Plenty of Fish

The first profile I came to was a 43 year old woman and the headline read 'if all your (sic) going to say hi then don't bot'
I'm guessing it meant don't bother but she didn't realise you don't get 500 characters for your header
This wasn't the last profile I saw with woman with an attitude/ chip on the shoulder either. And we're not talking high class ladies here either.

I came to the conclusion that in order to get away with being so rude to people you're meant to be trying to impress then the site must be overrun with guys desperate for a date. I can only imagine the ratio men to women, I'm guessing 15:1 if not more.

What kind of guy would message a woman that is rude and picky before you've even spoken to her? I think the women must get so many messages from men that they seriously believe they're a real great catch. I noticed a lot in profiles the women demanding things and being aggressive. You'd need a screw loose to have to want to message them. I saw very few warm and friendly profiles, just snarling bitter ones

For the calibre of women on the site it's not worth the hassle. Easier to find a female in the real world

Most of the women can't even be bothered to fill their profile out correctly.

Those that do are either
Really really Overweight
Really really Unattractive
Will Swear like a sailor
Have multiple children
Have mental issues/nutjob crazies
Have a real attitude problem
Think they're God's Gift
Think they're a princess

Demand everything and offer nothing

IMO it's full of leftovers that can't get a date in the real world. There's a reason they're single

If you find what you think is someone decent beware, odds on they'll turn out to be an oddball in some way

The men obviously outnumber the women so badly that fat, old, ugly women think they are a 10. The women even get snotty in their profiles, demanding certain qualities and coming straight out with man hating statements that make you wonder why they are even on the site. A previous poster hit the nail on the head, most of the women complain that men only want sex but if you go on a date and are a gentleman they dismiss you as "too nice." I went on a date and after dinner the woman even came out and told me she was confused that I was not trying to get in her pants the minute we sat down. I guess I should have proposed meeting her in the toilet for a quickie between the appetizer and meal. Another woman told me she wanted a "real man" with a motorcycle and tattoos. It must not have occurred to her the corner bar is full of them. Many women seem to prefer "Harley rides at midnight" and their profiles suggest years of practice in bar games like pool and darts. Some won't even fill out the profile fully, saying "ask me" and then when you ask you never hear back. A typical woman will maybe respond once and that's it. But you can see they are still on the site and still "fishing" making you think they want attention but have no intention of meeting in real life. The fake profiles and women that appear to be hookers round out a miserable experience to those seeking a date that does not involve a man hating woman that thinks they are a catch after being chewed up by ex husbands and putting on pounds from keg stands.

So this website suckz all the men on here is looking for one night stands. They don't want real relationship. I met a guy recently online and we we're talking back and fourth for about three months. And we text every day. Send pictures to one another. And just to make things accurate so he wouldn't be surprised who I was we tango chat, for three weeks, we meet in person then after one date he ghost me, had to reach out to him to figure out. Things idk what happened he just wasn't interested in me after one date. He lied stayed it was distance he couldn't do in a relationship. Men on this website are dissapering acts or scum. I wouldn't recommend if your looking for love try an dating website! Like eharmony. People on here like to play games and just want sex

Many, MANY users haven't checked their site in months/years!.HUGE AMOUNTS of users are fake, & want to send you to another site!-- BEWHERE! (I report many in a week's time. POF does delete them, but tons more spring up to replace them!
POF has rendered free site, as useless!-- ONLY A FOOL WOULD PAY TO USE SITE! SIMPLY MOVE ON!

Dear Ladies,
Don't lower your standards or think you will find the man of your dreams in this cesspool. In my market I have seen and experienced men on here that are only looking to find a woman to play around with. Rarely are they genuine or worse yet, who they pretend to be in their profiles.
In fact, I saw my loser ex boyfriend put on a new profile on there just 2 weeks after we broke! We were together almost 3 years! I stood by him through thick and thin! He says in his profile that he's had a few casual relationships in recent years! Lie. His says he's self-employed--? Another lie. He has no job, no car, and just found out he has major health issues. He also spent a year in jail! He's a disgraced disbarred lawyer! Has an ex wife he hates, but claims in his profile that he"s great friends with his ex-- who is a real nut job, and gets jealous if he has a woman in his life. He's a real hot mess! However, he's also a narcissist of the highest order, and is looking for his next victim. Someone to use and abuse and drain every penny from, because he has no money! He's on social services in New York State. Lives for free in his parents dumpy apt., that they need to sell. So in other words, Beware of the type of bottom feeder men on this site! They are rarely sincere or who they say they are. Because the site is free, it attracts guys of the lowest common denominator for the most part! Same men have been on there for years!

