Frequently Asked Questions
Why should I join Dating Idol?
It is sometimes easier to know if you shouldn't join something than if you
should. So we've gone ahead and identified the personality traits of people who
shouldn't join Dating Idol (even though it's free to join and free to compete). To
help you decide if you're one of them, we've listed those traits.
Personality Traits of a Non-Member
1. Doesn't like meeting Cool People online who have similar tastes & interests.
2. Has never had an opinion or shared an opinion
3. Fears revolutionary concepts that will turn the traditional social network world upside-down.
4. Never had self-confidence and belief to be winner
5. Never tries new things
So if the above applies to you, sorry. If not, your welcome. We love you.
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Who owns/runs Dating Idol?
Dating Idol was started and funded by enthusiasts and angel investors who are
really passionate about one thing: bringing a new look to Social Network, Dating & Online contests
all-in-one website. Our aim is to make sure that our esteemed members get to meet Cool people who have similar
interests and participate & win in Dating Idol contests based on your personality, beauty & socializing skills judged by your friends and
other members on our website - a true democratic contest.
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Why did we create Dating Idol?
There are hundreds of popular social networking and dating websites. But its hard
to believe those websites have never made any of their Members famous. We had only one
question in our mind "Do you really have to be on TV or a popular magazine to be famous?"
And the answer was "Dating Idol, the only democratic competition where the members decide
who's best based on your personality traits. That means members have the real voice - because our
patent-pending judging system eliminates cheaters. Thus, Members get a fair shot to be a winner. The
bottom line is, if you're really the Idol Date, the members & your friends will drive you to the top."
So that's why we created Dating Idol. Our mission is to provide a platform for members
to showcase themselves and be famous in the entire country and also enable members to meet
other members with similar interests. Join us and make some history!
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How does it work?
As an member, your first step is to complete your profile and build your friends list as you will need their support
to give you a head start. For monthly Dating Idol Contest, upload your best picture and summarize yourself in 50 words.
Then, let your friends vote you based on your personality and other members judge you based
on your description and the picture you have submitted for the contest. Our unique rating system will make sure that
every single contestant gets equal exposure to get rated by our members. The member with highest points every month will
win a cash prize to be decided by our Sponsors and will be featured on our homepage of our website. At the end of each
month, the top 15 contestants will automatically qualify to take part in Annual Dating Idol contest to win the Grand Prize of $5000.
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What is the Dating Idol Community like?
Our growing Singles community consist of members from diverse culture and religion with two main motives, either be
famous in the world or want to meet & date cool people around the country.
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Why should I submit my picture or video?
Dating Idol is a brand new and exciting way for you to become famous. Our
site is designed to leverage the power of the Internet to connect you with millions of people around your country.
You get exposure to new people through our Dating Idol contest held each and every month. You also get to meet cool
people around the world, so that you never run short of companions anywhere you go. There is a monthly cash
prize of $150 to be won and the annual contest winner gets a grand prize of $5,000.
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How does the ranking engine work?
The ranking or judging is done via two patent pending algorithms that serve up our voting system. Our algorithm makes
sure that every contestant gets the same exposure and no one is left out. Even if you have joined the contest little late in
the month, our rating algorithm automatically boosts your exposure so that you are on-par with others.
Our members who judge can filter the contestants only by Gender and not by age, thus giving everyone the equal opportunity
to compete against each other. All of the Votes from all of the users are taken together and the
ranking engine bubbles up the top contestant to the top!
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I am single and don't have many friends here, what can I do on Dating Idol?
Good news! We made this site for you as much as we made it for our other people. Its possible that you have moved to a new place
and you don't know many people around! Hence, Dating Idol serves you better, because most of our members are single and would like
to meet New people in their area.
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Hey, I am in a relationship, so what can I do on Dating Idol?
Relax. You are more than welcome to join the Dating Idol too. There is no one stopping from you to be Famous, if you think you got
it in you, just join and let our members and your friends drive you all the way to the top.
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Why should we believe you?
Dating Idol is the only fair, un-gamed, member-driven judging site on the Web. Not to mention:
* Dating Idol is free to join, free to compete in and free to participate in at all
levels Our competitions fit and welcome all genres of music & film if we don't have it, we'll add it
* Dating Idol is offering prizes for winner which has never been done on any Social Networking websites. Plus stay tuned as there
will be more contests held every month, we wont give you any Hint on our upcoming Contest, which will be the Next Big Thing on Internet.
