Maiotaku ain't working for me.

As someone that used Match.com and Plenty Of Fish, I can say it isn't only a Maiotaku thing. This site in particular isn't as regulated as some other sites because it's independently owned by one man dumping his own income into renting the server space and domain use. Only a hand full of members actually pay to use this site, so I can imagine it is a bit much to ask the owner to keep up with regular maintenance when it's more passion project than a mega conglomerate service backed by Wall Street investors and with a team of dedicated paid employees. Outside of the business implementation part, the Internet in general has always been a Wild West of user discretion and adapting on the fly. You are dealing with multiple countries using this site and not all countries have the exact same laws or expectations for appropriate behavior. Not all countries are as strict or have the exact same understanding of what's acceptable. That said, sexual orientation isn't something I can help with. That can only be decided by the individual. I will say it's best to be open with whoever you're interested in, so there isn't a misunderstanding. Also don't take it personal if other factors like distance, occupation, or disability play a role in deciding one's ability to date. Personally I have not found anyone in my area that wants to date. The only people I've met live out of state or are already married. My job also has me working 50-60 hours weekly, so I have to work around my schedule same as everyone else.

I didn't join MO with the intention of finding a partner and I still don't. What really made me join was the board (forum). It's been fun so far.

I'll be honest, site never worked for me. Everyone I've met either wasn't my type, Had issues of sorts, or were too far away. I've been on and off this site since late 2012. And I'm only familiar with 3 success stories with this site. It's a better hangout than a dating site tbh

@verucassault No need, compadre. You see, I simply do not have enough fucks to give and as such I stay with simplicity. There was a miasmic vapor of fucks past and thus the "K", it's succinct and conveys the inane point of the initial message in a tiddy little package of fuckless care. It's meant to illicit thought on a level that might convey how pointless the message is/was and how not enough care is available to even remotely offer advice on any lever and instead, smarm. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FkHCf6sjBgo

I dated a girl here once and she was pretty immature and delulu but since she was like 2 years older than me she treated me as the immature one and I let her now that I'm older I realize I handled our relationship more maturely than she did since then I haven't been using this site for romance every now and then there's a cute girl I'll talk to but nothing ever comes from it

*Ahem* Soooo... Pppppppppt.... Let's get to it, shall we? Everyone here knows what this site is, what it holds and that it's all for shits and giggles. Got that? Moving on... The internet, the weird world of anonymity that it is, unfortunately, holds truths. Most will see you as yet another bit of text on their screen amongst a myriad of other texts. So, how do we stick out? How do we achieve that mystical vending machine effect and get what we want? We set the bar at "Don't give a shit." and go from there. Now, that's not to say that we should expect others to just, as you say, "Deal with it"(Just that phrase alone speaks volumes about the person since we can't determine tone .), it's more along the lines of take things as they are and either enjoy/stay or don't/leave. You met people here that you like to socialize with? Excellent! Then you've achieved the first step towards your final goal. With that in mind, just go with the mind set of "Go with the flow.". You can no more get another to want a relationship with you, than them with you. Intentions are a good start, but your audience is key and the audience of this site is mostly just here to chill and see what happens, as it's not as direct as(Lotta "as".lol) other more traditional dating sites. Years ago, I had mild success (Saw things... We'll leave it at that. ;P) on here, but I had much better success elsewhere. There are a couple who've met and married, from here, but the odds are just very slim here without being friends first and foremost.

You can just take a break and see how you feel. I never found anything romantic here even though that was my original intention. I been on other dating sites including defunct otaku ones. I'm kind of a fuck up so that's probably trashed my chances but that's another subject. My point is relationships can happen anywhere. I was reading an article about an interview with women survivors of Stalin's gulag labor camps. One of the ladies mentioned she was in love with a man in the same camp. The men and women barracks were separate but they used carved out areas in the wall to exchange poems/letters. My point in bringing that up being love is random and happens anywhere. This site is just one of the many places people gather and you can take a break from it. No need to think too hard on it.