My experience at JDate was terrible, and the member atmosphere at the site is quite negative. JDate makes no effort to enhance the use of their site, because fundamentally, the easier it is to use, the sooner paying members get off of the site because they have found partners. Bringing Jewish singles together is not the goal of JDate as stated, it is money, bottom line.

Ways the site could be enhanced (all suggestions have fallen on deaf ears):
1. once you have clicked 'no' that members profile should not again appear in searches.
2. Jdate sends you supposedly 'new' matches - but they are generally people you have already reviewed and clicked, be it yes, no, or maybe - now surely they have a way to remove no's from searches, or matches that they send to you in the mail.

So you spend tons of time on JDate if you are serious about finding a match, and 98% of that time is sorting through profiles of you have already seen and marked yay or nay. Forget about the wasted time for you, for JDate, it is a huge bonanza. I've spend seven years off and on the site - and most of that time has been spend seeing the same old profiles, 2% of my time finding new. I have had three girlfriends through the site, and even met my best friend there. Ok, so some experiences, but in comparison to the wasted time, it is not economical or a good deal. At least other websites make the effort to accommodate suggestions. JDate sends back pat responses. Clearly they have evaluated such suggestions to make the site more than appearance manageable - all to no avail.

Then there are the people:

I respond back to each and every query. People will write to you, and then you respond back in turn, and you hear nothing back - not even a thank you. This happens constantly. Or people who drop communications without explanation. People who drop IM's without explanation. People who lie about themselves and/or their pictures. People who behave in disrespectful and abusive ways. These are the same people who make complaints of others.

If you want to give your money away, and want to be frustrated - go to JDate, where you will find a management insensitive to the needs of its clientele, and many, not all, but many members who have no etiquette and sense of communication propriety.

They've lost my business ....