The overall reputation of Plenty of Fish (POF) is largely negative, with customers expressing significant dissatisfaction regarding the quality of profiles and user interactions. Common concerns include a high prevalence of fake profiles, rudeness, and entitlement among users, particularly women, who are perceived as unrealistic in their dating expectations. Many reviews highlight poor customer service, including issues with account management and a lack of effective support. While some users acknowledge the site's potential for connecting singles, the overwhelming sentiment suggests that POF has declined in quality and user experience, leading many to seek alternatives.
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Be careful on here. I tried to reply to someone I finally liked and my phone & laptop wouldn't let me send the message to him. My phone and laptop got crazy hot and I contacted support but a auto reply is all I got no real answer. I am steady getting message thst I cant reply too. Then I noticed they want me to uograde. Upgrade... but I've been on here all week without having to. The last time I put my card info into pof in 2018 my card got hacked by someone in the support team... please watch out. This could turn into a pof lawsuit if it happens to enough people
While I certainly cannot say it is the best site for online dating I cannot also say it the worst. It is just not for everyone.
I have been a paying and non-paying member often on for several years. They have recently gotten really bad. Then I'll give you women who are not only outside your age range but those you have blocked and those who have blocked you because of age range. I am a retired programmer for 40 years and even IA can you write code better than that
The females spend all their headlines complaining that they can't see likes and don't have meet me. Have they no idea every woman says the same? Nothing like negativity to start your profile off with
Also as bad are the ones who say my children will always come first. Why do they feel the need to say it?
Not to mention the ones who are 56 yet say they are 35 as they don't want to date someone their own age
There are too many in their late 30s/40s who still act like they are 20. They come across as entitled spoilt brats demanding you read their profile and adhere to their every demand
The thirsty men have to take their share of the blame. Most of the women are extremely unattractive yet have a ridiculous attitude. If men weren't messaging them they wouldn't have the entitlement
There is not much of a screening/verification process to prevent this. Also, I have specified I only want people in my area yet often get ones outside. I really am tired of having to get a message, click on profile only to find that they live too fsr away. Last, pictures are quite outdated in some cases.
1st time back on here since 2015 and unbelievably it's gotten even worse! The women all in their 40s with tons of baggage yet remarkably keep talking about refusing to settle and how they know their worth and other nonsense. They're absolutely insane
Saw a lot of people that were on back 7 years ago and they still have the same photos up! The only thing that's changed is they've become even more choosy. If you're on a dating site for 7 years maybe it's not the men that's the problem?
Truly abysmal standard of women. Absolutely the bottom of the barrel. They'd still look woeful after 10 pints of beer. They don't even have a nice personality! Just nasty all round
POF is ok for showing you people however they only show you who THEY want to show you. You can't look up people in your area. They won't show you that at least under a free membership and that's what I'm rating is a free membership. The women today and this isn't pof's fault but the women today are only after the very top 5% of men the very rich and very handsome or one or the other if they settle. So as far as finding a date that just doesn't want to use you for the price of a free dinner well then you better be in that top 5% or your won't even get looked at. Also they have a meet me feature that you can use but they won't show you who likes you unless you pay them. But if you match with someone like you like them and they like you they will show you that under matches... but these women generally won't answer you if you write them... guess they like your look but not your finances. They will tell you that someone likes you but they blur their picture... but you can see them enough to see that they won't show you that person that likes you in the meet me feature... which I think is a really shty thing to do.
This site SUCKS. There are more scammers than real profiles. I have had conversations with eight men so far. Only one of them was a legitimate profile. Unlike other sites POF does nothing to protect their members. They should let their members know if they had contact with any of these thieves. They are awful!
I dont understand why men message the females on here. They are all 2/10 at best yet think they are perfect 10s. They are incredibly rude and dont even try to be friendly on their profiles
Every single mum in the world seems to be on here and they all have OTT demands, they are mostly all overweight, they smoke and have more tattoos than teeth yet demand Mr Perfect who must be over 5'10 tall
They are all well past their best yet demand a man in his prime. You couldnt make it up
I do not even have an account…I tried to sign in forgot password…. Just so I can delete…. They never sent a password reset. I had to delete my entire email account that I've had for years to stop this! I was getting 80+ emails a day…I never signed up…when I reached out for tech support they wanted to charge $1…. It's a scam
Don't waste your time and money on the Plenty of Fish site. I was communicating with several members and their accounts were hacked. I know this because these members accounts profile were changed several times by the hacker in reference to the members location and what they were looking for in a match. I reported this to the POF staff and my account was removed but the so called hacker remained online and sent me a message but I couldn't retrieve it. This site is not worth wasting your time and money on!
As a guy who's used this website on numerous different occasions for men I would say it isn't worth it. You have to come up with something astronomical to say when trying to Mack on a female online that you haven't met. Or she'll just leave you on read. Doesn't matter if you look good or ugly. Women have more success when getting messages and everything, as a man I would definitely say. You're wasting your time if you messaged 3 or 4 women and they haven't replied. Just being honest.
Just rename it plenty of single parents and be done with it. Just a massive turn off to see so many women that have a child up with no dad on the scene, they cant all be unlucky, just all made bad life choices. Most arent even divorced so had their children out of wedlock.
