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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 1/4/2006 8:08:04 PM | I have been treated extremely well by this site (possibly because I insist on being treated well at all times!)...
If I have any advice to give to new users, it would be READ THE RULES!!! READ THE RULES CAREFULLY! P.O.F. has terrific moderators and a lot of excellent guidelines & advice.
Other than that, take it all with a grain of salt. New (female) fish get unbelievable amounts of mail, if you just be yourself, you can meet some cool people from around the world to talk to. Don't take any of it too seriously.
Locally, I have met some really great friends. Friends recommended me to this site, and I in my turn have "passed the fish" along to other friends.
Basically, this site is great for WHATEVER you want to use it for. Don't let the ba$tards grind ya down. If you get rude mail, delete it. Keep getting it? Block user, or report it.
Trust me, it's not you, it's them.
Forums are lots of fun, and you can find people on here interested in the same things you are, whether that be true love or an easy lay.
Good Luck, and Happy Fishing! | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 1/4/2006 8:37:34 PM | Good for posts & threads but not much else....haven't found ANYBODY on here. Send out emails...no responses. ALL say either read/delete or delete. | |
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mebabs
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 1/5/2006 3:17:58 PM | | I have met a few men off here...but nothing really came out of it. I did meet a guy who got a free place to stay for 3 weeks and then ripped me off $180.00 yes I am to nice of a person..LOL...oh well. I am not giving up though he has to be out there somewhere. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 1/5/2006 6:51:14 PM | | pof has treated me so so,but u know wht i say its not pof's fault tht i might have had bad experiences its the guys fault and mayb emine to.so to all the people out there keep up the faith and happy fishing! | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 1/5/2006 7:40:16 PM | As with any internet dating forum, you basically have to live in a huge city or else you are just going to see the same 10 people come up on your lists again and again, and once you've determined that none of those 10 are your type, you're basically done.
Not POF's fault, just a sucky side effect of living in the middle of nowhere. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 8/16/2006 7:24:21 PM | For the most part, I'm pleased with this site. I really like that you can screen out people who say, may have categorized themselves as looking for long term, but are actually busy contacting people looking for intimate encounters or sex. Wish I had found this site two years ago. 
I also like the fact that you can view people's voting histories and see who has them on their favourites--provides lots of helpful insights on whether you actually want to go any further with someone. (Hey, they are in those favourites for a reason...)
The only issue I have is that within my first 3 days, I had used a WebPic and had my account deleted. I understand that a free site must have those kinds of policies in place, rather than sending a polite email to taken it down. And I should have read the terms and conditions, rather than assuming that my particular WebPic wouldn't cause problems because the artwork was over 100 years old.
However, the message that comes up for my administrator-deleted account was quite harsh and may have given two people I'd connected with the wrong impression. My mistake was a slight little--whoopsie, not a criminal offence. The message that comes up implies a host of what I consider to be major violations that are actually quite shocking!
Other than than, I have seen some really nice posts in the forums from men who feel free to express their sensitive side and connected with some nice gentlemen who I will continue to correspond with until it's time to take the next step! | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 8/20/2006 7:48:20 PM | | I don't think Plenty of Fish has been helpful at all in meeting people. The other adult and regular personals sights haven't been that helpful either. It's not the personals web sites doing a bad job, it's the client people on those web sites who are uptight, fake, and waste of time. Everyone seems "talk the talk, no walk the walk". Also, many people say the ones from my area are uptight and have no guts to do what they say. Given those kind of lousy "Return on Investment", I'm glad Plenty of Fish is 100% free; I wouldn't pay for it like the other paid personals sites. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/14/2006 6:57:54 AM | | I've enjoyed the site. Met some friends here, but no one special YET. There is a first time for anything and I have to keep believing there is someone special for me. So, I keep coming back. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/17/2006 3:46:24 PM | | I've learned a lot from it. Wish so many women weren't so rude. A read/deleted without any response has happened enough times, I'm not counting on any one message to have any effect at all. Sad. Wish more people understood the trouble it takes to write something nice and try to get good friends. So few are really interested in friendship it is hard to find anyone who isn't a player. Maybe one day I will. It is like fishing in a dry lakebed in Nevada waiting for the monsoons to come! Still it doesn't stop me from trying. If it has a chance at success I never turn away a possible opportunity. | |
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| | Joined: 8/12/2006
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/17/2006 8:08:56 PM | | Pretty hard to hook up in person but not a bad way to try. Its nice to know your ad is out there for gals to see. I still sense a nervousness in the honeys even though its such a distant form of communication. Total BS. Maybe chicks should grow some balls. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/17/2006 9:38:57 PM | cartographer has said a lot of what I have to say...
