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MatchDoctor.com - Dating Site Review
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MatchDoctor.com
Matchdoctor.com is a truly free online dating site and personal ads service. They've taken the concept of an online dating site and combined it with features of social networking. Members can find each other, share ideas, and network in ways that aren't possible on other dating sites.
Number of Members: 500,000
Cost: Free
Regions Covered: International
Online Since: 2003
Category : Free Dating
URL : matchdoctor.com
MatchDoctor.com
The dating site Matchdoctor offers a wealth of information for single people. Not only are they a free matchmaking site, but they offer articles on dating, a forum to discuss hot topics in the dating world and free advice. And we all can use free advice, right? Matchdoctor is open to straight, gay and bi singles from various locations around the world, with the majority of members being in the US and the UK.
Matchdoctor.com is free for all users. When you create a profile, you also have the ability to create and maintain a blog. This is just one more way to allow people to get to know you - and want to date you or be a friend. Each profile can upload pictures, write about themselves and explain what and who they are looking for.
The website is very user friendly. They allow browsers to look around and investigate the site before they are required to sign up. They do offer a gold membership option, which gives members more features and access to other members. The price is not listed and you have to inquire to their administrators for more information.
With your account, you can contact members for free, keep a list of your friends and favorites and keeps a log of who views your profile! Access to these features remains free to all members.
The exact number of members on matchdoctor.com is not revealed, however they appear to have several thousand scattered across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. They have been in business since 2003 and are gaining popularity (and more members) each day. They have an extensive list of testimonials on their site of happy couples who have met through their site. Sign up for free and maybe you can become a happy testimonial soon too!
9 Member Comments
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FreezyCheesy
January 18th, 2009 at 03:19 PM
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I was a member of MatchDoctor for about 16 months. People were friendly to me when I first posted, but seemed a bit stand-offish. I soon found out why. Everybody knew each other. I'm not talking about 20 people here; I'm talking about 100's. It was like walking into a wedding reception where I knew no-one. They were all having a good time, and I eventually did too. I just had to put myself out there. Introduce myself. Use my time to get to know people and put my energy into my own interests so they could get to know me.
The population is quite diversified, and if you read other comments regarding his site you will notice that many complain that there are COUPLES on this site or even God forbid, MARRIED FOLK. Yep, there are both, this is a friendship site as well. And while it does take a small bit of effort to figure out whom is with whom (so as to not step on any toes) I think it spoke volumes about MatchDoctor's reputation that so many would choose to stay on even after they had found their significant other.
On MatchDoctor they have free chat (which I was not interested in...it moved to fast for me) The forums, which I found to be a merry playground and the best place and way to meet all those people. Different topics where you could be flirty, outrageous, argue and fight over the ills of the world. A fabulous Blog section that runs the gamut from jokes, to poetry, to copy/pastes to some downright brilliant writers. It truly has something for everyone.
As I said, I floundered a bit in the beginning and got utterly confused with the forum lay out. I in fact got so frustrated, I wrote a letter to the moderator my second week on the site. I did not get an email back with a link to shut me up, instead I got a personal email. Details on how to find what I was looking for. A friendly welcome and the offer to help me again if I found myself stuck in the same corner again banging my head against the wall. And when I found myself getting a little too outrageous in the forums, I had my posting removed and a no-no note from the Moderator asking me to reel myself in. And...I did. Again MatchDoctor is a site where people have taken the time to know one another. The moderator is no different. Situations are handled with a large amount of humor on the site and (I found) personal attention to their clients. That is the way we were treated even though MatchDoctor is free.
In my 16 months on MatchDoctor I met 3 incredible men. How many people have you met from on-line? Actually met? One of them ended up being my match. That is right, I'm no longer on MatchDoctor. I'm taking this time to focus on my relationship. But this site is like anything else in life, you definitely will only get out of it what you put into it. If you plan on opening a profile and wait for the offers to roll in, you’re on the wrong site. People actually take the time to get to know each other on here.
I have noticed a few negative comments about this site, and as I took the time to get to know people over on MatchDoctor, I know who these complainers are as well. I think that axiom...Everywhere you go, there you are...is appropriate to most choices in life. Choosing the right dating site for you is no different. If you find that it is not for you, then leave. But as I was successful in finding my match at MatchDoctor, I can attest to the sites effectiveness.
HappyMDer
January 19th, 2009 at 02:35 PM
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MatchDoctor is a wonderful, free site. Emails (100 per day), searches, blogs, chat, forums...all 100% free! I have found my match, but continue to frequent the forums and blogs sections because of all the wonderful friends I've made at the site. As with any online community, there are a few bad apples, but they are easily avoided. The moderation of the site is incredibly fair-handed, with no favouritism to speak of. I love MD and the wonderful community there!
Jane
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:27 AM
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Stay away... Be afraid! Cliquishness, fighting, nastiness and did I mention these people are married or in a relationship, but want to ruin it for us single people. There are blogs and comments targeting other people. If you have a weight problem, don’t even try it… they are just mean. Attention seeking adult children.
Kent L
January 24th, 2009 at 07:07 AM
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I give MD a zero for their rating. The number of members they advertise is a lie. If you go to the site, you will rarely see over 500 people logged on. Usually less than that. They do offer free chat, blogs and forums. Each of these areas has a group of bullies that troll them, seemingly just waiting for someone new or not in their little group to make any statement that they can jump on and abuse the person posting said comment. Recently one lady went to the area set aside to post abuse complaints and was so verbally assaulted that she gave up and quit the site. She had been a member for years but because of her opposing views to this group of bullies (who by the way are fully supported and backed by the site moderators), she decided it easier and less stressful to leave than to take any further abuse.
