| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/9/2007 9:20:43 AM | Online dating still has a negative stigma with many people. Meeting people online is still considered dangerous in their minds. Some see it as a last desperate attempt to find their mate.
There is still a large market of people who do not use the internet or have a computer in their home. It is the young and computer savvy people who have found the site. Then they tell a friend...and they tell a friend...and so on...and so on.
When I arrived, there were never more than 25,000 people logged in. Recently, I noticed there were easily over 45,000 people online at one moment. That's some growth in a year.
Personally, I think it's a great service. The Big Fish has found a way to create a free dating site, offer plenty of services and options, and have the cost of the endeavour paid for solely by the advertising...WITHOUT selling his mailing lists.
You are not limited to the contacts you make, but only by each person's limitations set on their profile. The Forums are fab. There are some good people looking for their fish. The membership for the most (or perhaps just those who've messaged) are intelligent and interesting.
As to the attractiveness of the fish in this pond...I have met and seen many beautiful women and attractive men at the Local PoF events. Some definite 10s...many 9s,8s, and 7s.
It's free, it's big, the pond is well stocked...Who could ask for anything more?
Kudos and thank you, Big Fish,
Dev | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/9/2007 9:27:45 AM | | I find that on POF there are very few local men in my age group.....the paid sites which I've used in the past seem to have more choice....although no one I wanted long term. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/9/2007 9:42:13 AM | It suddenly occurred to me how humorous this seems… 
Here we ALL are soliciting for conversation, friendship, love, and eternal happiness… 
 from the comfort of our computers!!!! (Younger fishers might not appreciate this!)...
Approximately 30,000+ with fishing poles…
Some trolling, some casting, some fly fishing…
Dangling some sort of physical or emotional bait…
Hoping not to catch the "too big" or "too little" fish…
Do we actually know when we are the bait and when we are the fish!
And who is that fisherman anyhow! 
And do all of them have to watch out for snakes, to boot! 
Thanks POF for allowing a vehicle meet some descent "fishers"
in the streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, and oceans! 
And, thanks to ALL of the people who help keep the pollution
out of the water!
Have fun every one!  Whatariot, Gail | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/9/2007 1:03:58 PM | | You would be surprised that a lot of ppl have never heard of POF. I found out about this site thru "surfing the net" and came across it by accident. It seemed really cool and seemed like a novelty with the forums and all. I'm sure more ppl will join POF thru word of mouth and net surfing, etc. It's only a matter of time b/f ppl get fed up with site like eHarmony, Match, and yahoo personals, etc. I've seen no advertisement of POF here in the states though. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/13/2007 7:04:50 PM | I am from the Canadian British Columbia POF. We have such a good time with the events and meeting lots of new friends. POF is the best and I really don't get the fact that more people are not out there using POF.
We have 10 events going just for the next month...sometimes there is close too 250 people at some of the events and the numbers are doubling every month.
POF is the best place to both expand your circle of friends and maybe find someone special.
And the best part is that it is free!!!!!!
Fishfancy | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/17/2007 6:28:17 AM | I heard about this site from an online Canadian friend who met her boyfriend on here. I don't know how successful I will be. I'm not into the typical east Texan or Southern girl, and they don't seem to be into me that much either. I have had some luck with TLC Worldwide, a "mail-order bride" agency specializing in women from Latin America. But I'm fluent in Spanish and a lot of these women want to live here, haha!  But really, a lot of Latin guys are womanizers and many Latin girls nowadays simply won't put up with that. Plus, different can be sexy. For us guys it's the natural tan. For the Latinas it's the blue eyes. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/17/2007 7:14:23 AM | | I don't know why more people aren't here, but after being here a few days I've decided to move to Canada - there are so many hot single women up there!!! | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/17/2007 7:23:22 AM | I pay for a subscription to another site and it is well worth it. Nothing wrong with POF, I just meet more of the kind of women I am looking for on Match, or out on the town.
There do seem to be a lot more women in Canada using POF than here. Who knows. | |
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Posted: 1/17/2007 5:30:05 PM | ^^^Yup mover on down to Canada....probably warmer here now anyways! We're known to throw a good POF party or 2 in Ontario, Canada also! | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/17/2007 6:45:25 PM | The average attractiveness of the women on POF may leave a little to be desired.
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smjle...do you think you are good looking enough to be able to get away such a shallow statement? Me thinks NOT.
alfredB18 .... I don't see your pic here, why is that I wonder?
Shallow men will always be unhappy.
Anyway getting back to the original post. I googled this site and have been telling fellow aussies about it since. I even set my ex up here and he is now seeing a woman he met on POF. (I might add that he no longer speaks to me, he has someone new so doesn't need his friends).
I have never seen this site advertised here and that is a shame.
I do prefer this site as it is easy to make contact. I don't believe in paying to meet people, that just seems wrong to me. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/17/2007 8:18:32 PM | I adore POF and probably always will, but i find it really difficult to find what i'm looking for on this site.
The vibe is decidedly slower paced than i like.
Plus most seem to be here only for the forums. Which is fine, since the forums are always entertaining. When people aren't flaming each other. Then it's even more fun. jk. :P
Plenty of great memories of the dozens of POF parties.
oh one thing that might keep ppl from signing up, the fact everyone goes around calling each other fishies. You gotta admit, it's a little hard to take us seriously. :P | |
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Posted: 1/17/2007 10:51:27 PM | I agree, more people should advertise this site. I think that if everyone who was on here agree to tell at *least* one person then it'd double or more in popularity.
