Nervous About Online Dating?

Wednesday, April 02nd, 2014
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If you’re new to online dating or have come back to it after a long time, it’s completely normal to be nervous. However, internet dating isn’t as scary as you may think and there are lots of measures in place on Muddy Matches to keep you safe online and to keep your details secure.

Your personal details aren’t shared – Even though we ask for your full name, email address and postcode when you sign up to Muddy Matches, we will not reveal these details to anyone! They won’t show on your profile and won’t show when you send or receive a message!

You can only be contacted by registered members – To send a message on Muddy Matches, you need to have an approved profile. This means that your profile has been read and approved by a member of staff at Muddy Matches to help to prevent scammers from joining the site. This means that only genuine users can send messages through the site.

We’re here to help – If you’re unsure about anything or anyone on Muddy Matches, you can phone or email us for advice.

You don’t have to have a profile photo – We recommend that people add a profile photo as many people search for people with a photo, however if you are uncomfortable with your photo being online you do not have to include a photo.

You can hide your profile – If you would like to take a break from online dating at any point, you can hide your profile on Muddy Matches, this means that it is not visible to other people, but you can unhide it when you are ready. Some people choose to delete their profile if they get nervous about online dating – but this means writing it all over again when you want to come back to internet dating.