Why does anyone believe Ashley Madison?

There's a show buried on weekends on XM's NPR outlet about origin stories of companies and the Ashley Madison CEO was the subject a while back.

While the business model he was promoting made some sense -- you pay to learn more about the people you are communicating with -- his traffic numbers were absurd lies for sure, IMO.

 

Isn't Ashley Madison considering an IPO? Can't really fudge the numbers in an SEC filing.

 

I suspect they can just say that some of that information is proprietary.

Facebook and Twitter don't reveal the number of members on a 10K, right? They certainly don't break them down by gender.

 

I worked for one that most certainly wasn't.

 

Is Ashley Madison anything besides old men and hookers -- Craigslist for the rich?

 

Does Suzy Favor Hamilton have a profile there?

 

And that's what this writer did.
The Cheaters Club | Mélanie Berliet

 

I haven't seen on…uh, I mean, I don't know.

 

Whatever happened to her? Was that a top 5 thread in SJ history?

 

Suzy Favor Hamilton
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It was very strong. Not Petrino or Valentine's Day, but it was up there.

 

Almost None of the Women in the Ashley Madison Database Ever Used the Site

 

One could argue the Whitney Houston thread was Top 5 worthy. Petrino and V Day are for sure in there. Boots' backdoor neighbor thread could be in there. I still laugh when I hear the name Mel Renfro..........