I knew I re signed up and I have 2 profiles. One can deleted but don't know how. Don't want to add confusion. Also some of the ladies charge way too much for a cuddle. Sorry but charging over a 100 an hour and some offer rates for extra hours or overnights. This is too close to an escort service. A girlfriend is wife would do this for free. Someone in leadership needs to fix this.
@movieguy54
A higher price does not mean that someone is an escort. There's a non-technical solution for platonic cuddlers who charge more than you wish to pay: Don't book sessions with them.
The search function does allow you to filter out people above a price you wish to set as your limit.
I’ve noticed that the majority of pros who charge $200 and up either eventually end up being banned, they delete their profiles or if they stick around, they generally don’t have any karma which I think is odd.
@zerolight40 posted: "being able to use emoticons in the DMs would be awesome!"
When using a phone, you can use your keyboard's smilie faces:
But I agree, not having any smilies or markup available when on a computer is quite frustrating.
Smilie faces/emojis are the body language of text communication, and without it, much can be misconstrued regarding tone and intent. 😔
~ Sunset Snuggles
🦄 Enthusiast 🏞 Travel Fiend 🐘 Animal Lover
Oh hi @SunsetSnuggles! Yeah I should have been more specific there… the IPhone battery runs down and then I switch to the laptop. ☺️ But, yeah it’s the desktop view…
@zerolight40 When writing a long PM or post on the board, I have actually begun typing it on my laptop, saving it as a Draft, then switching over to my phone to add the smilies. 🤣
@SunsetSnuggles you actually can add smileys and markup with a keyboard on a computer, you just have to learn some basic coding. There's also just not as many smileys available unless you install them, which is a bit more advanced. The forums have some coded in - you can click on the smiley button above the text entry boxes, or start typing a colon and it should suggest others available. (ex. : scream : without the spaces gives you ).
This is a list of all the (potentially) available markup smileys, however it appears not all of them are installed on this forum.
You can also check out here for more info on styling text with markup coding.
Depending on the operating system you are running, it may have a built in smiley keyboard you can use as well, much the same way a mobile device does.
Windows 11 & 10
Most MacOS
@SunsetSnuggles That's dedication right there. 😊 Sometimes I’ll write a message in MS Word before I post it into the chat box, just for spelling and grammar. Not often though, and only very long ones.
@Gary Oh thanks… I’m gonna try this next time the laptop is open. It is actually a Win11 machine.
It would be nice if Pro's had some kind of indication, here on the message board, so we don't have to click into peoples' profiles to find out if they're an enthusiast or a Pro.
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@cuddlefaery Yes, those work on the message board, but @zerolight40 was referring to PM's (or DM's, as the kids say - I'm old school 😛). Markdown isn't available, there. I do use it quite frequently on the boards though, for inline links, spoilers, text formatting, etc.
@DaringSprinter made a great thread about that for peeps, back in the day.
As for the smilies available here on the board, I've always really disliked their style. 😆
I miss these ones I grew up with...
It's exceptionally rare that I block anyone, but I'm shocked that profile Notes are not visible when you click on a blocked account.
A slightly disappointing thing about switching from a mobile browser (on Android) to the PWA is losing Find in page. Don't know if it would be easy to implement this similarly to the Wikipedia app, but it sure would be nice. Thanks for all the hard and often unseen work, devs 🤜
See, I think that’s a good change with the ‘search line’ at the top reading Professionals and Enthusiasts rather than Latest etc… That seems more user friendly to me. 😊
Accounts should be disabled if user has not entered for some months. Lots of inactive cuddlers. Also sometimes search filters are inconsistent with the results. Allows to write Karma just for chatting even without a booking. Have seen that. Constructive feedback.
Hi everyone! I saw there are businesses popping up selling cuddling certifications. One charges $799 for that, which is pretty greedy in my opinion. What are your thoughts on certifications?
@Debster That one is very well-established, having been around nearly a decade. After you pay the $799 certification fee, to even be listed on their website, it's another $479.88, per year. 😆
Where is your certification from?
It would be nice to have fav buttons and it would be nice to have different mile ranges of cuddles near by so it can be more easy to find a cuddle who is not like 1000 miles away, it gets irritating to find cuddles who live in different states. It should be a option to navigate to different states if we wanted too. It would also be nice to view cuddles that automatically pop up in my area then other other states pop up automatically
You can already do all of those things.
@Empress_Swan Are you using the Search function?
https://www.cuddlecomfort.com/search
You can adjust the Filters at the top.
Took me a minute to find this... and lost my train of thought....so now my suggestion is " I think this thread should be stickied." 😊
I feel like a optional video on Pro profile to describe ourselves and what we can provide to help our clients and so clients can view for themselves the personalities of Pro. I mean a person can have a cute face but a nasty personality and these will help minimize the search.
To assist mods and new members by:
Edit to add:
I second this!!! @OhioMike . I had to go back several pages to find this. Bookmarking it for myself now, but still.
If not already done (sorry but I haven't the pleasure to test how it works because of the lack of users in local area), I think some karma problems can be solved as in a famous carpooling site: it would require to implement a "booking option" (see below), but after the meeting has ended, both user have some time to leave their feedback. You can't see the other person's feedback until you submit your own or time is out. This means that other people can't revenge for receiving bad karma and also giving a karma higher than due to push the other person to do the same is not incentivated.
Maybe the "time window" has to be wisely calibrated: not opening it too soon to leave some time to avoid people being hasty, not opening too late to avoid forgetting the moments, not closing it too soon to avoid busy people to miss giving the karma, not closing it too late to avoid procrastinators to forget about it.
Also, like in many sites, the karma could be divided into sections, like cuddling, profile consistency (e.g.: you meet a smoker which wrote not be smoking), conversation (to arrange the meeting), whatever.
Booking option = e.g.: one of the two proposes a session with the date (unsure if also the time) and clicks a "Request" button; if the other one clicks the "Accept" button and no-one clicks the "Cancel" button before the event, the day after the "feedback timer" starts.
@Falco Love the idea in your first paragraph!
I was just about to direct you to this thread for further ideas, but I see you just posted there. 😉
https://www.cuddlecomfort.com/forum/discussion/19500/all-karmas-are-5-stars/p1
Happy summer vibes! 🐬 🎹
Require all clients to have a clear photo of themselves uploaded
@cuddliestbunny
Has it worked? I notice you don’t have any karma.
@Morpheus She's suggesting it for the site at large. (I would take a stab that cost is the reason for what you noted.)
What are some cool new suggestions you would like to see on Cuddle Comfort? I like to meet up with someone free of charge first visit just to have someone feel comfortable and familiar before any sessions occur
@CharlieBear ...another thread to merge onto old one...
Yes, there is already a stickied thread for this - Suggestions and Ways This Website Can Be Improved