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A dating website that claims to be an exclusive meeting place for only "beautiful people" is unapologetic today after it dumped 30,000 members for being too ugly.
Foxnews.com explains the site Beautifulpeople.com, which calls itself "an exclusively beautiful community," was recently the victim of a virus that affected the way the site's screening process works. That allowed for a slew of new members that wouldn't normally be accepted. 30,000 of them.
See, the group accepts new members based on a voting system. "Members rate new applicants over a 48 hour period based on whether or not they find the applicant 'beautiful,'" the site explains. "Should applicants secure enough positive votes from members, they will be granted membership to the BeautifulPeople community."
When the site reviewed the new members and found them wanting, it gave them the ax.
"We have to stick to our founding principles of only accepting beautiful people -- that's what our members have paid for," BeautifulPeople.com's Greg Hodge told The Guardian. "We can't just sweep 30,000 ugly people under the carpet."
The site has paid out $112,500 in refunds to 4,500 of the 30,000 who had paid a $25-a-month membership fee. The rest were still within the free trial period
"We got suspicious when tens of thousands of new members were accepted over a six-week period, many of whom were no oil painting," Hodge told the Guardian.
Apparently, however, this isn't the first time the site has had to purge its membership in the name of standards. Last year, it dumped about 5,000 members after they appeared to gain weight during the Christmas holiday.
Hodge said investigators believe the virus was planted by a disgruntled former employee. He also said the site is offering counseling for those who have been rejected.
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