OLC is so so... Most of the woman are in dream land and seeking Mr USA.
And are not going to meet you in person 95% of the time...
You really need to weed out the B. S & players...
And that is simple to do...
If they can't meet you in person in public with in one week. Drop them...
Don't waste your time...
Next!

Fake profiles, hookers, catfish, and assorted looney tunes - call them what you will, as they're here in profusion. If you're happy picking through the trash, then dig in. For me, life is too short to waste on dispiriting experiences like this. Never again!

This site is notorious for trawlers! Beware

Cheryl D. The problem, for women, with any dating website is that there will always be a number of guys who only looking for sex.

There are problems on all the sites, I think.

First of all I did not join Match or any other paid site. Second if you are so intent on a guarantee on a match from a dating site, please remember this - they TRY to match you up based on you answers to questions. The honesty in which you answer and the honesty in which he answers depend on computer compatibility. Third - how you act, react and treat each other will affect it as well.
Finally ask yourself this question- the man you are matched up with - are you a 100% guarantee perfect match for him? To never stray, away from his side - lie, about how much you spent on that great dress?, steal, his favorite shirt if you break up? I mean are you that perfect? If so why resort to a dating site?

I haven't used Match so I can't do a comparison for you, I can only tell you what OKC offers. In terms of being free OKC offers a lot, you have no restrictions on what you can see, who you can talk to or how much. The only things a paid membership offer in addition are the ability to see who has 'liked' you and more filters for searches and incoming messages. It is well worth signing up for a free membership at least to see what it's like, won't cost you more than the half hour it takes to set it up.
As for the type of contact you get, Bryan is right, you will get sleezebags no matter which site you're on, unfortunately if you can't deal with the occasional dic pic you will not make it on dating sites. My main issue with messages on OKC is actually the large amount of messages I get from people who live in other countries, but you can set your filters to screen those out.
OKC does not 'match' you with other users as such. If you answer the questions (only have to answer the ones you think are actually significant) they will give you a percentage match when you view another user, this can be pretty helpful when taking that first look and trying to decide if you might have things in common. They also have 'users you may be interested in' in a sidebar based on who you've looked at/messaged previously so if you are looking at men in their 30's who smoke you will see more and more of those in that section as you look at more users like that. In my opinion the match algorithms on these sites are mostly useless, e-harmony was terrible at it, and that's why I prefer this system where I pick users I'm interested in and then can use the percentages and questions to narrow things. You are better off looking at individual users based on things you know you want and narrow it down yourself. It takes time and effort but it's worth it and better than relying on the site to do it for you. Hope that helped you out :).

With OKCupid you can message men for free where you have to pay for that privilege with Match and many others. You can pay for some extra perks. The best one is invisible browsing so guys won't know you visited their page. As I noted in my review a female friend of mine gets a ton of smarmy and creepy guys but she's able to laugh it off. If you get a message from a creep just block them and they can't bother you anymore.