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Dating site evaluation: True.com
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Advertising: Truthful. True to its name, True.com is only interested in the truth when it comes to online personals. If you’re married or have a criminal record, apparently you can’t handle the truth; they actually threaten to prosecute you if you sign up withholding either of the two.
Layout: Acceptable. The front page is as busy and pixelated as I could imagine it being, particularly for a site that has such notoriety. Curiously, when I went to sign up, they actually suggested usernames for me before I was able to select to type in my own. At this point, I was shocked to see that the suggested names weren’t just serial numbers so they could keep tabs on their inmate population. There are dozens of tabs going across the screen vertically and horizontally, but none of them amount to anything of importance.
Profile Information: Satisfactory. As you move through the sign up process, they actually ask you how you’d rate your level of attractiveness. Isn’t that for everyone else to decide? I’d send the webmaster an e-mail asking that question, but I’d be too afraid of getting tazered. Other than that, the options are limited to a few pictures, a few profile boxes, and a few True.com patented tests.
Relationship Options: Pathetic. Single men and women can look for single men and women for either dating or long-term relationships. All other users will be prosecuted.
Matching: Satisfactory. The search algorithms return results within the specified parameters, but you don’t even have the chance to know if that person is still using their profile unless you pay them.
People: Real. Their main point of attraction is that their users submit to background checks and are RelyID certified, so if you need to be absolutely assured that you’re talking to real people, this is the place to go.
Communication: Restricted. You can run searches and see pictures of people, but that’s it unless you pay.
Pay For: Essential Features. You pay for everything except the ability to create a profile and click the images of the people for which you search. Though their payment methods aren’t as sneaky as some websites try to be, they’ll hose you worse than any other site I’ve seen. After giving them your credit card, name, and address to use their free three-day trial, they automatically charge you a whopping $60 a month for their service, and to stop this from happening, you actually have to call them during business hours. My favorite part was going to delete my account and having them offer me a month ‘free’ with ‘Trial Pay’. That’s some warmth for such a cold, desolate site.
Grade: D. In this reviewer’s opinion, you’re better off taking your chances with a fake user or two anywhere else on the internet. The site, in general, establishes itself as very mediocre, partisan, and too expensive. Even if you could handle the truth, you shouldn’t want to.
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