Flirtbucks Revised
- Started 19 years ago
- Last post 19 years ago
- 136 Responses
- ********0
all the tweens and idiots are good for more usage period
- jpolk0
"The funny thing is myspace looks horrible, but people flock to it for it's functionality."
nah, people flock to mySpace because it's been perfectly marketed to them.
i hope you don't really believe that some dude made myspace to keep in touch with his friends... there has always been a ton of money behind it.
furthermore, myspace is immensely popular because it allows people to meet people without going up and talking to them. these cards are the polar opposite of myspace: it's forcing you to go up and not only sell yourself to a babe, but also making them wait to get home to get to know you.
- ********0
As mentioned before, it's not suppose to take the place of meeting people. It is more of a tool of meeting people at times when it is not always easy to meet someone.
http://www.craigslist.org/mis/
Nearly all the posts in missed connections on craigslist could have used a flirtbuck. Instead they went home logged into their computer and made a post to cyberspace in hopes of them looking them up.
- jpolk0
missed connections is for stalkers and entertainment's sake. i wouldn't bank a business on it.
its not like some babe ever actually tracks down the dude that fell in love her throughhis rearview mirror on the freeway, or whatever.
- acescence0
by too dark, it's not that it needs more color, it's that there's no contrast between the background and some of the elements.
the login box, for example, is the almost the same color as the bg, so it floats out in space.
i would guess it was designed on a mac? set your gamma to 2.2!!!
- jpolk0
"Very handsome man, dark hair,tat on r arm (I believe it was flames,or band)not really sure was busy looking at your eyes more. You were in line when I walked by you. You drove a gray SUV type vehicle and came out of the store with two power drinks... Are you sharing those with someone? I was wearing a pink shirt,jeans dark brown midlength hair,blue eyes,and had boxes in the back seat of my car. Lets talk...:) "
"and, oh, i nearly forgot...I slipped you a flirtbuck and you never called back! It's a card that you use with your computer. maybe you don't have a computer! hmm, don't worry future lover, i've got your license plate number, a quick call to my cousin @ the DMV and we'll be strolling down lovers lane!
P.S. if this doesn't work out between us, can i have my flirtbuck back? they're like 3 bucks a pop!"
- ********0
If you read my blog, I discuss the fact that I met my fiance on the freeway, so I am an example of "tracking" down the person that was in her rearview mirror.
So you are saying that most people on dating web sites are stalkers on in the entertainment business? Most people that are on dating sites like the fact that they can "screen" someone in the privacy of their own home and they may not be as forward in person or do not like going out to a club and meeting people.
- ********0
jpolk you really have a hard-on for knocking the site idea.
The bottom line is people are signing up for it, and there have been a few success stories from it. It is in it's 2nd week live, and I can safely say that I am happy with it's progress.
I don't see the harm in giving an option to online dating, since people on there are subjected to old photos, and phony profiles. Atleast this way .. you actually see the person.
- ********0
by too dark, it's not that it needs more color, it's that there's no contrast between the background and some of the elements.
the login box, for example, is the almost the same color as the bg, so it floats out in space.
i would guess it was designed on a mac? set your gamma to 2.2!!!
acescence
(May 12 06, 12:09)
__________________yes it was designed on a mac. Is 2.2 gamma a default setting for pc's and macs? Or have you played with your settings?
- acescence0
2.2 is the pc default, 1.8 is mac default, so out of the box macs are brighter than pcs
- ********0
2.2 is the pc default, 1.8 is mac default, so out of the box macs are brighter than pcs
acescence
(May 12 06, 12:25)______________
good to know.. will try and play with some contrasts in the design to make them pop a little more.. thanks for the feedback.
So do you like the old header/nav or the test03.html version with red at the top?
- version30
jpolk people don't flock to myspace because of the marketing
its this
Your Network:
77,503,219and this
You have 997 friendsmyspace on an adblocker is super fast
its the people, the voyerism the fact that each of us have our own 8 digit number 70856825
and can see into the lives of millions that myspace works
it appeals to all of us on a different level and connects us
- ********0
I wear french cuffed shirts with even more extravagant cuff links.
I don't need these cards, broads need them for me.
- ********0
I wear french cuffed shirts with even more extravagant cuff links.
I don't need these cards, broads need them for me.
flavorful_4
(May 12 06, 12:30)___________________
haha..me either, thanks to my senfeld pirate shirt.
- version30
yes the new nav is 100% better
- acescence0
i like the red, but maybe if it was vertically a bit smaller?
- ********0
I dipped my Chuck Taylor's in Pewter last nite and I'm going to rock them as a pendant on my cable chain.
22 inch cable, size 12 chucks!
I'm going to get so many flirtbucks!
- jpolk0
do the cards really say "you got bucked" on them? that's pretty funny.
- ********0
yes, they really say that. I tried a bunch of slogans, but we all agreed that one was a sinfully good icebreaker.
It can be taken in so many ways, and so we felt that one had the best potential.
- ********0
nobody's going to use your stupid site now go back to your stupid marketing job and think something else up