I'm moderately irritated that after I take the time and interest to try and write something at least passingly original to someone that they just read and delete it without the courtesy to respond. That's really frustrating. In fact, it's my pet peeve. Unless I'm sending something like "Hey look, it's me, staff in hand!" or just a plain "Hey" or something, common courtesy suggests that you reply, even something as basic as "Sorry, not interested." It's just polite. That's the only thing I've ever really found unpleasant about this site (and it's not specific to PoF, so it's hardly something one can hold against PoF specifically).
On the other hand, the times I've actually received replies, those with whom I have spoken have been pleasant and interesting, generally fun types who make for good conversation. There ARE pleasant folk on the site. Like cartographer said though, no sense in stopping the effort.
I haven't met anyone on the site that I've met in person or anything like that, haven't met anyone with whom I've shared more than a few exchanged e-mails but that's OK.
I think the most intriguing part of this whole site is the messageboard service... the forums have a lot interesting conversations where people are quite active and animated. In that respect, PoF has been enlightening, interesting, helpful... in short, of great use and having treated me very well.
I think it's a nice community, if nothing else; I frequent a fair number of forum communities that aren't so active or lively and it's definitely refreshing and pleasant to have such a vibrant community with so many live threads and interesting topics on so many varied matters. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/19/2006 11:31:43 AM | The message you are replying to:
Posted By: dikthompson on 9/17/2006 8:08:56 PM
Subject: How has plenty of fish treated you?
Message: Pretty hard to hook up in person but not a bad way to try. Its nice to know your ad is out there for gals to see. I still sense a nervousness in the honeys even though its such a distant form of communication. Total BS. Maybe chicks should grow some balls. 
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You are correct, that other guy further up the forum is right too! Many females don't have BALLS! That is a big problem. Much of it can be social cultural attitudes and conditioning. The are programmed the way they are.
They won't have any guts to do as they say, and you will waste your time. I'm just glad I don't have to take these personals sites seriously, or it will be a lot of pain for no gain. I have 2 female "friends with benefits" from my other social sources. It's too disappointing; I don't take this seriously anymore. I'd die of old age if I sit around and wait for them to move. I have money to make, people to socialize with, things to do. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/22/2006 9:04:19 PM | | Well it is a free site. Can't complain much. It serves it's purpose I guess. I did go to that damn Speed Dating thingy in Hamilton with a bunch of friends, so that's how I found out this place. No luck so far with responses, but hey it's a cr@pshoot anyways. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/28/2006 3:55:58 PM | Hey there! First of all saying it's crap...doesn't sound like you are so thrilled with the idea of online dating....might want to get rid of those negative words..as more than likely will show up in your profile as well...(prospective dates don't want to be hooking up with an angry chic)...
Aside from that...I am new here as well: since June this year and I like it a lot. I think it's great that there are POF parties in different cities all over.
I have heard from many that friendships have been developed and kept, as well as good matches that have led to long term happiness and contentment.
Everyone seems really laid back and approachable! Give it a try! Ciao! | |
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Sahaja
| | Joined: 9/6/2006
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 9/30/2006 2:52:18 AM | I love this site, and I find the forums downright addictive. I have a question for POF about a thread and your CONTACT US post states that you don't answer questions about deletions, and I need to bring it up in a forum, so I'll ask my question here. I checked out the forums today and clicked on to a thread, started by me called `Would you date someone with a chronic illness?" To my surprise it had disappeared. The thread was full of great posts (I'm not talking about my own here), lots of warmth and real insight into how people were dealing with chronic illness. I wondered why it had been deleted when threads with deep and meaningful topics such as how to give good oral sex have remained. I did mention the illness thread to someone writing on another thread. Is this against the rules? If this is so I would appreciate it if you could let me know so that I don't make that mistake again. If it was a case that you thought everyone was bored with the thread, fair enough. But I miss it.
I hope this is the right place to ask this question. I am curious mellow. | |
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| How has plenty of fish treated you?
Posted: 10/12/2006 12:44:32 PM | well my name were blacktranny well i guess the site would of have been ok but i posted some pretty sexy photos they said that it were nudety which some of them was pretty revelling and they kicked me off and didnt give me a 2nd chance i feel like everyone should have a 2nd chance thank you
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