last in first out" if we are culling single guys... since you have only been here 4 months... see ya!!!!

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Hmm

so the OP makes a thread about how can we make fab site better.

He posts what he thinks would make it better for him.

so instead of people offering their own ideas they prefer to argue pety little nit pickings about why the OPs ideas wont work.

this whole tbread has turned into a do we or dont we pay to be here thread which isnt what the original post was aiming for.

if the site works fine for you then great if it doesnt then offer suggestions.

but all this pety drama is non productive and people just need to stop trying to get the last word in.

now stop sqaubbling and have a group hug damn it

Did you pay to be Thread God ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Instead of paying to be a member to use the site (I'm happy to be a supporter btw) I'd suggest keep it as is, but a requirement of any membership - free or a donation - should be a verified by photo. That'd stop a lot of fakers IMO, not least as it'd mean previous banned users could be recognised.

I live in the arse end of nowhere, so getting meets as a single male in this area can be really challenging as obviously there's less potential meets to be had yet still the crazy ratio of single men to everyone else. So I think it's fair to keep the membership donations as is if you want to, but add that element of verification just to out the idiots a bit. After all, if you're unwilling to privately show your face to a moderator on here, then it's not like you're going to show your face for a meet arranged through here

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By *iverpool LoverMan over a year ago

liverpool

"Hmm

so the OP makes a thread about how can we make fab site better.

He posts what he thinks would make it better for him.

so instead of people offering their own ideas they prefer to argue pety little nit pickings about why the OPs ideas wont work.

this whole tbread has turned into a do we or dont we pay to be here thread which isnt what the original post was aiming for.

if the site works fine for you then great if it doesnt then offer suggestions.

but all this pety drama is non productive and people just need to stop trying to get the last word in.

now stop sqaubbling and have a group hug damn it

Did you pay to be Thread God ?"

nope but I see you enjoy being Thread Troll

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Updated forum soft ware so it's up to the usual bb standard nested quotes, quote box that shows the quoties name and the little arrow to go see the original post

The pm system could do with updating even just to add pages so you don't have to delete your new messages to see your old ones.

General just bring the site up to the level that these days every basic free forum website is at

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Erm. Yes I do. Are you disputing facts here? I pay to be here. Fact.

No I am not disputing facts.

It is FREE to join here.

No one pays to be here.

No one pays to be here?

Do some research - then get back to me.

If I wasn't midly amused I'd consider you rude.

No one pays to be here."

You said nobody pays to be here.

Hard work this.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I am cooking an egg

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By *iverpool LoverMan over a year ago

liverpool

Have a good day people

Im out of here.

these forums could seriously do with more love and compassion (kinda like the world does).

But just like the world theres too many people that bring negative vibes and energy.

have fun

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I am cooking an egg"

ha ha ha nice one ST!

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By *otTheReal01Man over a year ago

London

"great username btw!

agree with needing to register/confirm email address and i think banning/blocking by IP address would be great

People don't keep the same IP addess. Addresses are assigned from a pool belonging to the ISP. Reset your router and there's a good chance your IP address will change.

Plenty of Fish manage to do it - and do it well: once vanquished from there they do everything they can to keep you off I believe. Ip addresses don't reset as far as I'm aware when you reset router.

You are aware wrong then. Very few individuals will have a "static", rather than "dynamic", IP address and usually if they do, they pay extra for it for some reason. "

True but dynamic DNS usually defaults to a lease of 5 days and also does a check at 2.5 days so when you reset your router you are VERY likely to just get given the same address back again. It works like that so routing tables don't churn too much and cause unnecessary routing updates to have to be propagated out.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I am cooking an egg

ha ha ha nice one ST!

"
lol thanks and hi

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"One can choose to pay for extra features.............not for membership

Yep. Being here is free. Which seems to be part of peoples arguments for what 'they' deem to be 'unsavoury' characters mingling amongst the chosen folk. "

You can be a super gold member and still be unsavory...

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By *otTheReal01Man over a year ago

London

"Updated forum soft ware so it's up to the usual bb standard nested quotes, quote box that shows the quoties name and the little arrow to go see the original post

The pm system could do with updating even just to add pages so you don't have to delete your new messages to see your old ones.

General just bring the site up to the level that these days every basic free forum website is at "

This forum is in the stone age and is by far the worst I have ever used.

(and I've used, and do use, a shitload of them)

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"I am cooking an egg

ha ha ha nice one ST!

lol thanks and hi

x."

Wrong Twitter !

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"One can choose to pay for extra features.............not for membership

Yep. Being here is free. Which seems to be part of peoples arguments for what 'they' deem to be 'unsavoury' characters mingling amongst the chosen folk.

You can be a super gold member and still be unsavory... "

Couldn't agree more !

