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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Has a lot of fake profiles and rules aren't enforced but you can meet a few decent people on there. Me I've met two people I really like as friends now over two years but I don't pay for a membership. I am sure paid memberships find a lot of people.
Like all online dating sites it's all about the money and they will try to nickle and dime you to death!
Joined POF to help me write an article about online dating sites and apps available. The fake accounts are prevalent but that's not the real issue. If you displease a premium account, yours will be blocked. If you don't answer a premium account, you will be reported and blocked. There is no customer service. There is no explanation. "Your account is blocked because we said so". I made 12 accounts to test. Four of them still remain active because I am "nice" to any premium account that messages. The other 8 are blocked the moment I disagree with a premium accounts' view on women and how they are to be treated. The verbal abuse premium accounts allow themselves is staggering. Nothing happens if they are reported. I was subjected to gruesome role play requests, a frightening number of pain related questions and a lot worse! A lot of the suggestions made by POF premium accounts were not even legal and can be viewed as an assault. POF doesn't care. I have reported premium accounts numerous times. They are sill active. Other similar sites are bad and favor their premium accounts but POF is frightening.
Problem with pof
0.01% women are okay looking & have a friendly personality
99.9% are either unattractive/unpleasant/overweight/social misfits/mentally unhinged or deluded. Most tick more than one of these boxes
They all however think they are princesses and men should fall at their feet
I refuse to entertain any contact with these circus freaks
I knew this was going to be a bad site when the first profile it showed me was an average looking 44 year old female who's headline said "Please don't be offended if i don't reply" and then went on how you had you to be over 5'8 tall, she was only 5,5. Also must have wit, brilliant sense of humor, positive outlook on life, be well groomed take pride in your appearance and be confident not arrogant... Not wanting much. Went on about how intelligent she is.
Without wishing to be rude she was no stunner & no way could be picky so i immediately thought it this woman is getting overrun with messages then how many are the attractive ones getting? What is it, like 1000 men chasing after 1 woman ratio?
Deleted profile & logged off
Poor fare. I'll start by saying if they werent online these females wouldn't get the attention they do. I doubt these women get wolf whistled at when they're outside off pof.
They say they want humour but sarcasm & wit goes way over their heads. I send one message saying "bonjour" and she said "why are you speaking French you moron!" They go on and on about banter but have no clue
Lots of them haven't got even got a photo but they demand one from you
All act like they doing u a favour & put things like 'let's pretend we met elsewhere' as if they are so stunning they wouldn't be seen on the site. They all want prince charming on his white steed to rescue them regardless of the fact they have low paid menial jobs, have hit the wall looks wise & don't seem to do much exercise. Why would prince charming be interested in them? They might get more success if they looked for someone who wasn't out their league
Women peak at 30 so the vast majority of these women have seen way way way better days but judging by the arrogance on the profiles you wouldn't think it. It isn't 2010 anymore ladies and I don't want to date overweight (although they love to use a few extra pounds) women with an awful personality. They are extremely picky and extremely bitter for what they are offering you.
Oh and they ALL have cats
Females on this site obsessed with finding their price charming rather than a normal guy. The fact they are think they are hot property makes it a shambles tbh. They are very very self centred
I thought I'd see how bad it was. Signed up with my photos and a decent profile. Over 2 days I purposely messaged 50 women I didn't find attractive just to see. Not ONE replied. In fact quite a few blocked me, no idea why as my opening message was pleasant. Is it a power trip they are on, who knows
It didn't affect me as I didn't find the females remotely attractive but what it showed me was these women must be getting tons of messages in order to act the way they do. They should have been delighted someone like myself had messaged them but instead they ignored or blocked me LOL.
There must be 5000 women and 5 million men wanting them. So the plain attitude ridden rude women get flooded with mail and think they are a catch. My 50 messages showed that
To any men thinking of joining don't. You'll end up hating women and I'll be honest the standard of women is pretty atrocious. They can call themselves princess or suchlike in their username but they are not like any princesses I've ever seen
Save yourself the grief and meet women offline. A bar, a walk, or even a supermarket. Anywhere is better than fighting over the scraps on.
All the females on this site believe they're princesses when they are nothing of the kind. Most of them are way beyond their best but still expect to attract a hot guy most of them can't even smile in their photos and all they do is complain. There's no warmth happiness or kindness to be seen
I got a message and I asked her what her name was and she blocked me. I just laughed. Very strange people on here. You can see why they are single. They all think they are too good for you. It's embarrassing really to see how messed up they are. Ryan Reynolds could message them and they'd still find fault
I saw a profile she was in her 40s. She was short and fat and she wasn't pretty. She said if she didn't message back if was because she didn't feel any spark. Oh and you must live local cos long distance doesn't work out!
