Who Viewed Me Feature PREVIEW

<p><strong>Update 6.9.16</strong></p>

<p>Dear Members,</p>

<p>We&rsquo;ve been working on an update to address the issue with the profiles being periodically <strong>removed from the Who Viewed Me list</strong>.</p>

<p>The update has been applied and we believe it should resolve this issue for most members.</p>

<p>If you were affected (your Views list was previously automatically reset) and currently have the Who Viewed Me feature enabled, the following should happen:</p>

<p><strong>- Previous views which were removed from your list should be restored (this data is being backed up during the Preview period in case of accidental deletion).</strong></p>

<p><strong>- Views should no longer be automatically reset / removed throughout the day.</strong></p>

<p>Please post here if you continue to experience this or any other issues with the Who Viewed Me feature - CustomerService and TechSupport will not be able to provide assistance during this Preview.</p>

<p><strong>*** Note:</strong></p>

<p>The initial post and the FAQ and Answers post have answers to many of the questions already asked about this feature. Please read them before asking a question which has already being answered.</p>

<p>Thank you,<br />
SwingLifeStyle Team</p>

<p> <strong>Please Read First - Who Viewed Me FAQ and Answers</strong> </p>

<p>We'd like to thank everyone for your overwhelmingly positive and constructive feedback.</p>

<p>Below are some of the most frequently asked questions along with answers.</p>

<p><strong>--- Support ---</strong></p>

<p><strong>If your <em>Who Viewed Me</em> setting appears to turn off automatically / when you log in</strong>, please let us know which device (phone or computer) as well as which browser and operating system you are using. Also, do you experience the same issue when using a different browser? Please post these and other relevant information here. In order to provide assistance, we need to know the configuration where the issue is being experienced.</p>

<p><strong>IMPORTANT:</strong> If using Internet Explorer, please ensure that the browser is set to load a new copy of each page every time it's visited.</p>

<p>a. In IE, go to the Tools menu > Internet Options > Settings Button > Select "Every time I visit the webpage" then click OK. This setting should be enabled before enabling or disabling Views in IE.</p>

<p>b. Microsoft Edge browser should not be used to Enable or Disable Views at this time.</p>

<p><strong>--- FAQ and Answers ---</strong></p>

<p>1. Does the Flyover (hovering over a profile) count as a View?<br />
Answer: No</p>

<p>2. If I Disable Views, will other members still see that I viewed their profiles in the past?<br />
Answer: Yes. Your profile is not deleted from other member's Views list if you disable the Views feature. However, new visits to profiles are not recorded / displayed while the Who Viewed Me feature is disabled.</p>

<p>3. How can I Opt out / Disable Views?<br />
Answer: Views can be Disabled and Re-Enabled by clicking the Settings (Gear) icon at the top right of the Who Viewed Me section.</p>

<p>4. How can I increase my profile Views?<br />
Answer: The <a href="https://www.swinglifestyle.com/forums/Successful_Swinging/Better_Profiles/forumid_1118/viewforum.cfm" target="_blank">Better Profiles forum</a> has a wealth of great ideas from other members on how to improve profiles to make them (and you) more interesting to members. Check it out.</p>

<p>5. If I view a profile 100 times during a 7 day period, how many times will my profile be listed on their Views list?<br />
Answer: 1. Repeated views from the same profile over a 7 day period will show only the original view on the list.</p>

<p>6. What's the default order for profiles listed?<br />
Answer: On the Home and View More pages, profiles are listed in the order (most recent views with profile pics first). The View More page will also include an option to sort / view profiles by the most recent whether or not the profile has a picture as well as by distance when it's completed.</p>

<p>Thank you for your continued support.<br />
SwingLifeStyle Team</p>

Knowing WHO viewed your profile is nice, but without knowing exactly WHEN the profile was viewed has little added value. Include the WHEN, and then it will be a great optional feature.

@NjNY

You are a Goddess.....but then I knew that. Thanks so much. Found the off button and used it. Back to my normal state of oblivion. :)

I like the feature but liked even more was a "Flirt" feature that was mentioned that sounds like fun! Hopefully we see more ways to reach out showing interest as options. We sometimes have some anxiety emailing another couple. BTW... I'm not a total fan of the "Cert" thing.. I feel my business stays that way but to each their own.

