Sorry, you do not match their relationship or age request.

Well I can’t seem to find the ‘no Gandalf’ button when we make a hot date.

“ you might be able to find someone you do match with if you put as much energy into looking as you are complaining.”

Damn. Rustic that was pretty harsh.

Ok, yeah, maybe sometimes harsh is the appropriate road to take. Nice job.

I think some people will never get it. The people who post a hot date are the ones limiting who can see it. It is in fact not up to you to determine if you meet their parameters but up to them. If they only want single females with neon yellow hair that has pink dots between the ages of 20 and 22 they damn well should be able to set it to where only someone who meets those parameters can see the post. Quit crying because you cannot see something that the poster has decided you do not match what they want for whatever reason they decided it. This is not SLS being a nanny or limiting you this is other users who are looking for something specific doing so. If you don't match I bet you might be able to find someone you do match with if you put as much energy into looking as you are complaining.

Constantcravings I'm with you all the way. I'm adult enough that I can read a Hot Date posting and determine whether or not I fit the parameters of the post.

We don't need a nanny interpreting it for us.

Who freaking cares that someone outside my age bracket can see my hot date. WTF does it matter? They can see my profile online all day long. This is just a bunch of BULLSHIT.

Rollinjoe...
That's exactly what SLS has done. They have set it up so the user can determine who sees and who does not see their date. Prior to the change, SLS had full control of it, meaning, they allowed anyone to view and respond. The changes allow the user full control of this.

Hi all, I am an older single guy so I am here to serve my own special interest. I just feel it should be up to the individual poster who can or can not view their profile. It shouldn't be up to some governing body that arbitrarily imposes a restriction or makes decisions for you

Hotluvrs

I'm pretty sure that it was blocked because I only posted for couples and single females.

Constant
How do we know this change was not requested? Granted, most of the recent changes certainly seem questionable, but in a vacuum this one makes total sense. We already have the ability to block profiles and profile types, doesn't it stand to reason this one may have been requested?

Choose,
Having to adjust the age to 18-99 just proves the point that this is a FUCKED UP improvement by Management. Not needed, never requested crock of shit excuse. Somebody just bumped into the switchgear or spilled some coffee onto the keyboard.

DB,

Double check your parameters. I think the majority of people are finding that the hotdates page is actually working, not perfectly, but we’ll enough that you should be able to view your posted date if it was done correctly.

Constant

I'm on your side. Just last week I posted a hot date, and when I checked the calendar, I COULDN'T EVEN VIEW MY OWN HOT DATE because I didn't meet the parameters, which were completely wide open!

If there is a way to make this site worse, they will find it. This is my new couples profile, but I am a lifetime and have been here 9 years. The degradation of the user experience is stunning.

*being

We're noticing more and more dates are begin posted with an age range of 18-99. Well done SLS community, the system works.

They've changed the Hot Date format. Instead of filtering by not letting you see the post if you're outside the poster's age range, it now allows you to see the Hot Date and shows the preferred age range on the Hot Date listing.

I think that's an excellent solution. It's almost like it used to be. If only they didn't filter by relationship status. Then it would be (gasp) back to the way it was in the first goddamn place. smh

hotluvrs.

We cannot see the dates we are out of the age range for, but we can see there is one posted and what the age range is. We did pull a sneaky, changed Ms Choose's age to 45. Despite the message saying our profile changes needed to be reviewed, we could see the date who's age range was up to 45 immediately. We did change the age back because we, call us crazy, like to be honest.

Choose,

That’s weird. Things seem to have changed. We can now see hotdates even if we one of us is outside the desired age range

We have become the Socialist Republic of Swinglifestyle.

So it appears that for a hot date you cannot see based on the age range and/or profile type, it now shows the age range the posting profile is looking for. You can still neither see the hot date nor the profile posting it, but now you know the age range they are looking for. Unless of course it has been like this and we somehow missed it!

There is one near us post for 11/16 with a range of 37-45. Very small, very specific range, but that's their prerogative! Sorry Ms Choose, you're too old! lol.

So it appears that for a hot date you cannot see based on the age range and/or profile type, it now shows the age range the posting profile is looking for. You can still neither see the hot date nor the profile posting it, but now you know the age range they are looking for. Unless of course it has been like this and we somehow missed it!

There is one near us post for 11/16 with a range of 37-45. Very small, very specific range, but that's their prerogative! Sorry Ms Choose, you're too old! lol.

yeaokay it seems you are missing the fact that SLS only offers the option it is we the users that set up the parameters. Even if they offered more "restrictive" options to limit profile views it would be the user setting them thus limiting who can view their profile.

I certainly hope that outside of the already-enforced (and rightly so) viewing preferences set by individuals: single males, single females, bi or straight and any possible permutation of couples' orientation , that sls does not start limiting my views to profiles with that "sorry you don't meet, etc" . I hope we, the users, can determine that . I hope the updates are finished now.

Sinplicity we agree. It would prevent those single 70+ year old men (Hi dad types) from messaging us as well as those 20 something young bucks (Hey you went to school with out kids) from doing the same. We fully understand the whole "age does not mean incompatibility" argument except when it actually does. Last month at a party we were talking with another couple (casual conversation) that grew up in the same area I did. We knew all sorts of local things except when they mentioned stuff that had been gone 5+ years (a few things were over 10 years) prior to me being born. It was a bit awkward. Honestly I don't care how "current" you try and keep yourself it is the not so current or too current things that kill the conversation. While I believe we should be able to see every profile on the site I also think we should be able to control who can contact us in a better way than currently available. BTW we honestly would restrict single males to a smaller age range and other parameters (distance or ability to host for example) than we would couples. It would definitely reduce the amount of "spam" mails we get.

I wish that was in place for when we are doing a general search..... that both parties need to be within the age range we are searching for. Last I checked if one party is within your age range, then will still show in your search results. We all have our own criteria for what it is we are looking for and there is nothing wrong with that. ~N