tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090699.post767304106829744668..comments2011-05-19T18:43:36.991-07:00jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683513169776386015noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090699.post-23051555308541407062007-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:002007-10-04T11:50:00.000-07:00Hi Trey,<BR/><BR/>thanks for the comment..The allowing 2 messages for free was something that we said we were doing for a few weeks to help ease people in.. we basically wanted to give people who do not intend to pay adequate time to trade contact information with their matches. It appears we did not do a good job of communicating that the 2 message thing was temporary, and for that i definitely apologize. <BR/><BR/>in terms of giving something free and then yanking it away.. keep in mind that we ran for 7 years under the subscription model, and that free was a more recent experiment. We are on your side in terms of wanting to make the site free, but it does not appear feasible at the moment. we may try again in the future, but for now we have to stick with something that works and is sustainable, and does inundate the system with spammers. <BR/><BR/>i know that there are a lot of good ideas out there about how to fight spammers.. i guess all i can do is ask that people trust our intent, and know that we considered a lot of different scenarios, but that there is a lot of complexity and moving parts behind hotornot that offer good reasons for why we can't try many of them at the moment.jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10683513169776386015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090699.post-959409774220642072007-10-04T11:39:00.000-07:002007-10-04T11:39:00.000-07:00James, I agree that running a site, especially one as large as yours is a thankless task and thats why im thanking you right now :) Conversely, the changes youve been putting into hot or not, just dont make sense. A couple of days ago, you had it so that you could send 2 letters to non-star members a day for free...definatley a plus...now you have it so that we cant send any? Personally I dont think this is going to ensure more people using the site, or less people spamming on it, its honestly just going to piss people off...the same people youre trying to keep around. Ive met some nice women from your site and would like to keep it going, but cant see getting something for free...then yanking it out from under us....in my opinion its not going to hurt anyone to put the '2 free messages to non-star members' back in, and id love to be of some help if you need assistance with spam or phishing attempts as I have a background in internet security :) my user name is triz3y on HON :)<BR/><BR/>regards,<BR/>Trey Webbtreynoreply@blogger.com