This site is a complete waste of time! I signed up a week ago with a perfectly appropriate profile and bio, and suddenly i can't log in? I have NEVER sent a inappropriate message to any women and was simply looking for a relationship :'( worst thing is i got a message and cant even reply to it! Im glad i didn't pay for the "upgraded" version as that would have been money down the drain! POF claims to delete any nude or inapprpriate pictures yet for the week i was using the site i saw PLENTY of vile pictures of people throwing themseleves naked infront of the camera! I even came across a profile that had a COMPLETELY nude picture of that person in there picture gallery and they were practically hinting towards it in there bio! Yet they weren't deleted?!?! Also my female friend using this site has complained countless times of the amount of scumbags asking for sex in there first message to her?! Yet there not deleted and i am?... POF FIX UP!

DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME! This site is trash. 80+% female profiles FAKE. As an experiment, a friend of mine a a couple of our female friends git together and messaged ONE HUNDRED different female profiles writing different messages to each one. We got back TEN(!) replies! EIGHT were fake profiles! ONE legit. The other disappeared. You cannot see who liked you without an upgrade. They have a feature were you push an icon and it supposedly let's them know you liked them based on what you saw/read. The site will send you a random profile saying you both 'liked' each other. Problem is you never looked at their profile! Another issue is you write out a nice long message to find out she is looking for someone different. The whole site is rife with fake profiles and scammers. We estimated between 80-85% are fake. Most likely generated by the site itself to boost it's members numbers and attract suckers. There is no real customer service. Emails get no response. A new option is you can report someone just because you don't like their profile! WTF?! AVOID this bull$#*! site!

Wow I am very surprised to see some people saying that plenty of fish is a fake site? This is hands down the best FREE dating app and website around. Everything is 100% free. Im reading these reviews of how some people never get replied to followed by them ranting about the site being fake. Well I hate to say this but there are other reasons no one is replying to those people lol. Sorry but it's the truth. I have personally received dozens of msg's from girls using plenty of fish. I am currently talking to one of these girls on my phone now. So unless the girl I'm talking with on my actual phone works for plenty of fish I'm pretty sure it's a real site lol. This girl also lives very close to me fyi. I don't like people knocking a site just because they don't get contacted. Had I read one of these ridiculous negative reviews I may of never tried plenty of fish. There are massive scandalous dating sites and apps out there that will take your money. This is a completely legit and free dating site. Give it a shot dont listen to these lies about it being fake.

Anyone looking to just hookup for sex, this is the site for you. However, those looking for substantial committed relationships run for the hills. The guys on the site just want sex no matter what their profiles say. Can you imagine I received a message from one who said he wanted to come bite me? Really! Each time one reaches out the line is the same either hey beautiful, hi gorgeous really nothing original. The conversations turn to sex quickly so if you are little more reserved well just forget it. Randomn men wanting to come to see you after a mere hello how are you. Then saying they will cook you dinner. That was cute when I was a college student. Now it is clear he is running game to get you to his place for sex. Men telling you about their tools, asking what type of panties you wear, and other foolishness. Ugh! Plenty of nonsense. Maybe a few people have found love on this site but my bet is that the number is low. For the women who love meaningless hook ups like this, more power to you. I am closing my account because there are plenty of piranhas and that is not what I want. I don't have time to waste.

I have friends that are on this site and I have tried to warn them several times. Just because someone you meet appears to be "Normal" to you doesn't mean that their personalities can change and they can become psychotic in no time. One guy I know recently met a girl off of POF and now he can't get rid of her and what makes it worse is he led her on into thinking she was going to get into a relationship with him then she really went crazy. The sad part she has his cell phone number, he friended her on Facebook, she can get to him on messenger and she knows where he hangs out, etc. She drove into town this past Saturday and was coming to town to have him arrested for lying on his profile and leading her own, so he is no better for leading the girl on. Stay away from this site... half of these people need to be locked up in a mental institution somewhere. I just hope that if and when any friend of mine decides to meet up with any of the people on there. That I hear from them again. I mean seriously. Stay away!

Originally I had been on pof on and off for about a year. Kept getting messages from people who didn't know how to have a real conversation or were just looking for sex and to disrespect women. I was literally about to give up and delete the app again When finally I found him. Although the site itself didn't have much to do with us connecting but that's how we met and for that I am grateful. I have literally found "the man of my dreams" which I never even knew existed. In my case I got lucky iv never been in a good healthy relationship and now I am. This person has blessed my life in so many ways.we just celebrated 6 months together. Ya I know that's not very long compared to other couples much less saying that I found the love of my life after such a short time, especially considering we met on a dating app. But it's true, when you know, you know. Now we have plans to move in together after I finish college within the next 2-3 months and start our lives together. I couldn't be happier. So thanks to pof I found the person I'm meant to be with.

