Are you tired of the majority of dating websites out there where gay men are treated like an afterthought? Websites that allow gay men to join, but you find that nearly all of the members are straight? Are you shocked at being forced to pay those websites $30, $40, $50 per month (or more), just for basic features like viewing profiles and sending, or even just reading messages? So were we. Welcome to ConnectOut — a gay-oriented dating website designed to rival many of the others similar sites on the Internet. We strive to provide features better than our competitors. And we do it for free. At ConnectOut, you're not an afterthought — you're our only thought. ConnectOut is dating for the rest of us.
We created ConnectOut primarily because we felt that other online gay dating communities were stagnant and in need of change. Our hope is that ConnectOut will help to perpetuate change and progress of gay-oriented sites.
ConnectOut is owned by LifeOUT Systems, LLC — a web development firm specializing in web applications. Basically, we're a group of engineers who have careers in developing technologies for online sites like this one. That makes us different than others sites who are operated by those who have no knowledge in technology and simply buy outside software. We develop all of the functionality of this site internally which provides tremendous benefit to our visitors — it allows us to quickly troubleshoot problems and implement new functionality. It also allows us 100% control over everything — we are never victim to outside software developers.
24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. That is our goal for site uptime and support availability. While no provider can guarantee such a thing, our complete control over our systems and functionality should allow us to achieve this more so than most other sites. We realize that downed sites are annoying — and we hope to avoid that.
Everywhere. We are working to make ConnectOut available everywhere. For example, we are investigating technology that will allow you to check your ConnectOut messages, even if you're on the road and only have internet access through your phone. We feel that being able to connect regardless of where you are is important, and that is a primary objective of ours.