Full of women in their 30s and 40s asking where are the handsome guys, Needless to say they arent attractive yet demand the man must be, I have never seen anything like it, they go online and think they can order a hot guy
All they do is complain they cant see likes from men and you that must message them. Dont they realise that EVERY woman has put the same? Its so tedious reading it. Its not even that hard to work out who has clicked like you but obviously way too difficult for these geniuses to figure out. Again it just smacks of laziness and entitlement
I have nothing positive to say about the site or the people on there
A dating site won't get people to sign up if there aren't any users. Some in the past have been busted creating fake profiles just to make their userbase look more active than it is. A lot of the profiles on POF are bots, some are scammers, and some are prostitutes. I've reported profiles before and they stay up. I recommend avoiding this site.
As a lady looking for another man on the site for a long term relationship, The majority of the men all seem to be looking for quick hookups and sex.
The best thing about this site is that it is free for both men and women to get messages and to reply to messages for free.
This site is horrible. I can't spend more than 10 minutes before I'm fraudulently flagged by trolls and have to wait 24+ hours for them to check, find I did nothing, and then unblock my profile.
Because I'm a real woman, as soon as they unblock it I get flooded with messages-- that I then can't answer because some troll fraud flagged me again.
I've only been on pof a couple months, but my profile has been fraudulently flagged over 20 times, making it impossible to get to know anyone. And they just keep letting trolls flag it for zero reasons. (They don't even get rid of these trolls, they let them stay.)
Definitely not worth it for women, and I wouldn't pay for a subscription, not unless you want to chat more with their alleged support staff than you do people to date.
Not sure where to start
The women are mostly
Very miserable
Very picky
Smokers
Overweight
Unattractive
Single mums
Tattooes galore
Low IQ
Bland personality
Old photos from 2012 next to 2022 ones Why?
Tongues sticking out in photos. Why?
Appallingly entitled attitude
Lie about their age
Unable to hold a conversation
The worst specimens society has to offer all hilariously screech there MUST be a spark. Zero self awareness that no decent man would find them attractive or want to be with them
I'm sure there are plenty of dreadful men on there as well but I'm not looking for them so can't comment on that
0 stars
Its bad enough you have very low quality women on the site but what makes it worse is they all believe they are a hot commodity and are a 10/10 catch when they are more likely a 2/10/. Its full of deluded women and is pointless even signing up for
Most are too dumb/lazy to fill their bio out but if they do its full of silly demands and how they love tattoos and going out. IF on the off chance you do find someone okay you will find they have tons of kids they expect you to tolerate
Lets be honest you wont find a decent woman on here, why would they stay on here when they are being constantly bombarded with perv requests or simp men? All you have is a website full of women that nobody wants
They need to verify everyone on the site. Verify people are actually who they claim to be. 9 out of 10 profiles I dealt with were fake profiles, scammers, cat fishers! Pathetic! 3 months and not one connection with a real, legit man. You have to spend extra money on verifying sites to protect your self. That's bull$#*! for you pay for the membership! There are ways POF can verify before allowing anyone to sign on and create a profile, And it's not free!
Unfortunately, it looks like this company has some political views, and discriminates accordingly. After about 8 years of my on-and-off relationship with POF, my account was canceled w/out any explanation.
Answer: Oh yes, they want you to upgrade and pay! But when you pay you will see these profiles who you liked or who liked you disappear. They were nothing but bait-and-switch. You gain nothing when you pay, it's the silliest way to spend money. Are you looking for hook up or relationship? I wanted a relationship and I was really frustrated by Pof. Eventually I found what I was looking for on https://j4l.com/402007 But I've lost nearly a year on Pof. Not to mention emotional drain and money!
Answer: I just deactivated my account. This site is a sewer. Do not pay anything for this site or any site. I searched for free on other site( even paid ones you can search for free) and I saw the same guys on most of the other sites as well. I'm gonna grow old alone unless luck steps in and maybe I'll meet my guy IRL.
Answer: Yes its possible
Answer: Delete AND contact the company. If you know who took your pictures be sure to include the name on the profile that your pictures were used on, so they can deal with that person. Once you have deleted your profile, everything is GONE. I have never had anybody use my pictures on any other sites. I'm no great beauty, that could be the reason, Still, once your profile is deleted, everything is gone.
Answer: You cannot do it from the mobile site. You need to use your search, example safari and look up pof desktop version and go to the help in the top left. It will walk you thru it, if I remember correctly. Good luck
Answer: First, write to POF and explain. Now, and I mean NOW call up your credit card company and tell them what happened. I am sure POF will not contact you. Make sure to use the word "unacceptable" when describing the consumer service to the CC company about POF. Keep all emails too. Please keep me posted. Thanks Ann B.
Answer: STAY AWAY FROM THIS SCAMMING SITE! Any good you hear from or about it... DUH ITS THE SCAMMERS THAT WORK FOR EM. I been booted so many times due to unpopularity cuz i wont date trash so i get booted they keep your money they are garbage
Answer: Fake doesn't really describe them... more like downright liars!
Answer: Golden rule #1: Do onto others as you would have them do unto you Golden rule #2: Anything that sounds to good to be true, is not. Golden rule #3: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Answer: POF is not free at all, you have to upgrade; become a paying member to be able to do anything interesting.