I want to join this site

[gixxerboy1]

A dating website that caters specifically to individuals deemed "attractive" by their peers recently dumped about 30,000 members because, it claims, they were only granted access to the service due to a rather peculiar virus — and not because they met a standard of "beauty."

The Guardian reports that BeautifulPeople.com suspects that the so-called "Shrek" virus was planted by a disgruntled former employee, but there appears to be no evidence to back up this claim. No matter how the issue was caused, according to Greg Hodge — the site's managing director — it somehow "affected the software that existing members use to rate prospective new entrants."

As a result, BeautifulPeople.com was forced to send devastating emails to the individuals who slipped through the usually ruthless admission process before the issue was noticed:

[Hodge] attempted to placate the rejects. "I sent them all a very carefully worded email, trying to be as sensitive as possibly," he said. "But naturally many of them are finding it a bit of a sting to have been rated beautiful by their peers only to lose the accolade overnight." The company has paid out $112,500 in refunds to 4,500 of the 30,000 who had paid $25 a month for membership of the site. The others were still on a free trial period.

We're not sure whether to laugh or cry as Hodge stumbles over his words while explaining and justifying his actions. The Guardian quotes him as calling the rejected members "no oil painting," while making remarks such as "we have to stick to our founding principles of only accepting beautiful people — that's what our members have paid for [...] we can't just sweep 30,000 ugly people under the carpet."

Almost makes you hope that this whole virus and ban story is part of some kind of elaborate publicity stunt, doesn't it? No? Well, see how you feel after reading remarks supposedly provided by a rejected BeautifulPeople.com member:

Rachel Godfrey, a 31-year-old Australian nanny living in LA, said she received an email telling her she was rejected two weeks after being accepted. "I was getting on really well with this American guy and we were going to go on a date and then they said I'd been chucked off and they locked me out of the site," she said. "Now I can't get in touch with him."

Godfrey said she is planning to have a makeover and professional photo shoot before reapplying to the website. "What if he's the one? This is [the] only way I'll be able to get in touch with him," she said. "If that doesn't work I'll see what I can do with Photoshop."

[Times Roman]

oh gawd, yet another site for prima donna's

[Hazard]

oh gawd, yet another site for prima donna's

Thats what the ugly's say.....

~Haz~

[calgarian]

Thats what the ugly's say.....

~Haz~

he is not ugly....his skin (among other things) are just hanging loose

[Shol'va]

That site doesn't mean jack squat cause we all know that Beauty Is In The Eye Of ....."The Beer Holder"..






Just be sure to take along a friend to make sure you take home who you think you are so there are no surprises, unless you like surprises...

[bjpennnn]

bro that is so funny i literally lol at starbucks.

[BG]

Thats what the ugly's say.....

~Haz~

Lmfao !!!

[Times Roman]

Thats what the ugly's say.....

~Haz~

...I thought I just did! =)

[lovbyts]

I just got an email from them, now I'm afraid to open it and read it.

[Twist]

I saw this a long time ago on the news lmao. Gixxer that was my exact response.