When you put yourself in unavailable mode can you surf profiles and they dont see? Have never been sure about that.

Also I want to hide my profile as really do not want to be coming up on searches at the moment, nor found by anyone as needing some space. I would rather hide, than suspend my account. I have clicked on ‘My Account’ dropdown and selected ‘my profile’ but cannot see visibility options anywhere. I used to see this about 6 months ago but Match changed a bit. Can you advise?

Might be interesting if you *did* start an IM conversation with him at some point! Tough to deny being online at that point.

Many people are dumfounded by sneaky ACTIVE WITHIN practices via match.com.

A match rep with whom I spoke clearly stated a few points. This was in the discussion of paid subscribers.

All subscribers have an email account associated with their match.com account.

If a subscriber then opens a match.com associated email through their associated email account, it will show them as active within ever time period from the point of opening the email.

This means a subscriber does not have to log into match.com through the actual site in order for their “active within” time frame to update. It updates, many times unbeknownst to them, by virtue of opening correspondence.

The content of a match.com email is irrelevant be it from it a wink, correspondence from a subscriber as well as customer surveys sent from match. In other words: Opening anything from match will reflect activity update time frame. Gets many into trouble if they have agreed to not visit the site.

Updated activity time frame will NOT appear under the same circumstance if a subscriber has hidden their profile. A side note: the profile will not show up in a search when hidden.When logged into match, saved or non deleted former correspondence will show the hidden profile picture, but the account bio is invisible.

Profile removal – if the profile has been removed, there should be NO ACTIVITY UPDATE if that person still shows up in their database. Be aware that this is a common problem for people who have deleted their profile. Match has often showed people as being a subscriber when they have been long gone.

Let’s assume match is at fault in not removing the profile once deleted, the next logical step is to look at the “active within” period. This tells more about the truth. A few scenarios may be the culprit:
Match did not remove the profile though the subscriber deleted it.
Let says-
The active within period displays the user as being active within 24 hours, 3 days, etc.:
Then-
The subscriber is still opening emails from the match.com associated account.
OR
the subscriber has logged into match
OR
or someone has gained access to their match account.
OR
someone has hacked their associated email account and is opening match correspondence through that means or logging into their match account from the email address
OR
your exclusive significant other is full of you know what.

I personally feel opening winks or emails from match interests under any circumstance ONCE AGREED to be EXCLUSIVE, can be damaging to both parties. There should be none of that if two people have agreed to stay off the site.

The only way to know why a profile is active after deletion is to call match directly and insist on a clear, concise answer. Ask them to send an email to follow up as proof of your concern.

As many people that are brought together, a significant portion are broken up by match sneakily updating activity feed or failing to remove a profile that has been deleted.

Trust is essential in any relationship, but match is contributing to its violation when employing dishonest practices to boost their membership count in their success.

I wonder what the numbers of failure within match are because of this veiled practice.

Hiding the profile is easy and can be done in a couple of seconds.
Deleting profile should be. But often is not removed thanks to match.
Pictures can remain years after expired account or those that have not been removed by match.
Active within period would be more accurate for discerning your exclusivity – even if match is at fault for not removing the profile once the subscriber has deleted the account.

Unless you have given out your password.

I’ve been dating someone for 4 months. He deactivated his account 2 months ago, yet his profile/picture still appear on match. When I confronted him about this one month ago he showed me his account. He clicked on an email from match which was the profile of an interested member. Her profile was visible but it was limited and he could only view it further if he re-subscribed. However, when he was showing me his inactive account, I had my computer on and his status said “online now”. He shows me the match emails he is still receiving. Sometimes he deletes them but if he opens one, his status changes. His picture and profile are still appearing online, and his status often changes from “in over 3 weeks” to “online now” to “24 hours”. Can an unsubscribed member’s profile and picture remain on the site and appear to be an active member? How long after a member cancels a subscription will it take before the profile/picture are no longer visible on match. Or does a member have to complete more steps beyond cancelling a subscription to be certain their profile/picture do not appear on the site anymore?