what an idiot! he's suing for humiliation, thereby humiliating himself even more... but really, most profiles are probably fake, he should've known better. hopefully this taught him to try meeting real-life people too!

It looks like it's not fake profiles he's against, it's old inactive profiles. So he sent an email to a bunch of people and got no response. Boo. Hoo. I have no patience for people who whine about stuff like this, and guess what, that probably came through in HIS profile, and I wouldn't have responded either.

I don't think I know anyone who has anything bad to say about online dating...
Several family members have found their partners that way, and do nothing but sing praises for sites like eharmony and match.com.

Lucky for them, I guess. I'm sure this case will get thrown out of court, but reading the whole story, I kind of feel for the guy. Plus, I feel it IS a bit scammy to not render someone's account as noticeably "inactive" after they either cancel the service or fail to use it for a length of time. I'd feel cheated, too, if I paid for a service that claimed it'd match me up with someone, and then only matched me with dead profile pages.

Eh, Match is full of people who can't respond to your messages. Not sure why you would pay for that. I don't think you always have to meet people in real life for it to work, though... I met my boyfriend on an online site, but it was a free one (yay Okcupid)!

I met my husband on Match.com.

I think his suit has merit. It is false advertising to keep inactive members as active merely for numbers. I would find it disheartening to attempt to respond to someone who was not active.

yay OKCUPID!!

Hah, I met my bf on okcupid too! And I was only on there for the tests, until I ran across his cute face and rated him. Like the previous poster wrote, this guy is humiliating himself by suing match. They never embarassed him.

Also, don't they have the last log-in date for the user? So why did he even bother writing to people who haven't signed on in weeks?

I personally work for an online dating site (won't say which), but i'm surprised this is getting so much attention. Dating sites get suits left and right for people that just don't want to admit fault.

And yes, filmgirl8, they do have a time frame for when they last logged in. Sometimes people just don't ask to have their profile taken down even though they aren't using it anymore.

Congrats to the ladies that found love online!

Oh and as for worst horror stories, NEVER NEVER EVER EVER give money to someone that states they are stuck overseas. That's just a given.

I never did the online dating thing. The creep factor was way too high.

Oh WAH! He got rejected! I, for one, would like to see what he looks like. Maybe there's a REASON people never responded. (There are alot of weirdos out there). I've been doing online dating on and off for awhile now and one rule of thumb I've adopted is you need to grow a thick skin if you're going to do it. Him suing Match is like a bar patron suing the establishment for humiliation because he/she drank too much. It's just a venue. Match does provide the last time a person logged on, so I wonder if he was aware or paying attention to that when he chose to write to people. I simply cannot believe that ALL of the profiles he responded to were fake or inactive. Usually the simplest answer is the correct one: No one found him intriguing enough to respond. He just couldn't handle rejection.

I notice in the comments here there are a few women defending this site and saying they met their husband/BF on here. These sites offer women free membership while the guys pay. I am glad this guy is bringing the lawsuit against these SCAM sites. I have proof that most female profile are FAKE. The women may not even know these sites are using their photos and info to scam others. Many of these women could probably join in a class action suit against some of these site.
Some of the "Christian" sites are the worst offenders. The locations of the profiles are usually not correct and they change to match your location. Just one of the ways you can tell. The newest SCAMs are the sites that claim to filter out the murderers and rapists to make it safe for women. Very Deceptive. I have had time to research much of this while injured.

Match.com is a SHAM!!! After 6 months of sending dozens of emails, no one responded, I get 6 months free because "love is guaranteed" and again I try, and again, nothing. I live in So Cal, have a degree, I'm cute, and still have a soul. The DAY my account expires I get an email from match, and the title says, "SHE PICKED YOU!!" "Sign up to see who it is!" No new messages, no new views... just a bogus email from match trying to take my money again. LAME!!!

SCAM - BUSTER - do you even know what OkCupid is? It is not Match.com which the article talks about...nor can guys pay for accounts for women because it is free. Believe me, there aren't a lot of fake profiles on OkCupid...but then again, maybe I'm a scammer!

This I will be blunt about, back in October of 08, I was an active member of Match.com, alot of invsible profiles, you can tell by the counter. What happened to me has nothing to do with being rejected, its about being scammed out of money, and I know who did this , he is still an active member and he knew exactly how it worked. He called after Christmas and asked me how my was my holiday, then he asked me who I was dating, I had told him, I had been talking to a guy who of course I thought was a real profile, it was a fake one, oh yes. My friend asked me all these questions personal and so forth, by the way we dont talk anymore...What Im getting at here, the profile stated a guy from England and he was a widower had a child and of course, me stupid, fell for it. The thing is, this so called friend of mine has lied on his profile as well. He lives one state away from me. As far as the money, whats done is done. More than likely hes doing this to alot of girls/women , he knew too much about the scam and how it worked, and their occupation, and their bank account and actually showed me it. and stated he was coming here to America and so forth to have a relationship, and was in West Africa and next thing Im wiring him money , I wont disclose the amount. It didnt come from my checking account. Just a strong word of caution to any women out there, no matter what do not fall for some one like this, who is a sick individual and I hope he reads this, you might have even chatted with him on Match, he thinks hes good looking , hes lower then I cant even say. Oh and told me to call match and tell them what happened and the called me the next day and asked me what they were going to do about it. Like I said he was the scammer....I should give out his username but I wont, he will get whats coming to him and more....

I met my now husband on match.com and would never have found him if it hadn't been for this site.We met each other within four weeks of joining and knew instantly that we were in love. One year later we lost a little girl (stillbirth) a week before our wedding. We have now been married for a year and we are expecting a little boy in three months. He had to relocate and with what has happenened we had a tough time but we are as much in love today as the first time we ever saw each other. It was the best £20 we ever spent. It found me my soulmate. I think this guy is just being realistic because ythere are hundreds of new member profiles and I was wary of winking at anyone who had been a member for a couple of years anyway. I even had emails saying sorry I'm now in a relkationship but have forgotten to remove my profile.

Sorry, but it's trivially easy to remove accounts that no one is
accessing. But is it in match.com's economic interest to remove
them? No. And that's why they remain--no other reason. They bring in business. On false pretenses, sure, but they bring in business, and money is all that counts. Sue away, I say -- losing money is the only thing match.com will understand.