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Originally Posted by helterskelter808
Didn't Plenty of Fish make millions by being a "crappy" site? I like nice looking sites, but I think "crappy" sites do well, because the ads are either more attractive and appealing, or are just a quick way to escape the ugliness.  |
Plenty of Fish does great with it's "Crappy" design because the founder focused on more technical things vs. design. Also was one of the first "Free" dating sites, when Match, eHarmony, etc were all charging.
The founder also mentioned that they get a lot of pageviews because some of the skewed and stretched profile pic thumbs make people want to click on them more. Because surfers see it's a messed up thumb and want to click through to see the actual full size and non skewed pics...
See the skewed one on top left, top right and in the middle left...
