Was it the eggnog?
January 9, 2010 2:58 AM   Subscribe

A dating site that markets itself as an elite community for beautiful people with a "strict ban on ugly people" has axed about 5,000 members for packing on the pounds during the holiday season. (CNN)
posted by twoleftfeet (10 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This is basically a PR piece for a dating site. -- vacapinta



 
And probably gotten another 10,000 from all the freaking media attention. And here you are, helping it along.... yay, pointless controversy that will do absolutely nothing useful.
posted by Malor at 3:02 AM on January 9, 2010 [2 favorites]


Yeah I was going to say the same thing as Malor. Who knows if they really axed 5,000 people? Especially for "packing on pounds during the holiday season" as opposed to having misleading photos or something.

Plus this story is ooold.
posted by delmoi at 3:04 AM on January 9, 2010


Plus this story is ooold.

It's a few days old. Doesn't justify more that two O's, in my opinion.
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:10 AM on January 9, 2010


Its probably full of vain and shallow characters. Not much much of a loss really is it?
posted by Juglandaceae at 3:10 AM on January 9, 2010


I'm shocked to see journalists running with a stupid contrived PR story. Shocked.
posted by cillit bang at 3:12 AM on January 9, 2010 [1 favorite]


I'm sure this story is totally PR puff. It says they kicked the people out after they'd uploaded photos showing that they'd let themselves go. Really? They went through all the member photos? Got to be bullshit.

Worked though - according to Hitwise their traffic went up fifty-fold following the story (presumably from a low base).

Beautiful People is ridiculous. It aways reminds me of this episode of Family Guy...
posted by DanCall at 3:19 AM on January 9, 2010


I made this post because I watched a film called America is Beautiful, which mentions the site in the OP. Maybe it wasn't a beautiful post, but it was a post, a decent hardworking post, nonetheless.
posted by twoleftfeet at 3:24 AM on January 9, 2010


These people are not beautiful.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:32 AM on January 9, 2010 [1 favorite]


You know all those people who sign up and then (allegedly) never complete their registration here? Yep, not pretty enough.
posted by maxwelton at 3:41 AM on January 9, 2010 [1 favorite]


oldest trick in the book to get more attention. this is a weak fpp with just one link. flagged for deletion.
posted by krautland at 3:52 AM on January 9, 2010


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