One of the things that was kind of nice that we lost with the new page is that the old one kept the Hot Date/Event info up for a week after the event had passed. I can recall a number of times that I have gone back to look at a couples info after the party because I couldn't remember their online name. Just a thought on yet another possible improvement to the changed page.
In our area we're seeing most folks open up the Hot Date to the default posting of 18-99. You still deal with the silliness related to Hall Passes /= Single for viewing purposes, but folks are working around the other obstacles as best you can.
I really don't like this new version. If you aren't a perfect match for age/preference you don't have the option of seeing other LS couples in your are. We have, several times, in the past saw couples on a hot date listing that we weren't a match with, yet upon recognizing them and either us approaching them or they approaching us, ended up having a wonderful time.
I would rather see everyone listing in my area on the dates chosen.
I no longer see the blank calendar in Hot Dates when I switch from the "week" view to the "month" view on my laptop. Must have been some transient thing, but it appears to be working now.
When I went to Hot Dates on my phone and clicked on "month" I was able to see Hot Dates/Events for the rest of the month rather than all dates being blank.
The same steps on my laptop showed all dates as blank, but the "week" view showed Hot Dates/Events just fine from my phone or laptop.
I was not trying to add a Hot Date, just view them.
“ I just tried it again and it worked as expected.”
Could you please elaborate? Some members expect no expectations, while others do. Did it post successfully?
:-)
~Allen
I just tried it again and it worked as expected, but from my phone. Will have to try again later on my laptop. That was the reason for my "work in progress" comment.
I hope it now works on my laptop because I use that way more than my phone. Like many, I have no intention of using the SLS app.
Mayhem,
Not sure why dates that you can see on the weekly timescale, disappear at the monthly time scale. That doesn’t happen to us.
By the way, when opening the hot dates page, I automatically do two things: I change to the monthly view, and I tap on “change location” so that I can change from the default 50 mile range.
Not sure if this is a work in progress, but if I go to Hot Dates it defaults to a "week" view. I clicked on "month" and the whole thing was blank, including the week that showed Hot Dates and Events when I first went to the page.
Oh wow, I was able to post that without the blank screen or double posting.
It seems as though Wayne and crew are in fact listening to our concerns and making the requested changes.......at least as far as the Hotdate is concerned. The IM over the Bird, eh........not so much!
It took 6 minutes to go live. That's hours better than the old system.
Deleted a hot date and added a new one. I'll update once I can narrow down how long it takes to go live.
On a related note, wouldn't it be nice if there was an automated IM that told you your Hot Date was now live? I know, too much common sense and code (what 4-6 lines?) involved to ever make it a reality. What was I thinking?
Scratch that, it doesn't appear you CAN edit a Hot Date. The only option is to delete it.
Am I missing something?
Our most recent Hot Date was live within 10 minutes. I'll try an edit and see how long it takes to update.
While we are adding functionality in order to be specific in our searches, there should be a search function to include check boxes of sexual preferences.
~Allen
I’m surprised the mob squad hasn’t tried to attack you folks for inputting as well, instead of complaining along.
~Allen
Hung wrote:
“Hot: I would too given the way they were attacked...lol I think it was clear that they were working on it but 100 Subby’s had a 100 ways to fix it. Impossible to get anything done”
Unfortunately, Hung, it was not clear that they were working on it. It is never clear when they are working on anything, or when they have stopped working and have reached an end state.
Do you know how they could be clear? They could simply tell us: “SLS Users, we are working on it”.
For some reason, they are not interested in keeping their users informed.
Garyamy,
Are you saying that it’s tsking that long with the new system. I know it was taking a long time before the changes.
Using the new hotdate, our date posted almost immediately.
If the system is back to putting a delay on hotdate posts, then SLS is going backwards again.
what I don't get, is if you're a paying member or a life member why should it take 24-48 hours to post. it should be automatic. we have already verified based on our subscription.
Hot: I would too given the way they were attacked...lol
I think it was clear that they were working on it but 100 Subby’s had a 100 ways to fix it. Impossible to get anything done !!
RonKathy,
I can understand a site not running an official Beta. It takes time and money. I’m guessing that SLS is not rolling in the dough.
What’s harder to understand is why they don’t run a pseudo-beta, where they make changes, but expect feed back from the users, implement some of the better suggestions, and keep tweaking the product.
What’s impossible for me to understand is how they can have an attitude of “we’ve made a change, it’s the best change ever, shut up, thread closed).
Catchy,
I do wish we had a hot-o-meter.
This new hotdates is better in a couple ways than the Zone’s.
Having the ability to change the age requirements and location for each booty call is very useful.
Of the points you made in response to my question from yesterday, only the “wife with a hall pass” problem was really serious. The other issues could be adddressed and fixed by SLS.
Of course, none of us thinks that’s actually going to happen, but we must keep hope alive.
Hotluvrs, you're welcome. Given the response from SLS the past couple of times I've posted specifics about issues (get called a liar, others validate the issue, post gets deleted) I'm pretty much over it at this point though. I've gone from being a staunch supporter to actively searching for alternatives because of the ham-handed my-way-or-the-highway site upgrades and the worst-in-class customer experience.
The thing most lacking is a meter like on Kas i dee and Swinger Zone Central. Hot Dates here don't tell you much about what the person is looking for, so our responses are all over the damn board. We'll probably get 20+ looks from a Hot Date, 3-4 responses and generally none of them are worth pursuing. On the other two sites, we'll get 10+ looks, 4-5 contacts and we've ALWAYS had someone we'd be interested in respond. The contact rate is much higher and the quality is better too. Imho it's the Sexometer that makes the difference.
One of the reasons driving some of the Hot Date changes is to get a better match, and I do actually get that.
Currently under Newest Matches on our home page, the 1st couple listed is primarily looking for a woman and we are both older than their max age range. We are not a match because we don't match what THEY are looking for.
The Hot Dates filtering is a step towards finding better matches. For better matches to happen you'd actually have to match on both ours AND their criteria.
For Hot Dates, the other party is determining if they are a match by responding if they can and are interested.
For Newest Matches though, it's based on pretty much your criteria but would actually be more useful if it took both yours and those that it thinks you match with into account. In other words, show us actual viable matches.
This change could have been done in the background and nobody would have been the wiser, other than perhaps seeing more people that you actually match with on your home page's Newest Matches list.
