Nicholas F.

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.