Lots of people, guys and girls, recommend Plenty of Fish online dating (which I dub Plenty-Of-Flesh) because it’s free. I’ve been a member there twice now, and I haven’t been impressed either time.
The site places a lot of emphasis on photos, which has led to people judging one another not by their messages, but solely by looks. I’m not impressed with the forum moderator either, who has a firm yet obnoxious and stuck-up attitude to posts that raise questionable suggestions issues, even with the site.
Many of the people there have been rude and/or full of hot air, both in the forums and through messaging. Even the friendliest of messages went ignored - the sent messages list proved extremely helpful in finding out just where they were going.
Plenty of Fish advertises itself as a dating site, which is my biggest disappointment: the only people who’d enjoy Plenty of Fish are the average loud, outgoing people who already have “great” lives and have no intention of being serious.
As with most other places I’d suggest someone experience it for themselves, if only for them to reach their own conclusion. I’ve had much better results with Match and Perfect Match.
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this is supposed to mean there are plenty of women on this site to meet, however all i found were cows, like someone let the whole lot of them get off the farm. if you like big women this is your heaven, if you would prefer to weigh more than your date, LOOK ELSEWHERE.
The name of the site is Plenty of Fish– that means that there is someone on here for everyone. It does not mean that everyone on here is going to be exactly what you are looking for. Just like in the “real” world there are people on here who are looking for good looking people, or people without kids. I am fat (or BBW or whatever they are calling it these days). I am not angry because there are men who are looking for thin women. Everyone has a right to look for what is going to make him/her happy. I don’t want to meet men who have to watch football every Sun. It doesnt make me shallow, it makes me self-aware. If I already know this is going to irritate me, why pursue it. There are other men who dont watch football. I dont expect to like everyone or to have everyone like me.
Lets try to keep this in perspective. The people on this site are people who live in the “real” world and just like the “real” world there are fat people, liars, people just looking for fun, people looking for a soul mate, married people looking around– in fact every type of person who exists in the real world. It’s just easier to weed them out because they have the basic info right out there for all to see. I have met nice people on here and I have met jerks, just like I did when I was meeting men the traditional way.The problem is not with the site but rather with people’s unrealistic expectations of the site. It’s a dating site for everyone, even jerks. Live and let live.
The only valid criticism I found when reading these comments was that too often people lack the good manners to respond to an email. If someone says Hi to me on the street, I say Hi back. If I get a message on POF from someone I am not interested in I still say Hi and thanks for the message but I am not interested in married men or men who live 20,000 miles away, etc.
I agree for the most part. The women just like the men exagerate like crazy. One womensaid she was a race care driver which was true she did a free test drive at a promotional event once and never again. Game players or multiple players. My friend a perfect descent women met her now husband a man of equal character. No ryme or reason. Nothing is constant. If they are normal they are abnormal. If you expect nothing and mostly exageration you will be on target.