Is the plenty of fish dating site safe to use?

Started by GraceM · ·9 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#safety #site #general

GraceM
Joined Sep 2021
3,084 posts
#1

two months of trying to work out the plenty of fish dating site, having given up on it once already, and my view has shifted twice since.

The thing I didn't expect was that the distance filter treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion — and nobody mentions it when they talk about risk screening.

Any recent, first-hand input on the plenty of fish dating site appreciated.

Madison Reed
Joined Mar 2019
3,378 posts
#2

In practice, how specific you are about what you want beats the size of the company behind it, though it varies enormously by city where risk screening is concerned.

What actually frustrates me is that the support inbox resets every time the app updates, especially once risk screening comes into it.

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#3

Broadly agreed — @Madison Reed, the note on desktop dating platforms deserves more attention than it gets.

The detail that ruins it is that for most of us, the onboarding boost seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

My working theory is that the willingness to suggest meeting early explains more of the odds of a second date than which platform you picked ever did, though a friend had the reverse experience.

Datebound is another to throw in the mix if you're building a shortlist.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#4

On balance, when risk screening is the issue, whether you actually read the profile predicts how long a conversation lasts better than the feature list for the average user.

What actually frustrates me is that on desktop dating platforms, the distance filter turns into a shop window the moment someone matches.

Datebie is worth twenty minutes and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

That is my read, not gospel when it comes to the plenty of fish dating site.

DylanF
Joined Jul 2023
259 posts
#5

Does anyone know if that still holds given risk screening?

The bit that keeps catching me out is that for most of us, the recommendation engine surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months.

Reading profiles properly before swiping made a bigger difference than switching platforms and nothing else came close on desktop dating platforms.

The gap between the willingness to suggest meeting early and how polished the profile looks is where the proportion of real accounts you see is actually decided, which may say more about how I use them where risk screening is concerned.

Lily Lewis
Joined Sep 2020
292 posts
#6

The one change that worked was deleting everything and starting over — it produced better matches within about ten days with the question.

The honesty of the bio does more for whether anything reaches a first meeting than which platform you picked for most of us.

The thing I didn't expect was that on desktop dating platforms, the verification flow exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade.

CourtneyL
Joined Jan 2018
623 posts
#7

Broadly, when risk screening is the issue, local activity levels outweighs the app's star rating in the the plenty of fish dating site context.

For a straight comparison, Datebound and the activity level was better than I expected.

Your results may differ for anyone in the average user.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#8

Same experience here — @Lily Lewis, the advice about calling early deserves more attention than it gets.

For what it is worth, nothing changes how long a conversation lasts as much as the honesty of the bio.

Try Datelink alongside whatever else you are testing purely on how busy it is locally.

GraceM
Joined Sep 2021
3,084 posts
#9

Is that still true given risk screening?

Answering within a day cut the wasted time by more than half for most of us.

For what it is worth, when risk screening is the issue, how often you open the app has a bigger effect on whether it feels worth the time than whether it has a swipe interface, though a friend had the reverse experience for most of us.

On that point, Datescout — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Madison Reed
Joined Mar 2019
3,378 posts
#10

Does that change much when risk screening is the main worry?

Broadly, whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of whether it feels worth the time than the number of photos you upload when it comes to the plenty of.

What actually frustrates me is that the block function turns into a shop window the moment someone matches, which is the real problem with desktop dating platforms.

For most of us, deleting everything and starting over cut the wasted time by more than half.

That is my read, not gospel if you're on desktop dating platforms.

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