Randy Dating

Ashley Madison has made a name for itself by servicing a niche that is usually overlooked in dating circles – married people. Although you don’t have to be attached to sign up, the site is certainly geared towards discreet relationships. If you’re in a relationship, you normally don’t have a lot of time to spend with someone else. That means that your time away needs to be spent well. In the case of Ashley Madison, time well spent is clearly meant to be intimate. Read on to find out more . . .

The profile quality is a little fuzzy at this dating site. It lacks the multitude of essays and questions that generally flesh out a personality type on other more traditional portals. Instead, it focuses a handful of multiple-choice questions around what kinds of encounters you’re looking for and open to. Certain sex dating sites have criteria like this, but one really gets the feel that Ashley Madison is sincerely trying to provide a place for inconspicuous encounters. Unfortunately, there’s not much to look at when it comes to photos. It seems many of the members are taking the discreet angle out for a full test drive. Many of the profiles have very little original material written in them, but it only seems to bolster the feeling that they’re genuine.

Amateur is the best way to describe how AshleyMadison.com looks. With the amount of press this site has received, one would have expected they head out and hire a decent designer to bring this site up to standard. Still, sites that look too groomed can leave you wondering if they’re just a pretty face. Although this might be the reason why AshleyMadison.com appears the way it does, the mark for presentation doesn’t leave room for what could be, so it lands a six. Search options come in at a seven with less than ten different criteria you can search for. What it does have, though, is a keyword search tool that saves the day – and the marks – for this section. As with better dating sites, Ashley Madison has laid the groundwork for good member growth. Guests can wink and show interest in anyone on the site, but only members can instant message and email. That means if you are able to get your winking down to a science and can find members who’ve paid for credits, you might not have to hand over a dime to make a connection. This pay-as-you-go system gives you 100 credits for $50. Email can be sent to other members for five credits while instant messaging session’s start at ten. Pricing is decent, as long as you are able to show some restraint.

There really aren’t a lot of extra features with AshleyMadison.com. There’s a button that used to enable phone chat, but at the time of this review a notification said that the telephone service had been disable for two months for changes to the system. The site does have a neat little “boss” button that switches your screen instantly from the layout to a generic office supply store screen in case someone comes up behind you while you’re busy surfing profiles. There’s also an extensive acronym dictionary on the site, but I wouldn’t recommend checking it out if you’re new to online communication. It could give you the fright of your life thinking that people use that many shortcuts while chatting. If the old saying is true and you do get what you pay for, then all the money spent here is strictly for discreet encounters and not whistles or bells.

If we could give out bonus marks, Ashley Madison would get full points for originality. It has found it’s place in the market and continues to build on its success. If you’re attached and in search of something more, check out AshleyMadison.com.

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