Plenty of Fish

Well my feelings may have come across rather bluntly in my title so I apologize for my brevity but I will at least state my case to the extent such a thing is possible.

First off I am not a "paying member"; so, as is so often the case in these bait and switch... Excuse me "dating sites" I suspect $#*!ery like it's second nature. God forbid people pursue physical/emotional happiness via the once "free" internet without pulling the ol' plastic out of the wallet. So I will focus on two things here in the next couple paragraphs that I feel are only worth my energy to save fellow humans (particularly men) from falling into this polluted fishing hole.

First off, obviously, the aforementioned ocean between the perfectly reasonable and detailed profile you can make "for free" (cause no one pays internet bills right) and the "upgraded status." Now I fell into this on adultfriendfinder.com because their restrictions are far more extreme; if you don't pay a dime, you ain't doing jack, and if you DO, be prepared to pay more to get a realistic chance at any kind of meaningful human interaction on the regular. POF let's you make a profile that should serve its purpose and end there but of course greed rears its ever present ugly head, and paying them for various memberships supposedly gets you more visible and your messages go to the top.

Nevermind that a message sent should be immediately visible regardless. They could come up with a dozen other perks for the desperate suckers with loose wallets. Similarly to my experience in AFF, I used a control group of hideous women, messaged them nice and inoffensive things and... Nada. No I'm not a male model but I'm far from a gremlin. Because occasionally women (some admittedly decent but far from local? And wtf there?) sent me messages seemingly without issue. Basically, pay to get thru. I call bs. Craigslist never made you pay to message for a job, housing, etc. things that are true life necessities so you don't, ya know, starve and die homeless. These dating sites have to cut the $#*!.

That got more long-winded than I wanted so regarding the actual "women" you may actually communicate with to varying degrees on POF... well. I'll save my breath and refer you to a review below posted by one "Waller K." The man has a way with words regarding that topic and there are certainly many entitled females on the site who deserve every cutting syllable and then some. Online datings quite the $#*! show. I guess if I never relocate I have to be content with the local drug addicted barfly trash I have been through and trying to get away from. Alas, happy fishing should you choose to do so anyway.

I should have known it would be a bad idea joining up There's too many women on plenty of fish that have made terrible decisions in the past regarding men and now want to find a good one. The problem is they now have other mens children and expect you to be okay with that... The ones without children are even worse. Aged 35-50 their entitled picky attitudes would try the patience of a saint.
I honestly have never seen so many women demand so much while in return offer so little... They all want a white knight, a cowboy or a viking lookalike. In return said man will get someone exceptionally plain looking (that's being polite) with the personality of a wet cloth. It's hardly a fair deal Until they lower their demands I can't see how any of them will meet a partner

The women all want the dream man, yet most of them won't pay a cent for the site. That's not a good start, is it? They can't see likes but won't do anything about it except complain. Most don't fill their profile out so what you supposed to talk about? Lots of short angry unattractive unfeminine women demanding tall attractive masculine men. I mean what could possibly go wrong? Most of them say they won't respond unless there's a spark which really means the man must be a 6'4 Adonis with a six-pack who is funny with a great personality. If you don't tick the boxes, you'll be ignored. (Of course the chance of a man like that needing to be on an online dating site is virtually zero)

As soon as you browse the profiles the negativity is apparent. The females make no effort yet complain how bad the site is. They don't seem to realize they're not helping the situation The profiles are all depressingly similar and just scream high maintenance, high drama, and low quality. Instead of complaining that they can't see likes why not either pay to access them or change the headline to something friendlier? God forbid they might make an effort to be nice for a first impression instead Reading "can't see likes" as a headline is a lazy, instant put-off. There are many selfies in bathrooms showing tattoos and flipping the bird, along with numerous pictures of messy rooms. That alone should give you an idea of the quality of person you can expect to meet there. You'll need to be extremely lucky to find a good catch there.

Its not the site. It's the people it attracts

If you see someone that catches your eye there will always be an issue as about 95% of women on pof are single parents who either smoke or are tattoo junkies. Most of them don't seem to take much care of themselves either.

Pass

I wasted six weeks on POF. It's fairly obvious what the main problem is with the site

It's a basic supply and demand issue. Too many desperate men and not enough quality women

I don't blame the women for being picky I'd do the same if I was getting messages left right and center.

Problem is in my opinion 98% of the women are either undesirable and/ or ones that make it clear their children/cats/dogs will always come first. I don't want to date someone like that

I'd say maybe 1% or 2% of the women are okay quality, the rest are terrible. Most are incredibly brash, blunt, classless and not very feminine.

Apart from that it's great! 1 star is too generous

Ps what's with all the tattoos?

I've have never encountered so many mid average looking women in my life (And calling them mid is extremely generous) Mid looking women + attitude problem + ego= a terrible combination The egos are totally out of control on there. I can't believe I was dumb enough to pay for 3 months on this site. I should have read the reviews on here first. If you're a man and are thinking of signing up then don't. You'll be extremely disappointed with the quality. I don't even want to give it even one star

This isn't a good site. The motto should be why make an effort to create a good impression when you can just complain instead" The women have out of control ego's and are full of their own self importance None of them seem good natured and prefer to complain, acting unfriendly and spend their time telling you they can't see likes rather than make any kind of effort to attract men. Imagine thinking it's a good idea joining a dating site with that attitude. I can honestly say I've never seen so many single mums, weirdos and unattractive misfits in my life.