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    Okay, I just felt like ranting about this and if anyone reads, that's great, and if you don't care about it, I'm sorry for wasting your time but I just had to get it out bc I'm annoyed.

    Okay, this is probably my fault since I *did* put myself up on it, but I've decided that livejournal.com rating communities are full of mean, superficial, and rude people. A LJ rating community is basically a community of which you join, submit an application and pictures, and people say no or yes to if they think you are good enough or hot enough.

    Well anyway, I joined two couple rating communities. And I thought the pictures are decently cute, and I filled out the app the best I could. I thought that I'd prob get a few NOs since I' not perfect, but I did not expect the rudeness and meanness of the people doing so, and the overabundence of nos. I think there *may* have been one yes, but otherwise, all nos. Do you see anything really wrong with my profile or survey?




    I am really wondering if LJ people are just out to get me. I've seen some of the other people and looked through their surveys and pics and they don't seem to be any more better at filling it out, and the pictures aren't that much greater, honestly, but everyone is like "yes!" I don't know.

    It just annoys me. And now I've let it out, I feel better. And sorry for wasting your time.

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    wow...I've never heard of anything like this.

    seems like a lot of young people...very cliquish...very high school.

    I think you will stop caring about this kind of thing when you get older.

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    I must be old or particularly obtuse tonight. Maybe both.

    What is the function or purpose of such a "community?"

    Cause' I'm not seeing it.
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    alot of people, especially girls, downvote other girls, especially if they are pretty. Its just jealousy, and just like bad gossip, if you can do it anonymously, they will. Blow it off and enjoy the good votes you get. I give you a 10!

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    thanks

    as for the purpose... I am not sure, I guess being accepted makes you feel better about yourself? i just did it out of boredom

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    What is the name of this communty--Trollville. What a bunch of childish asshats. There must be a plethora of villages missing their idiots. I would not have anything to do with a bunch that petty. You are better hanging around here where we are all saints.

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    They're jealous and somebody wants your boyfriend.
    You're beautiful. Even if you looked different, people would still hate. Pamela Anderson is one of the best looking women of our time and people still talk crap about her. A lot of the most miserable smack-talking girls are always desperate to be told they're cute. And they don't like competition. They'll talk about anyone. Those people are walking sacks of misery.

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    Ok....didn't have a clue what it was, so I went and looked.

    Sweetie, I myself would make the following comments:
    1) SMILE!!! There's only one pic where you guys look happy. Obviously this is a community for HAPPY couples--you guys look like someone just said "hey" and snapped a pic. You guys look great when you smile!!!
    2) Try different outfits, poses, and backgrounds. These wer obviously all taken on the same day, at the same time, in the same place. Liven it up a bit. Plus, almost all of the people voting mentioned that it was weird that he wasn't wearing a shirt in any of the pics. So put a shirt on him--one problem solved.
    3) Yeah, as much as we all love kissing our SO's, most people don't like to look at it. Sorry honey. Maybe post a cute peck on the cheek....with some SMILING in it.
    4) Change your application up a bit. They all say it's too short. Take some more time and really think instead of rushing through it. Try to come up with some really unconventional answers.

    These people don't really seem THAT mean. It's not like they're all saying "wow you guys are ugly, get the fuck out of here." Most of them state the reasons they said no, so take those reasons as constructive criticism and rework your app/pics to reflect them. If you didn't seem to care so much about a stupid online "community" for "cute couples," I'd say just fuck 'em, but if you're serious, then take the member's responses seriously. You get what you give and vice versa (if you show that you care a lot about getting into their group, then they'll care about you--they're already showing that they care about their group by being very selective and discerning about who they say yes to). That's all the advice I can give you.

    Good luck and please don't take it too seriously.
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    scgirl - yes, I do understand some of those comments about happy couples, shirtlessness, making out, and short apps.

    the thing that does upset me, though, is when their reasons for rejecting me are stupid, like "you guys look related" or "you guys bother me" or just disagreeing with any of my beliefs, or any of that kind. or just being rude/mean about it. rejection itself I can handle, it's just when people are rude I'm annoyed by.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Emily link=board=1;threadid=11118;start=msg139495#msg139 495 date=1090103520
    wow...I've never heard of anything like this.

    seems like a lot of young people...very cliquish...very high school.

    I think you will stop caring about this kind of thing when you get older.
    Yes, you'll have a lot more important, stupid, cliquish, older person stuff to frett over later.

    But, mostly don't worry about it. Although, I admit that, absent the later explanation, the "animal rights" answer disturbed me a bit, too.

    The other thing to remember is that by exposing any part of yourself to others, you will unfortunately provide people who are so inclined the opportunity to take a shot.
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