No random play for you, old man!

...or you, or you, or you! Slowly but surely, it's becoming no random play for anyone, regardless of age.

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Update: Valleywag picks up the story 9 months later.

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Sushi & Robots says:

ooooh it could be mac/pc discrimination instead.... ;)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Ganz says:

The dividing line becomes clearer and clearer!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

vanderwal says:

Thinking they were born with few clues at Facebook and their best days were last year.

They also did not think through the Men and/or Women and Networking connection. Just plain dumb interface.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

dreamyshade says:

Yeah, those men/women checkboxes are ambiguous. I interpret them as "This is the part where you declare your sexual orientation," but I've seen a few non-bisexual friends check both, as in "I'm interested in making friends with both men and women!"
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

John Stansbury says:

As an old Mac-using man, I can verify the lack of random play. In fact, it was changed from "whatever I can get" to "friendship" without me even knowing. I knew there was a reason I deactivated my account a last month.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Malabooboo says:

Wow, it really is all downhill from here...
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

actual size says:

Dude at least it isn't all just "Friendship" after 30. Why Red for "Over 30" and Green for "Under 30"?
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Steve Ganz says:

Actually, it's all "Networking" after 30 so it looks like they got it right. Never mind then!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Trucknroll says:

This is shocking! And I confirm it isn't a browser or mac/pc thing, just looked on my boss' account and no play for him!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Trucknroll says:

also agree with dreamyshade that the 'interested in men/women' thing is badly put together. It's as if Facebook is embarrassed to ask about sexual orientation directly, so tries to pose the question in the vaguest manner possible. I read it to be asking me about my sexual orientation, but since it doesn't actually say that, refused to answer - what kind of sexist person is literally only INTERESTED in one sex?
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Craig ! says:

Logan's run.

Frankly, I miss "Whatever I can get" ;)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

WIZARDISHUNGRY says:

haha Logan's run otm..
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

jessamyn says:

missing whatever I can get before I even got it, alas.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

limeliberator says:

Well, on the other hand, I guess they assume you're pickier after 30 because you're also not offered "whatever I can get".. lol..
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

phospheratu says:

I want Random Play!!!
I've recently come out of my shell. I want to live a little.
:(
Please, bring it back.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Edward Vielmetti says:

waiting for the site that offers as a choice "a playdate for my kids"
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

twilightbella says:

I'm 23 and they took away my random play :(
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

allentomdude says:

30 is the new 20
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

Trucknroll says:

Just thought I'd let you know - they've recently extended this segregation of the ages to depend on whether you are a college student or not. I'm not sure if the 30+ thing is still relevant as well, or if it is just dependent on whether you're a member of a University or School network now, but I'm under 30 and when you posted this image, I could see the Random Play options, and now I can't.

See the comments in this blog post
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

dreamyshade says:

I'm a college student and under 30 and the Random Play options disappeared for me a while ago too, so I figure they took them away from everybody.
Posted 23 months ago. ( permalink )

AutumnSodomy says:

Yeah I'm under 30 too and the whatever I can get and random play options are gone......
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

andrewkosba says:

I also am under thirty, and I also no longer have said options. However, I'm pretty sure its because I chose not to display my birth year in my profile. Perhaps that's your predictament
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

andrewkosba says:

nevermind, just changed it to check, and still no change, oh well, it was a thought.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

xanthom says:

I'm pretty sure "random play" is simply meant to refer to any sort of play that is random, and nothing necessarily related to relationships or "fuck buddies". After all, it is an option under "Looking For", and "Looking For" does not necessarily refer to relationships.
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

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