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==Started in 2003 or 2006?== |
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{{WikiProject banner shell|class=C|collapsed=yes|1= |
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The current info contradicts itself. ] (]) 21:54, 29 May 2009 (UTC) |
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{{WikiProject London |importance=Low}} |
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{{WikiProject Russia |importance=Mid |econ=yes |tech=yes |media=yes}} |
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{{WikiProject Companies|importance=Mid}} |
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{{WikiProject Internet|importance=Mid}} |
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{{WikiProject Internet culture|importance=High}} |
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{{WikiProject Sexology and sexuality|importance=mid}} |
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{{WikiProject Gender studies|importance=Low}} |
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{{WikiProject Apps|importance=high}} |
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{{WikiProject Websites|importance=High}} |
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{{WikiProject Software|importance=high}} |
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{{Old XfD multi|date=27 August 2009 (UTC)|result='''no consensus'''|page=Badoo}} |
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== Need a good friendship == |
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==South Korea== |
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As Agoust 10, Badoo is still unavailable from South Korean IP's. It looks like is having a php problem. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 04:33, 10 August 2008 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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How do I improve Badoo page ] (]) 13:45, 7 March 2023 (UTC) |
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==Notability== |
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This is now a site within the top 100 on Alexa and has featured in a report on Yahoo finance. I believe it now has sufficient notablity to be an article. ] 13:51, 1 October 2007 (UTC) |
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==A Rewrite?== |
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The current entry totally looks like an advertisement, or typed up by someone at Badoo. <small>—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 02:14, 25 November 2007 (UTC)</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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==Dead link== |
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The reference No. 4 is a dead link. The Yahoo article has expired. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 19:30, 8 December 2008 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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== Badoo data mining! == |
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I suspect the numbers on Badoo are pure hype! I apear to be a member even tho' I've never signed up or responded to any mail.... I'm sure it's pure cut and past info from numerous failed dating and networking sites! <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding ] comment added by ] (]) 04:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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::Yes, I totally agree. The data is highly questionable. I only found out about Badoo because of their annoying spam. This article is an obvious advertisement for them, so I've put a cleanup tag at the top, in line with the various criticisms on this talk page. ] (]) 22:54, 24 March 2009 (UTC) |
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== Spam == |
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I see there is modification wars going around whether or not the "invitation" messages are spam. My personal experience couldn't be more telling; I got one of these "messages" telling me I've got a friend message at Badoo. Trying to see it I was forced to register. After registering there was NONE massages!! This is total scam, don't give ANY of your personal info to this site..... --] (]) 01:22, 7 June 2009 (UTC) |
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:Yes, I had a similar thing - although I didn't bother registering, I could tell it was spam. |
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:It's a bit of a difficult situation when it comes to articles like this. Badoo isn't a proper social networking site, it's just a small money-making scam - the claim that it has 22 million users is clearly rubbish. It's possible that a large number of people have been conned into registering, as you were, but I can't believe it's in the millions. So really the only piece of information the reader needs is "This is a scam site - avoid." But you're always going to get a few energetic users like Geeria (who is actually not a registered user, and whose only contribution to[REDACTED] has been to advertise Badoo) dragging us into a time-wasting edit war. |
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:I suppose we need to ask an administrator to block the page. It's really an abuse of[REDACTED] to be PR-ing a scam site like this. And the unsigned and non-existent users who revert our edits are unsurprisingly refusing to discuss this on the talk page. |
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:By the way, 81.197.76.159, it would help if you signed your edits too. |
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:] (]) 20:01, 8 June 2009 (UTC) |
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::Thanks for the answer, I thought that was the case with Geeria, and Badoo indeed.. Just dislike the publicity on my part ;) But if it must be done to kill scams.. |
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::Oh, just noticed I dont even have an account, created. I have an older account at WP FI --] (]) 23:24, 8 June 2009 (UTC) |
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