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I am cooking an egg

ha ha ha nice one ST!

lol thanks and hi

Wrong Twitter !"
add a cuppa and were on fb

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"Have a good day people

Im out of here.

these forums could seriously do with more love and compassion (kinda like the world does).

But just like the world theres too many people that bring negative vibes and energy.

have fun"

And would some Power the small gift give us

To see ourselves as others see us!

It would from many a blunder free us,

And foolish notion:

What airs in dress and gait would leave us,

And even devotion!

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"I am cooking an egg

ha ha ha nice one ST!

lol thanks and hi

Wrong Twitter !add a cuppa and were on fb

Are you

I thought boiled eggs chat was Twitterous

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I am cooking an egg

ha ha ha nice one ST!

lol thanks and hi

Wrong Twitter !add a cuppa and were on fb

"
Gives a cuppa coffe lol

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I am cooking an egg

ha ha ha nice one ST!

lol thanks and hi

Wrong Twitter !add a cuppa and were on fb

Are you

I thought boiled eggs chat was Twitterous "
lol any food content is fb

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By *exy panther 1974Woman over a year ago

Anywhere and everywhere

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here."

Think he is talking about site supporter

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here.

Think he is talking about site supporter "

Yes. I'm sure he is

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By *ugby 123Couple over a year ago
Forum Mod

O o O oo

Ok we have established that some people pay some don't and no one has to.

How about getting back to the OP

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I get paid for bring on Fab.

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By *unPeteMan over a year ago

Near Bristol

Ban all the men who aren't called Peter

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman over a year ago

The Town by The Cross

"I get paid for bring on Fab."

That's a fact !

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The only thing that I would change is the list meets search options, as been said it should be a within miles search not an area search most people will cover 4 maybe 5 areas as we do so searching every area takes ages, also the way some places are placed in areas there nowhere near makes it difficult too,

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By *ranthamThroatMan over a year ago

Grantham.

"Have a good day people

Im out of here.

these forums could seriously do with more love and compassion (kinda like the world does).

But just like the world theres too many people that bring negative vibes and energy.

have fun

And would some Power the small gift give us

To see ourselves as others see us!

It would from many a blunder free us,

And foolish notion:

What airs in dress and gait would leave us,

And even devotion!"

Lol, love that but more current if last word was devolution...on that note am running in case I get hung drawn and quartered!, thanks Gran for "To a louse" laughing as I go

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The site doesn't need to change too much. People's expectations and how they search for potential partners and set up meets does.

If you don't do background checks on people like checking veris (if any), asking for proper contact via phone or webcam, and listening when people post advice on here of what the warning signs are of a timewaster/fake. Then you are setting yourself up for a fall.

But the reality is you can do all that and still one idiot can slip through.

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By *abioMan over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

okay... i am going to play ball and answer some of these...

" Obvious fake accounts and rejoining after being banned - it's too easy to join fab. You don't even need to verify email! It could easily ban the IP address of banned accounts."

so what happens to using something radical which I like to call "basic common sense".... don't just think with your cock... use checks and balances..

to many people think it is the sites resposibilty to do everything for you... its not! you have a role in that as well

"Too many men / too few women - maybe join by recommendation rather than keep filling and filling the place. "

See... this one makes me laugh because that sounds a lot like sour grapes... you want to do better... stand out more, sell yourself better, use all the tools the site gives you to do that!!

again.. thats not a site problem... thats a "you" issue

"Nominal fee to join / just to deter the idiots?"

as others have said... idiots have money as well...

oh... and the grand council (newly formed) had a meeting... we decided you are an idiot.... your barred!!!

obviously some or none of the above is true.... but what would you do?

"Too many messages for women - limit messages from men to unique women? Stop cut and paste messages?"

again the site gives you the tools to cope with this... use them.... or people could get off their arses and be the people who do the hunters rather than sitting on arse and being the hunted....

"This is just me thinking out loud - but it's a great site that's over populated with too many of the wrong type.

it is populated by all sorts of people and that is the beauty of the site.. and if it wasn't as good you obviously wouldn't be here..........

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

^ lol @ _abio

Such a great response I feel compelled to argue with it.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"^ lol @ _abio

Such a great response I feel compelled to argue with it.

Yeah, me too!

Errrr.....NO!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Should be free for first week maybe take some time wasters away .

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By *ing and RideCouple over a year ago

stockport

So many people get their knickers (if they wear any that is) on this site and take it far too seriously I feel

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I love it when the word Genuine keeps cropping up FACT

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By *hocolate007Man over a year ago

london

"We are not customers.

We don't pay to be here.

I pay - and so do many. Your point please?

You don't pay to be here."
i don't pay 2 be here

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By *issHottieBottieWoman over a year ago

Kent

"I am cooking an egg"

This is my favourite post of the day

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