Fubar.com
What Is It?
Fubar.com is a virtual hybrid between an online dating site and a social networking site, where users can meet new friends and romantic partners. At first glance, it seems very secretive and mysterious, but that's all part of the fun of Fubar. This site has been climbing in the popularity rankings for years and has shown no sign of slowing down.
How Does It Work?
The first thing you want to do when you've completed your profile on Fubar.com is to climb as high as you can in the profile rankings. Like most dating sites, the member profiles are rated by popularity and ranked on the site. The higher your rank, the more views your profile will get and the more people you will have the chance to meet. The easiest way to improve your rank is to spend a lot of time on the site rating the pictures and profiles of other users (similar to liking things from your friends' Timeline on Facebook). This can be tedious and take some time, but if you put in that initial effort you'll soon be recieving more friend requests than you send out.
You'll get lots of invites from people to join them in their fubar lounges (basically a private chatroom) where you can chat with other members, or you can open your own fubar lounge and invite your friends. You'll also recieve invites to play fubar games, and you can chat one on one with the member you're playing the game with. Fubar.com has a bunch of unique and useful features, but arguably one of the best is that you can set the privacy of your pictures so that only people that you manually approve can view them - except for your main profile picture of course.
Fubar can be alot of fun and give your ego a must needed boost, but there are a few things about the site that we didn't like. One of them is that although you can put filters in your profile to prevent them, there are an amazing amount of pornographic pictures in some peoples accounts. Much like other sites, there are people on Fubar who reek of desperation, and because of this some of the comments and messages that you receive don't leave much to the imagination. Despite this, Fubar.com is still a great way to meet new friends, dates, and play some interesting games.
How Much Does It Cost?
When you first sign up to Fubar, the features that you can use on the site are limited. In order to unlock the other features and have access to the full site, you'll need to earn enough points. You earn points each time you rate someone else's profile, photos, or blog, and when someone rates anything of yours. You can also use the points to buy virtual gifts for other users. Below, we've listed some of the different ways you can earn points on Fubar.
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Rate a photo
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Leave a photo comment
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Upload a photo
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Leave a comment
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Rate a member's profile
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Upload a mobile photo
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Someone becomes your fan
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Someone adds you as a friend
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Configure your mobile phone
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Configure your trackz
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Upload a stash item
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Rate a stash item
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Comment on a stash item
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Successfully invite someone to join fubar (500 points each)
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Stop by the fuBank and participate in one of the product offerings.
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Post a Blast! - earn points each time you post a BLAST on fubar! Send special shoutouts to your family and friends. ( see more details on how to under Post a Blast )
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VIP- members earn $10,000 fuBucks signing bonus! (See more details about VIP benefits under the VIP description on their main site)
How Much Is It?
There really aren't any membership costs involved with Fubar.com, except if you want to pay to move up in the rankings or get some quick points. Otherwise, you can browse around the site, talk to people, and pretty much do what you'd like without having to fork over any money to do it. The cost of points and rank advancement vary, based on which points/advancement package you'd like to order.
Benefits VS Drawbacks:
Benefits
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Fun and friendly atmosphere with interests for most demographics
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Easy and free to use
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Plenty of people to meet, play games with, and chat with
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Doubles as both a popular social networking site and a dating site
Drawbacks
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Some of the users on the site can be perverted or creepy
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Some people absolutely reek of desperation on this site
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A few of the points/ranking packages are a bit pricey
Is It Worth It?
Fubar has a fun and friendly atmosphere, and it's easy to find new friends, interests, and dates without the trial and error game that you have to play on most dating sites. Though there are swingers and perverts on Fubar, the same can be said of any dating or social network site. You just have to use your better judgmement and steer clear of the wierdos. Whether you want to make new friends, find love, or just find a distraction from your day to day life, Fubar.com is the place to be.