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Plenty Of Fish is far and away the largest free online dating service, and is also one of the most popular social communities in the world by number of visitors. It has its strongest following in Canada and the U.S, but is also growing in the UK and other parts of Europe.
Number of Members
The number of active members is estimated from publicly accessible information about the site. It may not correspond to the registered membership figures displayed on the site itself.
: 6.4 Million
Cost
The cost of joining the site as a basic member, for the shortest subscription period. Discounts may be offered for signing up for longer periods.
: USD $11.80/month (optional)
Regions Covered: Canada
Online Since: 2003
Category : Free Dating
URL : plentyoffish.com
Plentyoffish.com is by far the worst, the absolute worst dating website that exists. If you were smart, you would not even bother wasting your time filling out all their questionnaires and then searching thru women that don't even exist. You will have much more success at craigslist.org than you will at plenty of fish. If you're going to pay for a dating service, pay match.com or a similar well-established dating service and get something for your money. For one, they are not totally free like they advertise. If you don't subscribe and become a paying member within like a week, they will simply delete your profile and username without even giving you a notice and permanently ban you. If you pay them to advertise on their site then you must be a complete fool. Not really even a one star rating, more like negative 5. Go ahead and try poor old fish.com you'll find out for yourself.
This site, it has loads of women on it. There are a few that I have received replies back from and got into a conversation with which has gone onto msn chats and texts, which already makes it top the likes of Match.com whom I never get replies from (and no it's not because my messages are rubbish). But I found that after a time you try and arrange to call them or to meet them for a drink or something and they all seem dead up for it saying yeah that sounds good and then that's it. Get ignored from then on, you never hear from them again. So I don't personally rate online dating as a good enough option anymore. Think I'll stick to being single rather than waste my time.
POF claims it is a free site. In some respect it is, but it is not a totally free site. It has a number of options where you have to pay to access them and they are adding more and more as they go forward. Luckily, most of the pay options are worthless and one would have to be a fool to pay for them.
Cannot access my account -why? Started out to be pretty good for a so called free site. Does Plenty of fish get you hooked then freeze your E-mails till you pay the fee? Looks like a bait and switch tactic - got to look into this more.
How do I upgrade if you do not take Money Orders? Do not have credit or debits cards?
I was a member and all of a sudden I could no longer get in. I tried and tried to get in touch with POF and never got a answer from them on what happened----I tried all of their fix problems and nothing worked. At this point I will not even give them a one star but to submit I need to push one.
just want to try this! I am single and also go to MCC college. I am looking forward to meeting a nice person who loves God, county and church. Someone who has similar interests and likes to stay active.
The only thing i find accurate about these reviews, is someone said that the woman are stuck up. Never ran into what i thought was a fake profile. I've been to a lot of sites that send fake flirts and emails trying to persuade you to buy a membership. Knowing how much he makes off this site, makes me glad I've never spent a dime.
This site is a joke. Girls don't respond to messages. Even if they're fat and ugly they have a very inflated view of themselves. I think the ratio is way skewed in favor of those warthogs. I think feminism has ruined the American woman. They be mean nowadays.
Personally I think POF is great, it's what you make it :) It's primarily a dating/relationship site, it works! There are average people on there, weird people on there, deranged people on there, victims, bullies, pervs and the ignorant and up themselves, just like in real life! lol
Get yourselves in there and have fun! Individual horror stories are not worth listening too, everyone's had at least one of those 'in the real world' it's up to your judge of character, just be careful (also same in 'real world'!)
There is that block button that's been mentioned, it works both ways if you get a pest :) I got a drunk guy sending me rude images, I complained to admin and never heard from him again so.....
Oh and ps.......
As to what someone said about "all women on there being bitter fat and ugly" lol there are an equal amount of men on there the same so they'll be happy once they meet each other! lol That's a very small minded thing to say lol and maybe the reason it didn't work out for you guys! Lmao
Get in there and have fun, at least you'll make some good friends if nothing else!
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There is nothing better than socializing in real life. It is too easy to use fake information and pictures on the internet. Try taking some classes at your local college, joining a club or hobby group you are interested in. The old way is still the best way. Be very careful what you enter into a computer. God bless!
It is not free. They have made it so I have to pay to see what anyone has sent me.
How can I check a name to see if they have a profile on POF?
@Tristan Since the USA is the country with the most obesity... your gonna get more fat women in your USA searches than not... think about it.
@Altair Totally agree, it's really bizarre. The women on the site are just bitter, fat and ugly.
This guy Marcus is a joke he doesn't go by the policy's if he doesn't like you or your account he will delete it without consent or notice. That's if you even get to open a account because the common error occurs, every user name you pick will be already taken. I'll be submitting a complaint with the better business Bureau. This guy's site needs to be taken down unless he's gonna "man up" and go by his own policies and this is why the site hasn't grown or changed like "ever". It's pathetic Marcus has no morals or pride in his site to be fair and professional like all the other "real" dating sites.
I have been a member of PoF for quite some time now. They send me e-mails but I am never able to log in to my account even though I have the user name and password.
I don't understand why so many women are upset about men on this site that simply want to have an intimate encounter like the application allows us to choose. If the men are claiming they want long term commitment or marriage, but are lying, well that's different of course.
i think it is an awesome site and have met some wonderful ladies from here
Hi my name is faddy and I am from Bangladesh. I used to live in uk before and when i was in uk i opened pof account and now that I am back to bangladesh my pof got closed. I don't know why and now they are not accepting my new registration and now i really don't know what to do. I really like this website if there is anyone who can help me out in getting new reg on pof then please do email me here jarul_e@yahoo.com. Thanks.
Best Regards
FaddY