Twitter encourages free expression. Nothing could be more important to free expression than to be able to be heard about vendors who once were good, paid their ways to prominence through savvy ads, but should now be questioned. COVID lockdown isolation drove ppl online. 1/5

To be middle-aged (okay, “senior”) & single is more awkward in online dating. A site not to use: eHarmony. Ads several yrs ago showed eHarmony’s founder, w/his grandkids, & he says how great his company is. Problem: he left the company, came back to bail it out then left...2/5

for good & it now is owned by a German mass media company & a private equity firm. The 2 most prominent sources of info about this dating site appear to be (1) great “reviews” w/earmarks of SEO work. The others? One reviewer gave it 5 stars (it seems) so his slams would..3/5

stand out. Of 1,419 others, nearly all gave it 1 star (the lowest). Its overall approval rating was point nine percent (0.9%). Many profiles are of people no longer “active.” The few who are live more than driving distance away. The “scientific” approach of a “questionnaire” fades...4/5

as the survey has shortened. Worse: despite language in its pitch, the dating site won’t let people quit. Moray eels’ teeth point inward. Once bitten prey rarely escape. Online vendors grab debit cards & don’t let go. So shop around, but don’t waste your money so unharmoniously. 5/5