Dubious and unsafe for women
I'd be very careful about this website, if I were you. If you are offering a room in a home, Flatmate Finders' website boasts that it allows you a free plan in which you can set up a profile (nice) and "receive messages" from prospective housemates. However, you'll soon find out that you can't view any messages whatsoever, not unless you pay a fee! In any country that uses the English language, it is generally accepted that to 'receive' a message means that you can read it. For instance, I 'receive' an email = it is in my inbox and I am perfectly at liberty to view it and read it. For instance, I 'receive' a parcel, which means it is delivered to me, I now have it in my possession and can open it as I wish. In the universe of Flatmate Finders, however, to 'receive' means that other people can send you messages, that you'll never see, as they are blocked. To me, that is false advertising and I would suggest that they make it obvious that all you really get for the free plan is the ability to set up a profile of your place. Some honesty and transparency is needed here. Disappointing.
UPDATE: The comment below does not address my criticism. So what if you offer refunds. Your website needs to start advertising in an honest fashion. If you can receive a message, you should be able to read it. Full stop.
SECOND UPDATE: Once again the comment below does not address my criticism. How nice for you that you are a big and important website. Does that mean that you are exempt from truth in advertising laws? When are you going to fix up your website and admit that the basic membership, for folks offering a room, does NOT entitle the user to 'receive' messages, but only to collect them unread? You seem to be using this review as an opportunity to market yourself, which is hardly the point. And another thing! Yesterday, I got sexually harassed by one of your website users. I have screenshots of their comments. However, your response to me is that this person deactivated their profile, and so you can do nothing - not figure out who they were, not remove their profile permanently, not give them a warning, nothing whatsoever to ensure that female users of Flatmate Finders are kept safe and treated with respect. Surely the programmers of your site would be able to keep tabs on all users, in case of issues like these?
27. oktober 2024
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