POF vs OK Cupid vs Match.com

[Alonewith2cats]

In your opinion are the paid dating sites better than the free ones?

 

[SophiaGrace]

As far as the free ones go, OkC is definitely better than POF.

 

[duff]

they are all **** !
if you want to meet somebody, go out !

 

[Unwanted94]

You're wise for asking first. Dating websites are full of stuck up shallow *****, so be aware. I do not suggest it. I haven't been on a dating website since October. I'm not going to suggest any dating websites to you, but do NOT sign up for Match.com. It is a major scam and they will not refund your money, even if you unsubscribe.

 

[painter's radio]

I tried OK Cupid and as a website it's pretty good, gives you lots of options that other free sites don't give you, but in my experience it's been a waste of time and quite depressing. Almost every female profile there is the same - "LET ME SAY THIS CLEARLY BECUZ SOME OF U CAN'T READ: JUST BECAUSE I HAVE LOOKING FOR CASUAL SEX IN MY PROFILE DOES NOT MEAN I WANT TO SLEEP WITH U. OH AND IF YOU MESSAGE ME MAKE SURE TO SAY SOMETHING INTERESTING NOT JUST "HI HOW ARE YOU?" BCUZ I WONT ANSWER IF U DO" And they have tonnes of sexy cleavage shots in their pics and wonder why guys hit on them...

I wont usually message someone that talks like that anyway, but on the rare occasion I do message someone who sounds nice, I try to say something original and although I'm antisocial a lot irl, I know how to work a conversation. They're either really uninterested or don't reply. Perhaps they just don't like what they see? I don't care. I get the impression the whole thing is just a cheap and nasty way to whore for compliments. There are of course genuine people on there that aren't hypocritical princesses but it's quite rare.

Seems difficult to even make friends on there too... always had much better luck with regular forums than dating sites, on the friendship front as well as the relationship front.

 

[duff]

if you have trouble meeting women and attracting them then forget about dating sites. Awfull places and like what that other guy says, full of stuck up ***** or scammers. Don't waste your money and if somebody tells you they know people who met on a dating site, tell them to **** off !

 

[perfanoff]

As far as the free ones go, OkC is definitely better than POF.

I agree, OkCupid

 

[GioRocket]

Every dating kind of site I have been on has just made me feel worse about myself than before I had joined them. I avoid them like the plague these days...

 

[kamya]

Okcupid is actually kind of cool so I'm going to go with that.

I like that I can search profiles by specific keywords so I can find people with similar interests. Then they have their matching. Basically the more questions you do the more it filters people out and finds good matches.

 

[Limlim]

See I would have a huge problem with that. I'm not sure I want someone exactly like me, worse I'm not sure what kind of person would be a good match in the event I were the type to want dissimilar interests in a partner. What if the filtering system passes on people I'd like?? Aauuuughgbllubul!

 

[Unwanted94]

Every dating kind of site I have been on has just made me feel worse about myself than before I had joined them. I avoid them like the plague these days...

Smart decision. I haven't been on a dating website since October. I have no intentions of rejoining one either.

 

[[CoLL.Cc] John Smith]

Dating sites. Haha.

 

[Nice But Dim Jim]

I'm very self conscious about myself and couldn't entertain the thought of using dating sites. I once signed up to POF and my nextdoor neighbour viewed my profile and it freaked me out enough to delete the account lmfao.

 

[duff]

Every dating kind of site I have been on has just made me feel worse about myself than before I had joined them. I avoid them like the plague these days...

best thing. people can try them, spend a little bit of money i guess. But if it's not working for you then stop because it's just depressing.

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Every dating kind of site I have been on has just made me feel worse about myself than before I had joined them. I avoid them like the plague these days...

Smart decision. I haven't been on a dating website since October. I have no intentions of rejoining one either.

i ditched mine last year as well. Never going to use them again. Awfull places, people like me, all I'm going to get is scammed.

 

[nerdygirl]

Wow, there are a lot of bitter responses here. Anyway... I like OKC. I've heard a few times that POF is really better for hookups. My mom used match.com and she kind of liked it... but she did note that a lot of the same people are on match, yahoo personals, and POF. They just seem to have different attitudes on the various sites.

 

[Alonewith2cats]

if you have trouble meeting women and attracting them then forget about dating sites. Awfull places and like what that other guy says, full of stuck up ***** or scammers. Don't waste your money and if somebody tells you they know people who met on a dating site, tell them to **** off !

Hi, it's me the OP. I don't have trouble meeting and attracting women at all. I'm not into women. I am a woman and I like men. I should have explained this at the beginning and stated my reasons for posting. I'm trying to determine if the paid sites are more likely to have men interested in relationships than the free sites. Or is it the same in regards to men who are only interested in getting laid and not relationships will be hanging out on the paid sites as well?

 

[WildernessWildChild]

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[Drew88]

They are all dumb, but is easier then real life.

 

[Peaches]

if you have trouble meeting women and attracting them then forget about dating sites. Awfull places and like what that other guy says, full of stuck up ***** or scammers. Don't waste your money and if somebody tells you they know people who met on a dating site, tell them to **** off !

Hi, it's me the OP. I don't have trouble meeting and attracting women at all. I'm not into women. I am a woman and I like men. I should have explained this at the beginning and stated my reasons for posting. I'm trying to determine if the paid sites are more likely to have men interested in relationships than the free sites. Or is it the same in regards to men who are only interested in getting laid and not relationships will be hanging out on the paid sites as well?

hey Aw2c, I am not a man either so I wouldn't know what sites do men who are interested in relationships join, from my experience the EU version of match.com was the meat market, and okcupid was the trendy meat market, although if you are looking for a geek or are one the percentage on OK are much easier, and there must be some normal people there (I even have met some, but we were not very compatible). A girl I know is happily married with a guy from OKcupid, just had a baby, they were both terribly shy and would never have met otherwise, so I still have hope.

 

[smarty24]

tried both but like a bit more POF, don't know why...