I read a couple of positive reviews from people and notice that they belong to this 'group' of bullies that pride themselves on when they are successful at running someone off the site. The site moderators even join in on making barbed statements to anyone that doesn't keep quiet and let them play their games with people’s feelings. They continually post statements 'we hope you leave' or 'if you don't like what goes on here, just leave'.
There is lots of discontent among the general membership at this time with what's going on in the site but the administration has yet to address the situation to the satisfaction of the general membership. They did however find out that many are trying to contact the owners of MatchDoctor to present all the negative documentation and get something done about this abuse. Their response was to go through the site and delete all the abusive comments and posts in blogs and forums. Too late, many members had already copied these posts and are going to present them to the owners.
If you are into being verbally assaulted and abused, are not seriously looking for a relationship or just want to see one of the worst dating sites on the internet, join MD and have a look for yourself. My statements will be verified the first time you go through the blogs and read closely what is being posted.
It is a very sad situation.
Cathy
January 24th, 2009 at 07:32 AM
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I was on this site from when it started. When they introduced blogging it seemed to be a good idea but after time many of these people formed a clique and if you stood up for yourself the Mods took the side of the harassers. I was also a gold member which means I paid for the site. I am no longer a member and I do not go there anymore but I've heard it has only gotten worse and the membership is so bad that the clique is writing good reviews to try and boost it.
I personally hope it continues to operate as the malcontents running it will be looking for a place to continue their harassment. So if you like being a follower and being censored for your honest opinion, are a bit depressed and have to air it daily, I'm sure you will enjoy the abuse. There is plenty of it. And most of the rest of the members are scammers. It is a scammer’s paradise. Have fun!
Lady
January 24th, 2009 at 07:52 AM
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I was a gold member of this site for a year... All I ever received from this site was watching a group that the moderators favored and inner-acted with, beat and terrorize everyone that got in their way or they did not like. If you wish to join this site, please don't talk up for yourself or you will get deleted. The forums are a place that you do not want to enter. For those that like to blog, be careful of what you say or you will get the worse bashing that you have ever had... Until the owners change things it is not a good place to be.
John Clark
March 29th, 2009 at 02:13 PM
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Very bad dating site. More like junior/middle school for the idiots who are trying to relive their teens. Do NOT participate until you read the forums, blogs and enter the chatrooms for a couple days. Watch and learn how they act and react. No normal, well adjusted or respectable person lasts long on there. I've witnessed many, many nice people being bashed and trashed for no apparent reason. If you are new, you are trashed. If you speak out against the bullies, you are trashed. If you put anyone in the chatroom on ignore, you are trashed. If you speak of fun, creative, positive and enlightening things, you are trashed.
I hope this site goes away with all of the idiots with it. Only problem, they live online all the time, so they will follow each other to another place and ruin it. The chatters got expelled from American Singles (which use to have a free chatroom until those idiots ruined it). If you want to witness a bunch of over-the-hill jerks and porkers with no apparent life outside of their virtual world and friends, then take a peek. But do not give them one cent!
Maybe have fun with the real jerks and fight back, write fake blogs and troll the forums picking on the most vocal. Payback is a bitch. I gave this one star because that was the lowest it goes. If it went negative 100 stars, I would have picked that.
Pomegranate
April 14th, 2009 at 07:02 AM
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Pomegranate, Nashville, TN. MatchDoctor is biased to Gold (paying) members. I believe in honesty.
APR 14 2009 Disclaimer: The following review is based on opinion of my own personal experience with the site, and on observation of other members' experiences as well. Current and former members of MatchDoctor are welcome to accept or deny its validity based on their own experiences with the site. I believe the record speaks for itself.
As far as dating website designs go, MatchDoctor is put together well. I have no complaints about the search features or the email system or any of that. As a dating site, it is one of the best. However, as far as how MatchDoctor governs its forum participants, the site is one of the worst insofar as how its Terms of Use are mandatory for some members, and are more lax for other (specifically paying) members. The owners and/or site admin and/or moderators are, apparently, very young and immature and have not been very well trained in how to manage dating site forums in a way that is fair and equitable for everyone. A few of the ongoing problems encountered on this site:
1. If your opinions echo that of the majority of forum participants, particularly that of Gold (paying) members, you won't have any problems.
2. If they don't, and if you post your opinions without "offending" anyone (and you never know what might offend someone and what might not) then you're in danger of being blocked from the forums and/or your profile being deleted.
3. Certain members, particularly Gold (paying) members are allowed to get by with saying anything they please about whomever they please, including insulting, belittling, disparaging remarks and innuendos down to outright lies bordering very closely on libel.
4. If you defend yourself in a like manner, or "counterattack," then you're in danger of getting banned. Complaints to the site admin very rarely ever get addressed. When they do, they usually admonish the one complaining and not the one launching the attacks, especially if that person is a Gold (paying) member.
The remarks mentioned above also are rarely ever deleted from the forums; oftentimes the forum is simply just locked, so the victim of verbal assault has no way to defend themselves. These typically unfounded character assassinations can be construed as fact by new members coming into the forums, who then may jump on the "attack bandwagon" as well, and the person being attacked.
Canny
January 16th, 2009 at 06:28 AMI would not recommend this site to anyone. It’s been taken over by a choice few who make it unbearable for the ones they don't like or want there. The mods are friends of theirs and continue to let them get away with it. I was a Gold member, but had to leave because of all the harassment towards me. They have lost more than half their members because of this. When I was first there they had over 1400 members and it is now down to even less than half that. That should tell you something about this site.