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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Don't waste ur time or energy on this janky dating app! It's a joke! Anything you do is grounds for them to remove your account. I mean don't even fart while on the app and ur getting booted folks! Beware!
I tried to leave a review on TP but they're flooding the page with fake 5 star reviews
Must be 500 men for every 1 woman on pof so you have no chance
Pof is awful. I got tired of reading "looking for connection" or "must be a spark" always from a woman who is 3/10 at best overweight and/or unattractive zero self awareness that it works both ways, just totally self indulgent. ME ME ME is all they care about
An average looking female told me she felt like a pop star after being on the site a few days. Tons of messages about 30 a day she was getting, she even told me men message the same day after day even if you don't reply. The just say hello r u OK? Day after Day, talk about desperate.
I have no intention on competing with 100s of desperate men for ordinary or unattractive women
The women must think Christmas has come early. No wonder they have such a deplorable attitude in their profiles if they're getting floods of mail from desperate men. Most either bitter and twisted from being in a long relationship or their longest relationship is under a year at 40 years old. Huge red flag
I'll either meet someone in the real world or stay single
This site is used only for one night stands by men who are members for years and decades. Be careful ladies!
I'm writing this review to not necessarily blame POF because a lot of this might not be under their control but to advise the consumer he has little chance of finding someone there on that site if course if you're a woman and just offering one night stands this is right up your alley! Simply said the amount of fake profiles and scammers there are unbelievable so really all you're left with are stuck up $#*!es or women so unattractive that they're trying to use this site to get ANYONE? Haha again don't waste your time you'll get no where with them!
I paid for a 3 month membership hoping to see out fake profileS. Nope it didn't. So many fake profiles and I've had 2 prostitution solicitations. The site makes it impossible to communicate with anyone to file a complaint with their customer service. They don't know what that words means. Please don't give this site one penny of your hard earned money. Need more proof I've got plenty
What a waste of money, years ago I was on pof and it was decent, 2 days now and nothing but scammers..
If you have any self respect at all, stay away from Plenty of Fish.
Nevermind the fact the site is riddled with scammers trying to get your money.
Even if you find a date and think He/She might be a good one, and you'll find some attractive men and women on there.
There's only one major problem, they're all self absorbed, egotistical, narcissistic $#*!s.
Every woman I've ever dated from that site has some sort of serious mental health issue.
Ranging from abusive past relationships, having been raped or like I said, they're just too into themselves to care about anyone else.
Plenty of Fish itself used to be free back when it first started, and wasn't a bad option.
But has since degraded into a hookup site for lonely or cheating men and women.
Not only that, but they now want to charge you to use basic features lsuch as the like feature and view me feature.
All a cash grab and a bad way to go for your mental health if you care about yourself.
Learn how to meet and date men and women the old fashioned way. The internet has become a trove of trolls and miscreants.
When users are not located where they say then application is useless. I would not recommend to anyone seeking a date. Maybe a bogus text.
I have wasted time and money on here. My advice? Seek out better ones, i. E., Match.com and Harmony.com Don't waste your money, time and self-respect on POF. If it's too good to be true, it's scammer city.
Signed up years ago, went out with one man from the Finger Lakes, NY. Initials: JLK. Stay away from him!
He is a fraud, likes to torture women emotionally, attaches to you like the Covid.
He has been stalking, harrassing, intercepting phone, computer, slanders me with aquaintances, sends people to follow me. Has basically ruined my life and I don't know him! POF, please take his profile down!
Ok so i joined Pof Thinking. Ill find Someone in my Area but if your a Guy Who lives in San Antonio its Gonna Be a Real Hellhole most of the. Nerd/Geek Girls in my Area Just. Will ignore your messages its hard for a Hopless. Romantic Fall Fast guy to find someone for someone to understand and most of the Girls on Here In my Area Dont want anything serious. I waisted my time. And money just for a Girl to Fling with me for one Day. And act like im nouthing the next Day. Im gonna say this now If your a Young adult/Mid its gonna probably Be very Hard to find Someone. Witch i think the Reason behimd it is that most of These Girls are letting the Guy Kind Die off and. They only want to Date other Girls idk how many Times a Girl said. While on a Date do i support lgbt over amd over and over amd everytime a Girl joins my dating groups in my city there looking for anther girl anyways.
