Newenglander:
Let's not forget the site specifically recommends members reach out to others in fairly close geographic proximity or newly registered.
The algorithm doesn't seem to take into account either member's preferences.
C00kie:
When you go to the profile section, you'll see several prefilter categories. By clicking "See More," on these it allows you to see all profiles matching those prefilters such as: Newest, Online, Local, Feeders, and Feedees.
If you click the "See All" button at the bottom of the profiles page without selecting any of the prefilters mentioned above, it will display all profiles in order of last online, without applying any other search filters.
Of course, you also have the option to customize your own profile search filters to refine your results even further. I’m not entirely sure what you’re describing with your experience, though, as the algorithm doesn't prioritize new profiles or local ones by default.
Newenglander:
What I described earlier is in the header atop the main landing page. There are home, mail, and bell icons.
Under the bell icon, it shows who viewed my profile. It also shows suggestions to contact others who are in close geographic proximity, regardless of whether or not they viewed my profile.
These suggestions feature members whose orientation and interests often differ from my own.
My guy that's not an algorithm, that's just whoever stumbled onto your profile. The site just adds a bit of text if they're new or nearby just to stir up some engagement and get people to chat with each other. Like I just had a good conversation with someone the other day about dungeons and dragons and baldurs gate 3 and this fetish was never once brought up in our chat.
I'm not saying you have to engage with this community, if you just stick to engaging with the fetish side only then that's your right to do so. But you're still going to see people who you arent necessarily attracted to move around this space