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How do the competitions work?
The competitions are monthly, so you have a new opportunity to win every month.
You upload your picture/video and enter contests. Our contests run for the entire month and our members vote for
you based on your picture and short description about you. And whoever tops in our ranking system, wins the Monthly prize and
top 15 from each month will automatically qualify to compete for the grand prize of $5000 in the Annual Contest.
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When can I be certain I am the Winner of the Monthly contest?
The cut off for monthly contest is on the last day of every month at 12 AM EST (Check our countdown
clock). But because of heavy battling during the end of the month, it can take up to 20
minutes for all votes to tally and the system to refresh with the FINAL
standings. We suggest you look at the rankings at 12:30 AM EST to see who is the Official winner.
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Why should I enter in contest, if I don't win?
You don't have to win the grand prize to feel like you've won on Dating Idol. Here
are five reasons why just competing in our month long competitions makes you a
winner:
1. Dating Idol is the Contest build for everyone. Even if you don't win, there is no better way for you to
maximize your exposure to thousands of people and interact with them.
2. Dating Idol is free to join, free to compete in and free to participate in at all levels and see where you stand
among thousands of competitors and see how you can improvise it each month.
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As an contestant, why should I be able to vote for myself?
For the same reasons a political candidate can vote for themselves. It's part of
what makes a democracy great.
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Why do my rankings change so much?
There could be a couple a reasons for a swing up or drop down in the rankings.
We continue to monitor every members activity, if we found any of our members as violating
our Terms of Service or misuse of our website to promote some contestants, we will terminate
their account and you may see a drop in your total points tally.
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Who are allowed to participate on Dating Idol?
We are currently focusing only on members from US, UK and Canada only. We will be going worldwide soon.
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Why do I need to enter more information when I upload files?
We ask for some identifying information to make sure we can reach you if you
win.
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Hey, someone submitted my picture/Video? What do I do?
Non Members : Report by using the Contact us page
Click here
Members : Report by sending a message to the administrator
Click Here
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Can I submit nude picture?
Nope. Go somewhere else for that! Dating Idol is porn-free. Anyone submitting
objectionable content is liable to get their account terminated.
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Why does Dating Idol want my email address or ZIP code?
Dating Idol uses your email address to confirm that you are a real person and that
your email address is valid. We ask for your ZIP code so that we can target our
site's content to you as well - We are localizing much of our site to present
things that would be of higher interest to you via your ZIP code. We don't disclose
your zipcode to any of our members. Zipcodes are used to find people closer to the
particular zipcode based on lattitude and longitude of the zipcode.
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I didn't get my registration email / I was not able to register!
To complete registration and activate your Dating Idol account you will need to
click the activation link provided in the email.
If you do not receive this email within a few minutes, and you entered your
email address correctly, it is likely that your mail client or internet service
provider is filtering the message as spam, which is preventing us from reaching
you. All you need to do is check your spam or junk mail folder for the message.
If you didn't find it in the junk mail folder, please email from your email address to
info@datingidol.com and we will activate your account immediately.
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System Requirements for Dating Idol.com
Dating Idol.com may use some of the latest in Internet web-browsing technology in the near future. As a
result, our viewers may need to have at least Macromedia Flash 8 installed. Version 9 is best. If you aren't
sure if you have Flash installed or if your version is new enough, you can check by going to Macromedia's
Flash site here:
Macromedia Flash
We also highly recommend using
Internet Explorer or
Mozilla Firefox on Windows machines, or if you are on a Mac, using
Safari,
Firefox, or
Opera. AOL's built in browser will not display all of the images on our site correctly, so if you are an AOL
user we strongly recommend using one of the above browsers.
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What browsers is Dating Idol optimized for?
The Dating Idol experience is optimized for Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox on
Windows machines, or if you are on a Mac, Safari, Firefox, or Opera.
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I had a problem when doing something on your site! What do I do?
If you have the misfortune of having any errors on Dating Idol, or something
doesn't work the way you expect, feel free to write our technical support staff.
The technical support email address is
Contact Us.
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