The Ultimate Connecting Singles Website Review
78The world of online dating is more exciting than ever and new technology has lead to some very interesting developments on the relationship front. When dating websites first came out they were pretty simple and allowed users to browse though profiles in hopes of finding a perfect match. But with the advent of social media, it’s now all about combining the functions you would find on Facebook or Twitter into one site. And perhaps no other dating website exemplifies that more than ConnectingSingles.com. Be warned – this isn’t a website for the internet challenged and you will definitely want to have some experience with other areas of the web before trying out Connecting Singles. Is it ultimately worth your time? It will depend on what you’re looking for and how savvy you are at navigating through all the junk you can find on such dating websites. But one thing is for sure, there are enough features on this website to keep you occupied for hours each day, even if you don’t manage to find your true love.
Connecting Singles Review
Connecting Singles is proud to offer its services for free. While there are plenty of other websites that will allow you to sign up for free, you will find that you have to pay for upgrades to use their “real” services. You won’t find that kind of tricky promotion here as everything on Connecting Singles is free to use. So that means you get access to forums, picture, quizzes, games, blogs, articles, and of course the dating features themselves.
The closest comparison for this type of free dating website would be Plenty of Fish. But there is one big difference and it’s that Connecting Singles pre-screens all its profiles before approval. This can be a good or bad thing depending on your intentions. If you are looking to find a date or meet someone special then you will appreciate the fact that the goofballs and creeps (well, some of them) will be filtered out. At the very least it takes them a bit more effort to set up on this site so you can be fairly certain that the quality of profiles will be better.
Connecting Singles Features
Free Features for all CS Members
Mailbox
Flower box
Forums
Blogs
Polls
eCards
Poetry
Rate Photos
Chat
Videos
Games
Articles
Music
Movies
Books
Top 100
Fireworks
Profile-Reviews
Groups
Tags
Events
Top 10
ListsFace
Puzzles
Personality and Compatibility Quizzes
As stated earlier, there is a lot on this website that can keep you entertained on a daily basis. There is also a large user-base that is constantly growing and covers most major areas of North America. So you won’t have any shortage of people to interact with through the forums, blogs, and various articles you’ll find on the site. The forums are well-populated and you can get into some lively discussions. You can also make and take compatibility quizzes, rate other people’s photos, and submit your poetry for other people to read. Over time being a member is a bit like Facebook where you become familiar with the regulars and you also can gain followers and friends just like on FB. You could conceivably join just to fool around with all of these other features and never use Connecting Singles for dating purposes if you wanted. There’s a lot to keep you occupied and again, it’s all free.
Connecting Singles and Dating
So how does Connecting Singles fair as a dating site? Not to over-simplify things but it will be entirely up to you. If you are only a casual user who goes on there from time to time, you might have a hard time attracting attention or keeping up with the people who have more spare time on their hands. And if you are more focussed on the forums and blogs then you won’t be able to devote enough energy to what it takes to foster a burgeoning internet romance. In short, it takes time and dedication for Connecting Singles to work for you because you will be competing with so much else on the site, and other social networking places as well.
It can be a bit of a popularity contest on CS (as it is with POF) because of its similarity in nature to a social networking site. Some people like the attention they get and they enjoy racking up “friends” or receiving as many cyberspace gifts as they can get. While there is nothing wrong with people like that, you are unlikely to start anything terribly romantic with them so you have to spend some time properly filtering out the people who aren’t actually looking for serious dating. And as always, you should follow general safety rules and not jump into anything too soon or too eagerly. If you think you’ve found someone you like then start off with a few messages to get a sense of what they’re looking for. The site offers a good blocking feature that will prevent you from getting harassed, so use that when appropriate. There are also section for advice and dating tips.
All in all, Connecting Singles is a decent site for dating purposes but it certainly isn’t the best. It’s very easy to get distracted by all the bells and whistles and lose sight of the main goal. But if you are ok with multi-tasking and are able to filter out all the stuff that can get in the way of meeting people online, then CS might be something to consider. Just be clear about what you are looking for, both with yourself and with other people. It’s always best to stay honest and cut right to the point on a site like this to keep yourself out of trouble. In the end CS might make a good addition to your dating repertoire, but it certainly shouldn’t comprise all of it.