Con's Its not what it use to be, Pros you can still find a lot of people, seems to have hardly any fake profiles at all.
The women are REALLY angry on pof
It's full of oddballs and misfits who for some reason think they are great
You have short women saying they will only date tall men and unattractive women wanting good looking men. Lots of them are overweight and have glasses and chubby faces
They don't seem to understand the older you get the less choosy you can be
I saw one woman who didn't drive and didn't work but said you needed to work and have a car to contact her
Absolutely embarrassing the state of the females on this website. How does it get 3 stars?
This the one of the dating apps out there, ok if you are a premium paying member the app tells you what age bracket you need to date so if you are a man or a woman and wants to date someone younger they do not allow it seriously what century you guys live on? If a person is 18 years or older is up to the person who they should or not date is an user app all other dating apps get this but POF lives in the 15th century acting as user's parents, is probably one of the glitchiest apps specially the messaging system sometimes does not show when you message someone in the past, app is disorganized messy and not user friendly.
I got hacked within three weeks of joining by a cam girl! The customer service on here is non existent. Do not join!
I've been on and off this site for many years and it can be very frustrating. It doesn't always get messages sent, and gives many different reasons the opposite sex person is not receiving messages. Lots of pressure created to get you to become upgraded member, which can't possibly be worth it given quality of site. Site seems to attract the strangest profiles... female that is! Finding someone here would be like finding a diamond in the rough!
I got a message from a female I didn't fancy but I asked her how many messages she gets a day. She said she gets about 50 a day
Seriously? Men seem that desperate that they will message anything with a pulse. No wonder unattractive women have an attitude when needy men are telling them they're great every few minutes
After hearing that about 50 messages I just closed my account.
Online dating has made it so ugly women can be picky. You have to smile when you see women who are 2/10 acting like they're 10/10
Also why are there so many single mums on POF. Why so many women have multiple children out of wedlock is baffling to me. They always say their 3 children will always come first and how they are independent yet can't understand why they can't get a man!
The first profile I came to was from a distinctly average looking lady who was 38 and she said " I won't respond if you ask me how I am" I was a but surprised as she should be grateful to get any messages nevermind being picky but it sums the site up perfectly
I soon discovered this site is full of crackpots, from women who lie about having a degree in their bio to one's that say they love roadtrips yet can't drive
I noticed that every woman regards herself as a princess/diva who only will accept the best looking man ~ who must be over 6foot tall and be handsome too. The fact these women are 2/10 & have no humour, class and have nothing to offer a relationship seems totally lost on them. It's all about what THEY want. They don't consider a man might not find them attractive. They're deluded and common
Give this site a wide berth, you have no chance of finding a balanced happy nice female. 1 star is too high for it. Full of dregs and social misfits
Plenty of Fish is just like every other dating website these days. This website is purposely built to have stunted design, no real features for new members, and a horrible messaging system. All for the purpose of forcing its user base to purchase its subscription services to unlock basic features like messaging people who've liked your profile, or even just being able to look at their profiles.
I almost considered purchasing there services until I saw the ridiculous fees they charge; $79.92 for a 8 month subscription to talk to complete strangers. Any dating website (that is to say, all of them) that hides it features behind paywalls is a scam. It preys on its userbases loneliness and sexual/romantic unfulfillment to trick them into purchasing services that on any other social media app would be free.
Beyond its par for the course business practices, the website runs terribly. I was kicked out of my account, while setting up my profile, twice. And each time, I had to enter in all the information I'd entered previously from scratch. I'd specified I was interested in women looking for long term relationships, but kept getting recommended profiles that said they weren't looking for commitment or who were already in a relationship. Add to that the garish, bear bones layout design, omnipresent advertisements for equally scummy dating sites and apps, and unpleasant bright blue and pink color scheme, and you'll be sick of this place long before you start having those stilted, go nowhere conversations that dominant this market.
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.