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PLENTY OF FISH  

spunkycumfun 63M/69F
29519 posts
5/22/2013 11:23 am
PLENTY OF FISH



Plenty of Fish is one of biggest online dating website in the UK and US, with over 55 million members worldwide sending about 24 million messages every day. Its website states: “POF Has More Dates, More Relationships, More Visits Than Any Other Online Dating Site.” The Plenty of Fish founder, Markus Frind, recently boasted an estimated 1 million babies have been born because of people meeting on his site.

But Markus Frind has decided to root out the many fake profiles on the site after finding out that the profiles of many single women are men. He has also decided to close down its ‘Intimate Encounters’ option after finding out that many male users are harassing women for sex on the site.

In a message sent to Plenty of Fish members, Markus Frind revealed that only 6,041 of the 3.3 million people who use the site every day are women looking for casual sex. He added that “the ones with hot pictures are mostly men pretending to be women”. He summed up the site’s ‘Intimate Encounters’ option as “a bunch of horny men talking to a bunch of horny men pretending to be women”.

Markus Frind declared that the site wants to focus on “meaningful relationships”. “There is no reason for a 50 year old man to contact 18-year-old women”, he added. Consequently, he has stopped users from contacting members where there are age gaps of 14 or more years.

Have you had any experience of Plenty of Fish?
Should Affairlook follow Plenty of Fish and root out the fake profiles on the site?
Do fake profiles on Affairlook annoy you?
Should Affairlook stop members contacting others who are 14 or more years younger or older?


After relationship breakdowns, people – usually my mother – would say, ‘don’t worry, there’s plenty more fish in the sea’. I never found this reassuring. Not because I didn’t want to go out with a fish, but because I knew how difficult it is to catch a fish. I'm not a dolphin and there's no shoals of sardines where I am!

Han54boat 71M
11637 posts
5/22/2013 11:39 am

I'm on both. There are more women on POF but they are playing same old games.
Being on my iPhone, my finger will grow tired about this.


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JustHere2Cam 56M
14229 posts
5/22/2013 11:52 am

1. Yes. I initially contacted P through POF, but it was the OKC site that truly connected us.
2 and 3. Yes. Fake profiles are nothing but an annoyance and a waste of time. They have no practical purpose.
4. No. That seems too judgmental to me. Personally, I wouldn't want someone that far away from my own age, but who's to say that people with a big age gap can't make that work?


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FullOn4U 58M
20399 posts
5/22/2013 12:29 pm

“There is no reason for a 50 year old man to contact 18-year-old women”

I can think of one

I saw a woman's profile yesterday that was a oneline "Find me on PoF" and gave her PoF username.


lindoboy100 61M
23969 posts
5/22/2013 3:28 pm

1. Yes, and mostly favourable too.
2. Yes, but I don't know how, short of asking for a home address.
3. The fakes bot profiles are a pest, the multi profilers who cause all the drama are idiots.
4. That's just daft!


lok4fun500 M
51906 posts
5/22/2013 4:14 pm

1. NO
2. Definately
3. Absolutely
4. No reason to. You set your cupid preference to the ages you want to be contacted by. As long as everyone is a "adult" we can look after ourselves, no need for Affairlook to be a mediator.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:07 pm

Many thanks for your post.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:08 pm

    Quoting Han54boat:
    I'm on both. There are more women on POF but they are playing same old games.
    Being on my iPhone, my finger will grow tired about this.
I'm only on Affairlook so I can't compare this site with other sites.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:10 pm

    Quoting JustHere2Cam:
    1. Yes. I initially contacted P through POF, but it was the OKC site that truly connected us.
    2 and 3. Yes. Fake profiles are nothing but an annoyance and a waste of time. They have no practical purpose.
    4. No. That seems too judgmental to me. Personally, I wouldn't want someone that far away from my own age, but who's to say that people with a big age gap can't make that work?
I've not heard of OKC. I searched for this site and came up with Oklahoma City Thunder, a basketball team. Perhaps I should join OKC!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:11 pm

    Quoting FullOn4U:
    “There is no reason for a 50 year old man to contact 18-year-old women”

    I can think of one

    I saw a woman's profile yesterday that was a oneline "Find me on PoF" and gave her PoF username.
Only one reason!


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:12 pm

    Quoting  :

Likewise, I'm not too bothered with fake profiles. I just move on and focus on the genuine members on this site.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:15 pm

    Quoting lindoboy100:
    1. Yes, and mostly favourable too.
    2. Yes, but I don't know how, short of asking for a home address.
    3. The fakes bot profiles are a pest, the multi profilers who cause all the drama are idiots.
    4. That's just daft!
I can't fully understand why someone has several profiles on this site.
I met one couple who had several profiles; they said it was a 'marketing' ploy to appeal to as many people as possible and also to look new on the site.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
5/27/2013 11:17 pm

    Quoting lok4fun500:
    1. NO
    2. Definately
    3. Absolutely
    4. No reason to. You set your cupid preference to the ages you want to be contacted by. As long as everyone is a "adult" we can look after ourselves, no need for Affairlook to be a mediator.
I agree, a site like Affairlook should not be a censor (unless anything illegal is being proposed). Also, I can understand why they would to stop or at least control commercial activities on the site.


JustHere2Cam 56M
14229 posts
5/28/2013 1:45 am

    Quoting spunkycumfun:
    I've not heard of OKC. I searched for this site and came up with Oklahoma City Thunder, a basketball team. Perhaps I should join OKC!
OKC = OK Cupid.


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foreverfree123 60M
435 posts
6/9/2013 7:25 pm

Have you had any experience of Plenty of Fish?
Yes, I was on there for a couple of years at the same time as I first joined this site. I met some nice men, but have found the men on here to be more honest and upfront about what they're looking for.

Should Affairlook follow Plenty of Fish and root out the fake profiles on the site?
Oh no !!! If they did, they might take this one of mine away, and I need it. When I have a female profile I get bothered constantly by men wanting to hook up. With this male profile, I can have a good time on blogs and in groups, but men keep away from me.

Do fake profiles on Affairlook annoy you?
No, I just ignore them.

Should Affairlook stop members contacting others who are 14 or more years younger or older?
No way. That would be crazy. Age makes no difference to some people, and it is not up to the site to censor that.


spunkycumfun 63M/69F
41171 posts
6/10/2013 12:35 am

    Quoting foreverfree123:
    Have you had any experience of Plenty of Fish?
    Yes, I was on there for a couple of years at the same time as I first joined this site. I met some nice men, but have found the men on here to be more honest and upfront about what they're looking for.

    Should Affairlook follow Plenty of Fish and root out the fake profiles on the site?
    Oh no !!! If they did, they might take this one of mine away, and I need it. When I have a female profile I get bothered constantly by men wanting to hook up. With this male profile, I can have a good time on blogs and in groups, but men keep away from me.

    Do fake profiles on Affairlook annoy you?
    No, I just ignore them.

    Should Affairlook stop members contacting others who are 14 or more years younger or older?
    No way. That would be crazy. Age makes no difference to some people, and it is not up to the site to censor that.
Like you, I just ignore fake profiles and also fake mail.


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