When I had finished laughing I felt like messaging her telling her people like her can't make ridiculous demands.
Seriously though if someone like that can be picky there is no point men being on these sites. She should have been grateful for 1 message not having the cajones to be picky.
After reading that I deleted my profile I couldn't believe my eyes.
What is with women on this site. They all covered in tattoos and proud of it. They even put it down as a hobby! Nothing says class like pics of an overweight woman proudly showing off her tattoos for all the world to see
They also seem to love putting photos up of the 4 cats and 3 dogs they own but what that has to do with anything I've no idea. All that does it make me think how bad the house must smell
That's like me putting my car up or my running shoes. Totally pointless. Love me love my dog is what I saw a lot in profiles. Nonsensical babble
They all put they have the most amazing friends an amazing job and just missing the final piece of the puzzle and love to brag how independent they are (which explains why they're single)
Just low class mostly average looking women all looking for a man way out their league.
Still at least they'll have their pets in old age when they're still single demanding Mr Perfect
Most pitiful dating site online.
Women posting 30 years old photos.
Ridiculous Staff doing politics online! Because it is free they would delete your profile as they wish.
Never again!
You only have to look on social media to realise there is a huge difference between what is happening online and what is happening in the real world. You can't compare the two. People act in a way they wouldn't dare in real life
Its the same on this "dating" site
Of course it's not that at all. It's just a website where irrational, undateable and largely unattractive females sit there shopping online for a guy, write a huge list of what they want ( "I want this, I want that") and wont even entertain replying to any man who isn't a modern day Brad Pitt lookalike
They could get a decent good guy easily but they are all holding out for Mr Perfect~Prince Charming~Christian Gray~Superman rolled into one
I lost count of the headlines which claimed "I'm tired of kissing frogs I'm now ready to find my prince " without any sense of irony or realization that they are frogs themselves and Prince Charming wouldn't be interested in them.
You can't fix deluded
Pathetic women on there
50% are fake
The other 50% are so far up their own ar$e I don't know why they don't date themselves they think they are that wonderful
They all looking for a dream man who must tick every one of the boxes they list on the bio. Not very realistic
90% of them seem to have have some form of degree education which is extremely dubious to me
Got to be better women offline I'm sure of. If not the species will die out. The ones on pof are truly terrible. They want the moon a stick and offer nothing in return
Signed up to POF... what a waste of time and money! All I got was dozens of "I want to meet you" messages from scammers, prostitutes and bots! And now when I try to log in they want my cell phone number! And when I provided it, they said it was "invalid"!
This "dating web site" is the worst of the worst. Don; t waste your time or money dealing with these clowns.
I upgraded. But after they got my money, I couldn't sign in without a cell phone. POF was not nice about it. Sure, they could get me signed in, but it would take hours or days to get signed in almost every time... and they thought that was fine. Customer service is horrible. Their cell phone cuts in an out... the person I talked to was not a good communicator. She deleted my account... DELETED my account that I had spent hours writing and setting up. They have no respect for you time. Or maybe they are just not too smart.
I don't normally bother with reviews but wow this site
*Its basically women who are low quality with a very very high opinion of themselves. They have joined online dating & lost touch with reality and genuinely believe they are a decent catch when nothing could be further from the truth
Fair to say if they were around before the internet they would struggle to get a date. If you say them in a bar even if you were drunk you wouldn't go anywhere near them they are that unimpressive
The bios all the same. My friends& family are amazing, I love socialising and travelling. They then have the nerve to arrogantly stipulate what qualities a man must possess before he's allowed to message her. The way the women talk it's as if they are models - which they are certainly not. It's embarrassing to see how deluded they are
The sad thing is I saw plenty of bios where women actually complained about getting numerous messages from the same men if they didn't reply.
I guess it must be true men will try to hit on anything with a pulse because quite frankly these women are terrible
Its basically the bottom 10% of women in society trying to find a man in the top 10%. You don't need to be a mathematician to realise that won't end well*
"I want someone who is taller than 187cm. I will show a photo when we've spoken a while. Any requests for a photo straight away will be ignored"
This was an actual profile. She had nothing about herself in the profile, obviously had no photo up and had the cheek to say if you ask for a photo she'll ignore you. //But wait there's more. She also said she goes for men who are loyal intelligent and humourous. She's not wanting much is she?