What I think needs to be done is for a person to take up the job of advertising on behalf of this site. Make a webpage and then put it on all the search engines or something. It certainly deserves it! | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/17/2007 11:49:14 PM | Some people simply do better in real life, I know for myself, I did my very best at sober dances, now their extinct and I am simply not up to meeting people at the bar.
I think POF would do far better though if it found a method to balance the ratio of men to women. Too many men and too few women; it doesn't require a genius to see how that will become problematic.
I think if they implimented video like other sites do, it would pay off hugely, providing others a better sense of who they are dealing with. A few priority scales could efficiently narrow down searches in terms of compatibility.
The fact remains that there needs to be more done to tempt larger female audiences. And perhaps localized im's where a person can choose to have their im only seen by a select person.
We could possibly bennifit from a few stats, like profile views, percentage of mail a person answers, etc.
Some of these are simple html codes, so I don't know, I suspect they (those responsible for POF) feel POF is perfect just they way it is. It would be great though to know the exact ratio of men to women. That would or could possible deliver a huge clarity for many.
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Posted: 1/20/2007 12:49:58 PM | | yeah this is a great site w/ lots of cool features, there are lots of guys in my are (looking for sex) so maybe there is a diamon in tha rough, but it amazes me that 40,000 people are on here at one time, cool, tha other sites usually have 2,00 at , most. | |
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Posted: 1/20/2007 8:25:30 PM | I found PoF by doing a websearch. I haven't been on long but so far the fishing seems easier than pay sites. On pay sites I ran into alot of profiles that seemed worth it, but they were either mainly concerned with income or desperate in the obsessive dangerous quick attachment sense. Plenty of "interesting" people on PoF, but they all seem to have unappealing enough profiles to help you avoid them.
I think the problem with pay site is not the cost (overall, for me it currently is a hinderance as well), but the fact that money is spent. It gives $$$ chasers the idea that if he spent $$$ to find me, he'll probably spend $$$ on my. The unstable types have already made a commitment before they met you (even if you can easilly afford it, it still gives the idea that you ought to get somethign for your money), and might have overly high expectations based on the fact that you made the same commitment by spending on the site. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/20/2007 9:13:36 PM | | I found this site running a 'free canadian chat' site search..... it is a great free site but unfortunately the free attracts the cheap loonies and toonies too LOL | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/20/2007 9:47:04 PM | | I just found out it existed and would have used it along time ago if I had known. Word of mouth is good too, tell people about it. I have been. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/21/2007 12:43:46 AM |
I dont understand why anyone would pay for an internet dating site
I find the people to mean, shallow, and snobs on pof and the ownership and those who help run the site doing little to nothing to change the most common complaints.  | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 3:57:57 PM | i really wish more people knew about this site.
but i dont see anyone talking about the site much on the internet. match.com seems to be the most talked about and in my area it shows as there are many more women on match then pof. :( | |
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Posted: 1/21/2007 4:25:25 PM | In my case, it's because I've sent out literally 100's of messages and got back only a few.....
Must be a New England thing, or that I'm just plain ugly & disgusting.
DavidBryan.
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/21/2007 9:48:27 PM |
Im just plain ugly & disgusting.
No David it is a free site with little to no modertorship, other then their owns views.
Most of the mail I get is from men talking in a way that a whore should be offended! In the forums it is okay to bash anyone about any thing in their profile but not a group as a whole.
I no longer seek a date or meeting anyone from this site only here to stay in touch with a few. Good Luck | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/23/2007 11:17:42 AM |
I find the people to mean, shallow, and snobs on pof and the ownership and those who help run the site doing little to nothing to change the most common complaints.
Sadly, I have to agree. The ownership is fine IMHO, very much so... But those who help run the site have been on a power trip for over a year now. Censoring and banning those who don't subscribe to their beliefs.
Freedom of speech, so long as we agree with you...
It has gotten better recently thank god. I would like to see the freedom that POF used to have.
But on the other hand. I understand the need for a tight leash. The forums did get pretty insane for a while back a year ago. | |
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Posted: 1/23/2007 11:45:11 AM | I don't understand it either. I know i won't pay for a dating site now. I think this site is cool but I haven't really met any one off this site yet..I've met my share of freaks and met my share of nice guys that I have talked to.
I mean, with most dating sites i've realized, some people will ACTUALLY pay just to get booty calls. I've seen some profiles on other sites, guys paying and advertising they want to hook up. So it doesn't matter if you pay or not, there's going to be people like that anywhere you go on the internet. I figure why waste money i don't have?, especially if i have the same odds of finding love on here as i do on there. And for right now, the odds are not really good but hey, never know who's out there. | |
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| Why dont more people use POF
Posted: 1/23/2007 11:56:20 AM | ^^^^^
I used to have nothing but loathing for guys who do that, but i almost understand them now days.
The odds of finding "the one" are astronomical. But we all have a very real and sometimes almost overpowering need for the physical aspect.
I don't understand why the need for sex has been so stigmatised, especially for women who love sex, the many hateful labels people will give.
If someone loves something and aren't hurting anyone for it. They should feel free to do so.
I think anything that involves complete honesty and openess can't be a bad thing.
Yeah i agree about wasting money, at least on a free site you aren't risking anything. :) Well not money anyhow lol | |
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