This is a good feature as long as you can disable it. Of course you are going to get responses you don't want but on the other hand, you may find someone you are interested in also that you may have missed. works both ways.

Not a bad feature, but perhaps you might want an "opt out" choice so that you can surf anonymously.

A "flirt" key might be fun.

Ok if that will be a new feature to see who viewed us and who we have viewed we might be able to use that .
I view profiles all the time but that does not mean i am interested or would like to give that impression .

But if we have the option to turn on or off who we have viewed we can use that to show cpls we may have a interest ,or at least not give that impression

Love the "Who Viewed Me" feature! I think it is a great way to notice people we haven't before.

Wow.... seems to be a lot of drama surrounding this. I'm ok with it either way. There is good and bad with it. I noticed several "straight" single guys have looked... certainly not my interest, but easy enough to just forget. I also would like to have an idea of when my profile was viewed.

I agree with etx_couple321 ..... # of days ago would be nice.

I would like the profiles to stay up there instead of a blank screen that says "there have been no new views since last time" Maybe I am missing something.

I am not understanding the negativity. You can turn the feature off, so quit your bitchin'.

We're loving all the discussion this topic has created!
However our real question had nothing to do with the who viewed me feature (we turned ours off. Our choice. ) but we are more concerned that the system doesn't then hide or remove the header/references to the feature on our main dashboard. We want to have that gone, too (plus any other section that doesn't mean anything to us like the Vegas trips or random matches or newest members)

Cheers!

Love this feature. A bit surprised at all those who have viewed the profile ;-)

"***Note - Members who Disable / Opt Out of Views: 1. Will not be displayed on the Who Viewed Me list for profiles they visit. 2. Will not see which profiles have Viewed their profile. 3. Will permanently lose the list of profiles which have visited them."

Great. Sounds fine to me. I just looked again. There's no off/disable button under the "privacy" tab on the pull down at the top right of my profile, under the "privacy" tab on the tools page, or under the "new profile view" on the tools page.

So where's the off button for this dumb assed thing?

Finally! A profile view feature. Awesome. NOT!!!

VABeach persuaded me a long time ago that this is a silly idea. I'm still with you VA. Did anyone ask for this? It says you can turn the thing off on the "settings" page. OK, It's not under privacy options or on the tools page so where is the damned off button?

888, you say this helps you figure out who's perving your pictures and jerking off. Your profile is blocked to single males anyway so how am I supposed to jerk off to your photos anyway? ;) Seriously, that's why we need this feature?

Looking at the "who viewed you" list this morning I see three "straight" guys (awesome) from as far away as Pennsylvania and several couples, one from California, one from Texas, and one from Alabama. Gee, maybe I'll actually be in their area code some day. How useful. Is this supposed to create the illusion of an active profile? The club equivalent of this would be someone who sits across the room with a drink for two hours making furtive eye contact, but never coming over to introduce themselves. Who cares if someone's looking at my profile? If one of us doesn't say hello then nothing is ever going to happen. And frankly I can do without knowing that "straight" guys are repeatedly perving my profile.

Here's an idea: Fix the IM feature so it's actually useful. Maybe add a feature so you can notice an incoming IM before two weeks have passed.

And can someone please point me to the alleged off button for this thing?

Love the new feature. Now can we get a date or atleast '### days ago'. after so many days just put 'more than xxx days ago'.
Thanks for adding this update!

I am moving this into the "proper" forum and then that is that from me re this subject other than I fully agree with nynj's well stated post below

I personally do not like or value this feature . . . . either seeing who looked or knowing others can see that I looked, BUT . . . . .

I really am frosted that they keep making changes to this site without asking if anyone wants the change and/or, in this case where privacy issues are involved, for our permission. I am a Lifetime member and think that those who pay should receive more consideration when privacy is concerned. I don't want this to morph into a "hey look everyone" Facebook environment.

MRin2, this threw was created AFTER the other "non-official" thread was underway.

I will post over here and then I am done with wasting any more time discussing it.

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'And then we get a message like "We see you've been viewing our profile. Why not say hello?" Well because we're not interested, that's why. '
I agree with Andrew that posted below me, it does not mean they are interested, none at all in what you have taken the time to build un written correspondence about yourselves. They see the PICTURE and clicked on it.