No idea why 187 cm either. I doubt she will get many replies
My point is this isn't an isolated incident. From looking there are numerous profiles with women making utterly ridiculous demands. Can you imagine rejecting someone in the outside world. No sorry you're only 185 cm not 187. It shows how insane they are online. Why should a man message a woman that tells them nothing about herself, doesn't have a photo + will only send photos when you've had long meaningful conversations with her. If a man did that trick they'd think he was ugly or hiding something
I'm gonna say this it might not be popular but it's the truth. All the women I saw made stupid demands but had no personality and were not very attractive all asking for prince charming. There is a reason they are single and on plenty of fish. The way they act online is staggering. I expect them to be on here for years because no man in his right mind will agree to their demands. You would have thought because they aren't models they would be nice and down to earth realising they'll be lucky to get a man but not a bit of it. They act like diva, s
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What a sad indictment of women in 2019 online dating is
All screaming they want prince charming and won't accept anything less.
Totally ignoring the fact when you're as average as majority of the women on pof are you cannot demand there has to be a spark or you'll ignore the man
Totally ignoring they are well past their sell by date
Totally ignoring they have nothing to offer a man
Totally ignoring they have no right making such demands on height looks etc
Totally ignoring the fact if they were such a catch they would have been married years ago
Totally ignoring that proudly boasting they're independent and don't need a man isn't the best way to get one and might be why they have 3cats
Totally ignoring the fact photos kissing your dogs isn't a good look on your photos
Totally ignoring the fact they have such a poor attitude is why they are single
Totally ignoring the fact that being 300kg isn't a just few extra pounds
Totally ignoring the fact being covered in tattoos isn't a good look
And finally totally ignoring the fact women who are 3 out of 10( on a good day with make up) shouldn't expect a prince charming to come and save them. If he's not arrived by now he's not coming. Enjoy your lonely life with your pets
Wish I'd seen the reviews before I signed up
I joined, sent 2 messages asking how they were and if they were having a good weekend, both blocked me? They werent stunners yet they blocked me. Im like WTF? Talk about stuck up. I aint bad looking and wasnt rude and I got blocked. Im not having that. 3 others ignored by after looking at my profile. Not even decency to reply.
Good luck trying to convince these princess wannabes on here you're good enough for a reply. Theyre all looking for their dream guy who must look like an Adonis all to make their dreams come true... life isn't a fairytale.
They, re all in love with themselves even though they are all very plain in the looks dept
If they're that great then why are they single? Why they more often than not divorced or separated or longest relationship under a year?
They all think theyre princesses who won't settle for anything mess than the perfect guy
Oh not to mention the thousands of fake messages and profiles on there... you get messages saying do you love me or such nonsense
Oh and the profiles from women who can't put a photo up yet still make OTT demands. Why no photo?
Hand on heart would sooner be single than date any of here. There has to be better women in the real world off the internet?
This site must be be great if you are a woman, it must be like everyday is Christmas getting tons of mail from men desperate to date you regardless how unattractive you are
I lost count of the profiles with average *at best* looking women saying in their bio " If i dont message you back the first time I am not going to message you back the 3rd and 4th time)
That tells me there are way too many desperate men on there. No wonder they get a diva like complex if they are plain looking and still getting men constantly messaging them numerous times. Honestly if not for internet dating these women wouldnt get a date now they are being picky! So as bad as the women are for being so rude picky and demanding you have to blame the men as well. I have no idea why they would message a plain looking woman 4 times, and this wasnt on just one profile but alot.
Would love to know the ratio of men to women on the site must be 300:1 men to women at least
POF is a decent site though there are a lot of fakes that is almost unavoidable when it comes to dating sites. It still provides a decent service when trying to meet local women.
If you are going to use online dating services I highly HIGHLY recommend you stay away from POF and any dating site that has American women on them. Let me explain how this works, American women get literally hundreds of matches a day on POF, tinder etc. Even unattractive women so they start to think of themselves as literal queens, little g gods that deserve everything they ever ask for. You may get a reply once in a blue moon from one of these women but it will be either one word or rude & sarcastic, Trust me I've been at this for a long time and know what I am talking about! IT'S THE SAME EVERYWHERE. What's the solution? Go find yourself a nice beautiful woman from Russia/Eastern Europe, Not only are they honestly interested in you but they take the term beautiful to a whole new level and don't have a stick up their a**. Trust me take my advice, otherwise you will loose all self confidence in yourself & your looks going on sites like POF
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.
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