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AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by jbjohns »

bayareaguy wrote: post #26

The primary use of the proceeds from the IPO, the company says, is to pay off the nearly half billion dollars in debt on its books. So they're only going to take money from new "investors" to pay off the old? Sounds like another Ponzi scheme to me.

Um, no? They're going to sell a part of their company to pay off their debts. But if you still don't see the difference just realize that they can only sell so many percent of their company until they have nothing left to sell and the company belongs to someone else.

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by ibsulon »

mattmaroon wrote: post #24

I've always wondered how AFF can possibly maintain a number of users for long. Even average women can just walk into a bar/bookstore/coffee shop/etc. and find a man on any given night with very little effort, which means that site couldn't have much of a selection of females participating. I assume the same is largely true of gay men. So you're left with a large amount of straight men looking for women that probably…

Judging by the number of adultery stories I've heard here and there, I'd imagine it's a few more than we'd expect. Females seem to use it for hooking up, not for any sort of relationship, and it seems to be used especially if one is already in a relationship.

As for gay men, there are many men who hate the idea of finding a hookup or boyfriend in a bar. Gay.com has tons of users, myself included until I met my boyfriend there about two years ago. While that doesn't affect AFF's population (I haven't heard of gay people using it that much) I would imagine the same is true for straight folk.

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by mattmaroon »

ibsulon wrote: post #33
mattmaroon wrote: post #24

I've always wondered how AFF can possibly maintain a number of users for long. Even average women can just walk into a bar/bookstore/coffee shop/etc. and find a man on any given night with very little effort, which means that site couldn't have much of a selection of females participating. I assume the same is largely true of gay men. So you're left with a large amount of straight men looking for women that probably…

Judging by the number of adultery stories I've heard here and there, I'd imagine it's a few more than we'd expect. Females seem to use it for hooking up, not for any sort of relationship, and it seems to be used especially if one is already in a relationship. As for gay men, there are many men who hate the idea of finding a hookup or boyfriend in a bar. Gay.com has tons of users, myself included until I met my boyfri…

Hmm, I would think adulterers would be less inclined to post their own picture online where it could be more easily found. Perhaps they want to get caught I suppose.

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by zitterbewegung »

kingnothing wrote: post #27

Is adult friend finder even a legitimate business? I have always been of the opinion that the vast majority of the ads for women are fake in order to get men to sign up. After all, why would a woman post an ad on there when she can just as easily go to, well, anywhere and find a random guy to hook up with?

Yea its legit. I know from experience.

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by anamax »

mattmaroon wrote: post #34
ibsulon wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Judging by the number of adultery stories I've heard here and there, I'd imagine it's a few more than we'd expect. Females seem to use it for hooking up, not for any sort of relationship, and it seems to be used especially if one is already in a relationship. As for gay men, there are many men who hate the idea of finding a hookup or boyfriend in a bar. Gay.com has tons of users, myself included until I met my boyfri…

Hmm, I would think adulterers would be less inclined to post their own picture online where it could be more easily found. Perhaps they want to get caught I suppose.

How does this "search for my spouse" work? (Our google friends aren't yet doing face recog on images. When they do, lots of interesting things will happen.)

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by ibsulon »

mattmaroon wrote: post #34
ibsulon wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Judging by the number of adultery stories I've heard here and there, I'd imagine it's a few more than we'd expect. Females seem to use it for hooking up, not for any sort of relationship, and it seems to be used especially if one is already in a relationship. As for gay men, there are many men who hate the idea of finding a hookup or boyfriend in a bar. Gay.com has tons of users, myself included until I met my boyfri…

Hmm, I would think adulterers would be less inclined to post their own picture online where it could be more easily found. Perhaps they want to get caught I suppose.

Not everyone posts their picture, and not everyone posts their own. Most of the time, people swap emails and that's where their real picture goes.

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by kingnothing »

jbjohns wrote: post #30
kingnothing wrote: post #27

Is adult friend finder even a legitimate business? I have always been of the opinion that the vast majority of the ads for women are fake in order to get men to sign up. After all, why would a woman post an ad on there when she can just as easily go to, well, anywhere and find a random guy to hook up with?

Does the way people use your product determine if your business is legitimate or not? If you did much IRC back in the day then you know that no such site will need to make fake women accounts to get guys to sign up. There are enough people who get a kick out of pretending to be a girl just to prank guys.

The business masquerades as a way for men to meet women to have sex with. If all of the women are fake accounts made by employees, then I would not consider it to be a legitimate business. In fact, I might go as far as to say it's fraud, much along the same lines that shill bidding on ebay is fraud.

Re: AdultFriendFinder has filed for an IPO

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Post by mattmaroon »

anamax wrote: post #37
mattmaroon wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmm, I would think adulterers would be less inclined to post their own picture online where it could be more easily found. Perhaps they want to get caught I suppose.

How does this "search for my spouse" work? (Our google friends aren't yet doing face recog on images. When they do, lots of interesting things will happen.)

It's not a search. I know a guy, for instance, who was married and set up an eHarmony account only to discover he was a match with his wife's best friend. And much more common I'm sure is the cheater's spouse seeing something in their email.
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