15 years ago this site was amazing

Now it sucks.
I cant find people closer than 20 km. I used to be able to
I cant filter women in the ways i want... i used to be able to
I even paid for 3 months and the features still sucked
When i reached out for help they did nothing
I joined hinge and met 10 women the first night
Whoever changed the site setup should be fired
Its a terrible design now
I cant speak to the prifitability but they shouldnt have tamperes qith thw features

Plenty of fish, well not really, especially for older generation, yet in saying that younger ones as well.
SHOULD BE PLENTY OF WHALES
Sad sad story, not sure whether reality is truly part of this site.
Male point of view some of the ladies are from RSVP and there photos are like 3 years ago and probably same age as 3 years ago. Then there is the favourite lady sayings
No one night stands
Must be honest
Integrity
Photos should be current
No friends with benefits
Really not sure but I think it must be run by?
Regards
Honest integral ONS FWB PLAYER MALE

Okay Ill try to keep this semi intelligent. I think I make a valid point here when I say, Women online suffer from an Absurd Standards Syndrome ($#*!). The cyber female of today suffering from this $#*! complex is a result of the fantastical 20 to 100 male to 1 female ratio at any given dating site. This on line ratio of dozens of males to each female on personals sites leaves women in a state of cyber induced self-delusion from so much attention from so many men they do not experience once they walk out their door into reality where the actual ratio is less than 1 male for every 1 female. Insulated by the PC media, glam mags, academia, beta suck-ups (manginas) and female friends, there are growing numbers of women posting personals on line losing touch with their rank relative to other women and are thus finding it easy to slip into this comfortable bubble of cyber self-delusion known as $#*!. Similar to cigarette addiction, and the quick dopamine fix, many women found on personals sites are escaping a harsher acceptance of their personal flaws that can only be remedied by realizing the reality of their diminished mating choices in the real world after leaving their self-deluded comfort found in a multitude of attractive men that in all reality don't exist for them outside the confines of cyber space.

Remedy to all this:

1. Stay away from women under your league, and never settle.
2. Go to the gym.
3. Put on gear that fits.
4. Go the hell outside and chase women.
5. Stay the hell offline.

I joined plenty of fish on the 14th December 2013, that same day I started speaking to someone, I met him on the 18th January, and it just went great from there, on the 3rd of February we became official. 6 months later we got engaged, a few weeks after that I feel pregnant, i'm now 37 weeks pregnant with our little girl, and I couldn't be happier, I have plenty of fish to thank for that. We havn't arranged a date for our wedding as we are working hard to get our own place for our little family. I just want other planty of fishers to keep looking, it may take a couple of months or either a year till you find the right one, bet never give up because there is someone out there for everyone. Thanks plenty of fish, you have made my life complete. From Vicky.

I'm not the most avid user of dating sites, however I knew plenty of people that admitted to having profiles on pof, so I thought the site must be on the level. Now I'm not going to rave about it or anything but it's definitely a legitimate site and I can profess to meeting some normal local girls though it. I think some people assume just because they have no messages, the site must be a scam filled with bots. You definitely need to be forceful and send plenty of (respectable) messages but there are real women who will eventually respond.
A lot of people use this site to hook-up, and while that's fine, I would recommend that you say you're looking for someone to date (or something more long-term) regardless of whether it's exactly true. This is because it seems most women regardless of what they're looking for are a bit hesitant to message someone who explicitly says they just want to hook-up. It makes sense why they would be cautious in this respect and it has the added benefit of making you seem less pervy.

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If you never (and I mean never) have had any luck with a dating service you will do well to avoid Plenty of Fish.com. Unless you are a smokin hot super intelligent well financed bachelor or bachelorette (and why would you use a free dating service if you are?) then you better be prepaired to wait a long (and I mean A LONG TIME LIKE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!) long time! I have met a few women but most are so scared $#*!less of dating they would do well to not date at all. Of course there are the homely unatractive stay at home home bodies who dare not venture out into the real world of dating but if you want to actually meet someone to have a gratifying real relationship with I would suggest a pay site like Eharmony or Match.com. You will get exactly what you pay for and even less with Plenty of Fish.com. STAY AWAY!
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