Sexual Health Buzz

These are the posts that you guys were most interested in last month.

Free Communication Weekend Starts Today – So what do you guys really think about eHarmony? Is it a dating site that you’ve tried? Did you have success with it OR not so much?

I was booted from MPWH – Were you booted from that dating site? If you were booted from that site… tell us why. I’d love to know. I get e-mails from people all the time complaining about the rigid rules of this particular online dating site. Let’s expose it for what it is. Good or Bad I would love to read your input.

MPWH the New Big Brother – If you are not happy with that dating site then why do you give them your money? Why not try some of the other dating sites out there? Remember, you don’t have to limit yourself to dating only those that have herpes.

Those are the posts that you guys were interested in the most in the month of July 2009.

I was booted from MPWH for something I did OFF the MPWH website. I hadn’t even logged on in months. One good friend of mine also got booted some time ago for mentioning a different herpes organization on another yahoo group message board (not on MPWH). Finally, I don’t know whether you belong to any other yahoo groups, but in the past couple of days, there have been several other stories of people who have been terminated for OFF-MPWH behavior.

The point is a member can get their account terminated even if the “violation” is OFF the MPWH website. The MPWH Terms of Service includes a sentence that reads: “The sole subjective opinion of MPWH Administration will determine whether any action ON or OFF of the MPWH site rises to the level of a TOS violation.” Note specifically the phrase “ON or OFF of the MPWH site.” – Anonymous

So basically no corner of the internet is safe, not even private emails. Thank goodness I never invested my time OR my money into this particular herpes dating site back when I was single. Thank God! In my opinion, MPWH is not a site I would want to spend my time on whatsoever. I feel sorry for those people that have been booted for no good reason at all other than to just try and socialize with other people whom they share common ground with. Sad Indeed.

MPWH the New Big Brother

Have you heard of MPWH?

MPWH stands for Meet People With Herpes.

For some strange reason I have been getting TONS of feedback on them lately. I think it’s because I provide feedback pages for various sites and products on things. People send me their positive and negative experiences all the time. But lately it’s been A LOT about MPWH and how they run their online dating site.

Take for example the following:

Yeeeeah. I had a situation with them a few months back. I had sent someone a link to like my facebook profile or myspace something, and they blasted me saying no solicitation for other sites. So I argued with them. If I’m paying for a site, whoever I contact, and whatever contact info I decide to provide, is MY business. Pre-H days I was on a few like… ‘pay’ sites for dating. They at least wanted you to correspond with the person maybe a time or two, but hell if you were paying and sent someone a message with your contact info it wasnt like you were being ‘big brothered’ the whole time. So ultimately, I’m paying you to contact other members, and you’re telling me I can’t give them my profile information for like… a social networking site. Which mpwh is NOT. They put fu*%in limits on your socializing. The site is pretty wack actually. But they’re quick to cite how many members they have on their site as some type of testament to their supposed greatness.

So basically what seems to be happening over there is that you pay for the service and while you are trying to meet people with herpes…your private correspondence is monitored and if they do not like what you are saying in private with the people you are trying to meet…they slap your hand OR worse…remove you from the site.

WOW. Most online dating sites don’t do that and ESPECIALLY if you are paying for the service. MOST online dating sites take your payment and then you are on your own to meet, socialize, and correspond with whomever you so choose.

If it were me… I wouldn’t give such a site the time of day. I’ve actually heard through the grapevine that you can not correspond freely and if you mention other sites or social gatherings you get slapped on the hand or your membership removed. WOW.

It would be like Walmart turning me away for shopping at Target the previous day. OR Walmart refusing to check me out because I mentioned an item I had bought at Target OR vice versa.

I think if somebody is paying for something then they should get what they pay for instead of every piece of private correspondence monitored and as this individual said, “big brothered.”

I was booted from MPWH