{"id":936,"date":"2017-11-20T04:11:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T04:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/?p=936"},"modified":"2017-11-20T04:11:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T04:11:09","slug":"jdate-search-tools-are-useless-empty-fields-accepted-as-matches-by-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsmatchme.com\/blog\/936\/jdate-search-tools-are-useless-empty-fields-accepted-as-matches-by-design\/","title":{"rendered":"JDate search tools are useless: Empty fields accepted as matches by design"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"brokenThe function of a search tool is to output results that match your search criteria.\u00a0 It’s still a useful search tool if it outputs no results when there are no matching results, as it is saving you loads of time from going through\u00a0the whole database.\u00a0 It’s a useless search tool when it’s outputting essentially fake matches.\u00a0 In the case of a dating site\/app, a\u00a0useless search tool means that it is outputing results of people who do not match your search criteria, and you end up going through person after person that you have no interest in.\u00a0 Lots of wasted time.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that’s the case with the JDate dating site\/app.<\/p>\n

Is it a JDate dating site\/app bug?\u00a0 According to JDate,\u00a0it is by their design, whereby profile empty fields are accepted as matches, so you don’t “miss” someone.\u00a0 Unfortunately,\u00a0padding the results with people\u00a0you have no interest in contributes to you “missing” someone, while also encouraging JDate members to leave their profiles blank to match with everyone.\u00a0 Even the search filter with the Matches sort order is not helpful to show your matches to you – empty profiles who you find do not match with you at all with are at the top of the list, making it there by having an unfilled profile.\u00a0 At least the search tool with the Matches sort should weed out empty profiles for you.\u00a0 Waste of time.\u00a0 And money if you subscribe on JDate to read\/send emails.<\/p>\n

Related: “JDate dating website search tool still buggy, false matches<\/a>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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