Here's a way we use it positively for our benefit on another site. We see you looking and you don't make contact, fine, then you view us another 6 or so times...... We block you because you are only picture perving. It's okay to be a pervert, as long as I is in a good way. Anyhow..... Guess what? We see your profile no more and know you are not interested in anything, except maybe sitting there in front of the screen jerking off. So now that we don't see you in our searches, our searches become more successful.

The people whining about it not having a function, it does. Also, the people whining are more than likely the ones who sit and jerk off to people pictures...... AND.... If people aren't smart enough to know it isn't an interest because we were searching, we don't want to associate with them.

If you don't like it, turn it off, you have that capability. To want proof it's off, set up a time with the webmaster or coder in private to see their coding. Yeah,ok.

Now, if you will excuse me, I have a couple to tend to that we met that thinks that we aren't a good match that has viewed us 5 times or more since turning the feature on. I'm going to use this feature to make a determination and block them so they no longer appear on our local search because they are helping deter our lifestyle from being as successful as it could be. ;-)

We got our first "saw you checked out my profile..." email.

I am so totally not shocked that single guys are almost universally in favor of this. Finally they feel reassured that they are getting some traffic to their profile.

But what does this really tell you? That they looked and didn't write. That's not a sign of interest.

If you single guys write to all these people who clicked on your profile, you are going to irritate the fuck out of them.

Seeing who viewed you is a great new feature. Now, just post the date/time that they visited you. Thanks, SLS.

When sorting by date, there is no indication of what date the view actually viewed our profile. The date our profile was viewed would be good.

Since this appears to be the official SLS thread on this topic I'm posting my rant from the other thread here (the thread that presently has almost three times as many posts as of this writing):

"If you don't want to use it, turn it off. They gave it a disable feature"

Thanks very much for that. Did that. Turned this stupid feature off. I'm (Mr. In2) still going to rant because I don't want them to eventually disable the disable feature.

Contrary to what you say, or what is expressed in this thread this feature has been discussed in the website forum for a long time. And to say that it was a priority for members is, in my view, ridiculous. The clear expression was that the fact that SLS didn't have it was a plus for SLS verses other sites.

What the hell is the benefit of this feature anyway? You see that someone looked at you and have so little going on that it gives you a thrill? And tells you what exactly? Maybe they ran screaming the other direction. And maybe, accidentally we view someone again only to say "oh yeah, that profile, yikes". And then we get a message like "We see you've been viewing our profile. Why not say hello?" Well because we're not interested, that's why. And if we were we're fully capable of writing you an email to tell you so, just like any other couple with a modicum of experience and maturity.

SLS may be my favorite lifestyle site but they're not going to win any awards on the strength of their website, if the website forum comments are any indication. With all the legitimate gripes this is the feature they choose to work on? As far as usefulness it's a close second behind SLS radio in my book.

I like this new feature. I hope it stays.

Is a view considered clicking on a profile and opening the couples full profile information or is a view when scrolling over a couples image and getting the pop up window giving their basic info but not full profile? Or is it both?

We were a little annoyed when the late Swappernet introduced this feature. It seemed an invasion of our privacy. We didn't want people to know we were looking at their profiles! Heck, they might think we were perving on them (who, us?).

But we ended up meeting some great couples because of it, couples we otherwise would never have found.

So it turned out to be a big plus and we liked it.

Count this as a vote for YES.

An interesting feature. This is, after all, a 'connection' site for lifestylers. Understanding who is looking is probably better than not knowing.

Not every "look" is meaningful. As a matter of preference, we would be interested in knowing (a) the date of the look and (b) the approximate duration of the look, that is how long our profile was open before 'whoever' moved on. There is a difference between a 10 second look to scan a profile and a 10 minute look-read-and-reflect. Looking for a while reflects at least some level of interest. And, as other posters have mentioned, it takes a bit of courage to send that first 'birdie', especially for those who are new to the site.

I love it! This is something I have wanted for a very long time. I think it will be helpful in finding mutual interests.

I would like to see some indicator which shows how long ago someone looked at you profile. I don't get on here as often as I like and knowing when folks gave me a peek would help in deciding whether or not I would want to reach back out to them.