This is less about assisting us with potentials, and more about money. It’s a business move. I have to be very frugal with my money. Things happen in life and you have to be prepared. Without the visitor features you don’t really know whom actually made enough effort to stop by and look at your profile and see you. That’s a point of interest.
Most people are too shy to actually message you first. The other features? They just don’t work. Especially if you can’t pay for the premium. This leaves those whom have to be more frugal out in the wind. Cause let me tell you…. not seeing if someone has stopped by your page and at least checked you out means the only way to really tell if someone is interested is paying.
I’ve not been contacted. I see “Such and such liked you.” But I don’t see a response, and I can’t follow them. Or they do the “Meet me thing” but they don’t actually message you, but sometimes they would go to your profile. Without visitors it means people like myself fall through the cracks and the very few interactions we got from others is suddenly non-existent. I got very few responses and or messages before…. I can bet you in the next several months I’ll get nothing at all.
Really dumb move OkCupid, really, really dumb.