OkCupid

This site was bought out by a huge conglomerate not too long ago. They then started using a Match.com blacklist and began shadow banning people... messages to and from people would be throttled if you were on that list. (I received messages from one woman a whole week late.) Then: no messages. AT ALL. As of 2018, they have changed their message system (again) and now they openly hold back any message you send unless the recipient has already pressed like and you have AT LEAST matched with her. It is now the equivalent of an internet ghetto (for most male users) that is designed to waste your time and give you a false hope. Basically it is a eugenics engine run by a technocratic, global company. The Technocrats have a special hatred of white Christian men or anyone who is conservative. BEWARE.

I never ran into any bots, just worse, men who only took me as a pretty face. After about 20 dates with men that wanted nothing meaningful I was about to give up. The last date I went on was meant to be the last I'd accept from okc. We are now getting married after 2 amazing years together. He is everything I never thought existed and everything I ever dreamed. I would have never found him if not for those 4 horrible months of juvenile dating experiences. And with any site, that's just what you accept to endure in exchange for the help. At the end of those 20 dates I found the love of my life. Give it a chance.

OkCupid is a very well made site. Sometimes the people can be a little strange but you will run into that anywhere. Really helpful as of location of people, their interests, and their values. I met my current boyfriend of two years on OkCupid, along with some new internet friends. Thanks, OkCupid! :D

I only used the free service. Went on a few dates with guys who claimed to want to build a proper relationship but seems they would have been more suited to other apps for random one nighters style of things. But hey guys lie whatever app you use... but then a real genuine kind and funny man found me on ok cupid and literally swept me off my feet. Ok cupid gave us a match score of 92%, some of the algorithm it uses are good and some not so. I can't believe how much we have in common despite very different personalities, we compliment each other so well in every aspect. We have been inseparable since our first date, he moved in within a month, helped me to care for my dying dad in my home, has helped to support me in raising my kids, been on holiday together. We have shared every moment of joy and sadness together in the past year. May we have many more together.

It's just been an utter waste of time, and to be honest, I don't trust the platform to make any investment in key features. So many obviously fake profiles and random one word messages to keep me engaged, pretty poor experience overall...

Well... it's free, so I had to try it.

I answered a LOT of their silly questions and they have this rating system that says either "The Two of Us" or "Y'all Got Issues" depending upon how each person answered each question.

Some of them are truly bizarre: "In a certain light, would a nuclear war be interesting?" That, for me is a NO! And some completely inane: "Peanut Butter: Creamy or Crunch" Like, honestly? That matters? And I prefer almond butter, anyway.

I have met a couple of men who seemed truly sincere, and then *poof* they lose interest. I guess that can happen either way, but I answer every single correspondence even if they live 3,000 miles away (it says right on my profile that I won't date anyone who lives further away than 25 miles away from me).

I will also say that the site is just insanely buggy and very hard to use sometimes, but it's free, so how can you complain?

I don't know what to say about this site other than total disappointment. It may have been much more reputable a couple of years ago but has really fallen in quality. So many fake ads, scammers and gold diggers! For the life of me I can't understand their communication system where you can't see a profile once you've liked a particular person. Speaking of "likes," if you sign up for "A Team" (enhanced membership) you are bombarded with likes from people from Africa (especially Kenya) where there is no potential for a dating relationship! Profiles mysteriously disappear or are locked out. Matching criteria (questions) are superficial at best. Even if you set your criteria for people you would like to meet, the site does not conform to your requests. Nice looking women and entertaining but total waste of time if you really want to find a date with some potential.

Not realistic because women will get more attention on here than in real life so it seems to give them an inflated ego. Most don't even respond to your messages and if they do it might be a word or two but hardly ever reply by asking a question back. And if you do actually meet up with someone, well most likely they will be fooling around on the site looking for attention and Mr. Perfect. I'm sure there are some good women on OKCupid but you have to dig really deep to find them. Oh yeah, women like to post their best pics which may not be current. Sadly enough I've met plenty of women who looked nothing like what they advertised.

This went from being the best dating app (2016) to the absolute worst, you can't message, you can't answer specific grouped questions, Christ you can't even "like" more than ten people a day now! They approve accounts that are clearly someone using American Instagram pictures but claiming to be British because African & Russian scammers don't know the difference! It's basically a pile of crap. And then you want £50 a month... seriously?!... Wt* is wrong with you folks!

Nothing but hacked accounts with dangerous scammers. I feel sure OKC is doing nothing this courage this. If you meet someone or plan to be inactive I suggest turning off your account, and selecting a better password.

Signs of scammers;

1 profile indicates they are originally from some other country

2 never give your email though they'll ask for it immediately on OKC - they can break into your computer

3 exchange phone numbers and immediately text asking for a photo that does NOT appear on the site - any excuse is a scammer

4 if you talk to them by phone do they sound the way you expect or like a Rastafarian? Tell them, say something in German, or mention I understand you're allergic to dogs when they have written they love dogs. Catch them in a lie immediately.

5 If you happen to be up very late and they are active green throughout the day and night... scammer

Free sites are not worthwhile avoid

Not sure why but my account was deleted after making a profile twice. The main culprit, a picture of me in jeans with my shirt off! Hold your horses I know, it's not against guidelines listed on the site, there are several profiles of escorts on the site where they advertise their services, I saw dozens of women covering their breasts with only their hands, or them bent over in some scantily clad underwear. Yet a man cannot have a picture of himself with his shirt off. Awesome job!? Search options were limited, actual search results where usually not complete/fragmented (ie if you searched the same criteria, you'd get different results each time) I would NOT recommend using this site, ever.

OkCupid is a great place to meet new people, especially if you are looking for something casual or casual/dating relationships. OkCupid offers many different tools to help you find the right match. It's also one of the most popular dating sites in the world and has been around since 2004.

Perhaps men have a different experience when they sign up at this site. As a woman, the vast majority of communications I received were organized spam, which after a few weeks became very obvious. I learned to question the "potential dates" about odd things they'd say, or repetitious things they'd say, and they'd resort to lines I'd heard already in the same conversations. If I were to guess, OkCupid is owned by a foreign organization that has thousands of cubicles with employees trained to get personal information from subscribers.

I am updating my review and downgrade to one star because I have now conclusively ascertained that the site uses robot accounts. (Females reappearing and matching back to you periodically). Beware then! The rest of my review below is still valid.

You get unlimited likes per day and unlimited communication with your matches. The user base is not great everywhere, so it might not work for you at all. In case of a limited (exhausted:-)) local user base, the app will propose to you prospects internationally. A feature that some will hate, others will love. Also, in Europe at least, the site is full of eastern European members claiming to reside elsewhere. I would not call those profiles fake per se, deceiving upon first impression perhaps.