Where do you think they get the 70 million monthly visits from? I don't know anyone that actually uses Tagged as a social network. It would seem to me that the simplest explanation is that their bad behavior is the only reason they maintain any kind of popularity. No one is going back to Tagged and continuing to use the site, so they'd lose everything if they stopped expanding.
Just two weeks ago I bought a second hand laptop from the type of guy who actually uses Tagged. I can give you a profile:
- Single male, 40+
- Low income
- He and his house were a mess.
- Smokes a lot (the laptop still smells horrible, after cleaning thrice)
He actually left all his shit on the laptop and when I opened Firefox, Tagged.com opened, with his account logged in. Call me an amoral bastard, but I checked out his account, here is the sole reason he uses Tagged:
To meet women. The only women on Tagged apparantly are East-European women, who would like to marry a West-European guy.
He told me he was selling the laptop because he was going on a holiday to Lituania and he needed the money. Nobody goes to Lituania on a holiday, I initially thought he must have family there. But in his messages I found out he hooked up with some girl. So, I guess Tagged can serve your goals.. if your goals are shady like the site.
Just because you don't know anyone doesn't mean nobody is. Judging by their quantcast stats, their retention is decent, and a lot better than many overhyped sites beloved by the web 2.0 circle jerk.