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I have read the review that connecting singles did for themselves, They screen out no one forums are filled with vulgar mouthed people, Email box is constantly filled with people wanting to scam, reports to moderators of the website for vulgar language, stalking, harassment and pack attacks from the regulars in the forums go without any repercussions for the regular posters that is, new people posting in the forums will be removed, the constant trouble makers using vulgar, rude and offensive behavior are reported constantly but the moderators will not remove them, even if they do get removed, they have several fake profiles to fall back on, the website can be viewed without making a profile, I suggest reading the forums and looking at users profiles before joining because i have found they have no morals or respect for anyone, most have been lurking on this website for years, not anywhere i would recommend joining to find a mate, only headache and heartbreak found on connectingsingles.com
This site is more than annoying and manipulating, it's a real impudence, a fraud, to see how the "today events"-forums are managed: There is a four-members Zionist clique (self declared though) in there which immediately will jump on your head if your opinion is not conform to theirs and you impede theme doing their "duty in there" (this was wordy spoken out by one of this totally Zionist-Racist element, probably by mistake, but he wouldn't give ever an answer about his "duty there"…).
Instead they will start insulting in most primitive way, jumping and laughing around instead of answering posts, showing primitive cartoons to put you down in the eyes of the others. If it happens to get fed up with all this personal insults and you start giving back, you'll be reported and soon "banned" without any explanation. It seems that they are well organized amongst themselves and the management. Maybe this clique is a bit bigger, I was only close 2 months there, what I know is that other people were thrown out for the same reason. But this four seem to be UNTOUCHABLE, whatever they let out and is proven that it's always them starting insulting, lie and even systematically manipulating your posts. They seem to be "experts" in that, you'll find them day by day and for many hours in there, and this since some years now...
This all is not out of my fantasy: 7. Dec. started a long forum about this matter, read it if interested, you'll see that most people got fed up with these practices and wouldn't even more participate in forums with actual topics. A lady in there described it even more detailed.
My advice to you: If you are mainly interested in exchanging some thoughts about today's going on topics (as I did), just keep far from this site; it's a real FARCE finally. But if you want to date and/or participate in "jokes" and "dating and relation.
Signing on cs and getting this page "Art of Dating" and something about meeting geeks.
Whenever I sign on to CS I now only get a page titled "Art of Dating", which has a file name of "Free Online Dating Sites".
It is impossible to connect to my account because this "Art of Dating" page appears whenever I log-on and blocks further access to CS. How can I remove this page, so that I can access my messages ? Any ideas ?
I have reported the problem to CS but had no response from them so far.
Further to my original report on the "hijacking" of my CS account by the "Art of Dating" page, please note that in the centre of the text on this "Art of Dating" page is a advertisement for Scientology.org
Why is "Scientology.org" apparently carrying out unauthorised hijacking of the accounts of members of CS to divert them to their advertisment on the "Art of Dating" page, which appears on logging-in to CS?
Can anyone suggest how to remove this "Art of Dating" Scientology.org page, or stop it appearing when I log-in to CS ?
Thank you for any assistance !
Many thanks
Intentionally I jointed this site again with another name to ensure my experience that it's just another fake site totally controlled by a few fake ZIONISTS. And as I don't have to hide anything, I also send them the following, waiting for a comment which never will come...
But however, just have a look on it:
“You not only violate your own rules in an incredible grade, but you also FAKE-WISE manipulate forums in here. And all I say is provable, independently from the fact that you totally delete WHOLE Threads or manipulate some posts only, depending on your interests. Therefore, your entire site is a SCAMMER- SITE and created for political reasons only and I reserve all my rights for legal procedures, regardless your FAQ and privacy policy, because it’s yourself ignoring it.”
Just keep your fingers out of this fake bullshit site. If you really want to date, there are some good dating-sites who requires some small payment of course, but at least they are TRUE.
Just take care mates and good luck!
What a bunch of sour grapes!!! Especially by one member who was on the site last night blathering about another member only to be upheld and protected. Hmmmm As for me, Ive had a great time! Ive met several men, and made some good friends. The forums are hilarious and completely rock!!! I think anyone who expects a dating site to be a magic carpet ride has unreal expectations. I would also take comment from banned (rightly so) members with a huge grain of salt!
incognito 17 months ago
I have used connectingsingles.com I would not recommend the website because of the foul language, harassment and pack attacks in the forums, reports to the moderators only result in a waste of time, attackers and foul language users are only on the website for the purpose of attacking and harassing anyone they wish because the moderators of the website do nothing to stop them, very poor website because lack of control by the moderators of connectingsingles.com