Seems like too many fake profiles. Anyone recommend a better dateing app. Just trying to make new friends and go from there. Grr
Really hate pof.
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An acquaintance (ex of a buddy) found her soon-to-be-hubby on POF.
Like almost everything, your mileage may vary.
Like almost everything, your mileage may vary.
halcyondays
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If you're serious about on-line dating consider the 2018 survey from Match:
Singles in America: Match Releases Largest Study on U.S. Single Population for Eighth Year
Remember also that in previous surveys female members disapproved of about 80% of male profiles.
Keep in mind that it's a beauty contest at first as House MD spoofs in this speed dating scene:
Your profile is your five-minute speed date. Unless you're good looking you won't find much success.
My advice is to dump your dating apps and meet real people in the real world. Follow your bliss and pursue your career ambitions and favorite recreational pursuits and you will attract someone if not many.
Singles in America: Match Releases Largest Study on U.S. Single Population for Eighth Year
Remember also that in previous surveys female members disapproved of about 80% of male profiles.
Keep in mind that it's a beauty contest at first as House MD spoofs in this speed dating scene:
Your profile is your five-minute speed date. Unless you're good looking you won't find much success.
My advice is to dump your dating apps and meet real people in the real world. Follow your bliss and pursue your career ambitions and favorite recreational pursuits and you will attract someone if not many.
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I used OKCupid with decent results. If I were a more outgoing person then I could have dated a different woman a few nights a week. However, I'm not really too interesting in just hooking up, I'd rather have a relationship. Most of these services, with the exception of Tinder, are not about hooking up, and the women on the sites usually aren't interested in hook ups either. In all the time I spent on OKCupid I didn't really encounter any profile that I would have considered fake. For the few minutes I used Tinder I would say at least 25% seemed fake.
Someone else mentioning giving up on these services and just meeting people in the real world. That isn't really realistic for a lot of people. I have a lot of social anxiety that makes meeting people "in the real world" very difficult, for example. Also, it is very common for people to meet online through these services. The internet is part of the real world and a lot of people prefer this method. I think the opposition to starting relationships is mostly something that older people have, so unless you are trying to meet older people its probably not advice you need to pay attention to.
Someone else mentioning giving up on these services and just meeting people in the real world. That isn't really realistic for a lot of people. I have a lot of social anxiety that makes meeting people "in the real world" very difficult, for example. Also, it is very common for people to meet online through these services. The internet is part of the real world and a lot of people prefer this method. I think the opposition to starting relationships is mostly something that older people have, so unless you are trying to meet older people its probably not advice you need to pay attention to.
halcyondays
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Perhaps. Or perhaps the OP should stop doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
It's been over a decade now but this old guy had a lot of success on pof the first few years it was out.
I am not saying they are all bad. I've met some nice people through the apps POF included. I just wish there were better moderators to stop the scammers. Its hard enough for some of us older men who have been in long relationships to try again. Myself maybe. There's always Vegas. But I want the Fricken fairytale that goes with a LTR.
I used OK Cupid in the past. I ended up dating a few people from there. I never tried PoF, Match, etc and the last time I was looking to date was before Tinder existed
Edited to add: From what I know about it, I wouldn't have used tinder to look for someone to date, either.
Edited to add: From what I know about it, I wouldn't have used tinder to look for someone to date, either.
The online world when brought into 'reality' more times than not ends up in disappointment. If you really want a real encounter, those sites may provide a useful platform (you can zone in geographically). You will never really know until you meet in person how things will go. The interwebs and reality many times are two separate places.
HorsemanUK
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You get that issue with all dating apps however it is possible to meet genuine people though it. You have to be prepared for the fact though that for every 10 people you try and strike up a conversation with you might only get a 30-40% return and of those maybe only a third would actually be serious about dating.
Suceess can also depend on how your introduce yourself, you have to stand out from the rest without being too obscure or weird.
Suceess can also depend on how your introduce yourself, you have to stand out from the rest without being too obscure or weird.
I'm very thankful my relationship predates internet dating sites. The thought of putting myself up for sale like a pair of used shoes on Facebook Marketplace, makes my head spin.
I'm far from assertive, and don't engage in a lot of the right social activities, but have never found it difficult to meet women. For reasons I'll never know, they seem to just come to me. Seriously, no clue why...I'm tall but need to lose weight, decent looking but no Brad Pitt, not remotely close to wealthy, and very unlikely to start a conversation. I'd be a massive failure with dating apps/services.
I'm far from assertive, and don't engage in a lot of the right social activities, but have never found it difficult to meet women. For reasons I'll never know, they seem to just come to me. Seriously, no clue why...I'm tall but need to lose weight, decent looking but no Brad Pitt, not remotely close to wealthy, and very unlikely to start a conversation. I'd be a massive failure with dating apps/services.
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