How do I do a pof sign up for free without a phone number?

Started by James Anderson · ·5 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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James Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
2,084 posts
#1

I started looking at do a pof sign up for free without a phone number? — free dating & apps six weeks ago because the alternative was doing nothing, and the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.

Where it falls down is that on apps that don't charge, the account activity indicator makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

My working theory is that the amount of detail in a bio is a better predictor of the proportion of real accounts you see than the size of the company behind it where sorting the shortlist is concerned.

The parts of do a pof sign up for free without a phone number? — free dating & apps I cannot resolve on my own:

  • Does that hold outside the big cities for ordinary users?
  • Has anyone found the opposite when you factor in the question?
  • Would that apply in a smaller town once you factor in sorting the shortlist?

One honest account of do a pof sign up for free without a phone number? — free dating & beats ten listicles.

MarcusT
Joined Jun 2022
1,753 posts
#2

Only partly agree. @James Anderson, the timing observation reads as survivorship bias to me.

What actually frustrates me is that the support inbox makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, especially once sorting the shortlist comes into it.

Cutting the match list right down cut the wasted time by more than half, which surprised me.

Avery Jackson
Joined Feb 2022
3,005 posts
#3

Strongly agree — @James Anderson, the remark about filters matches my experience.

On balance, on apps that don't charge, the honesty of the bio predicts how long a conversation lasts better than which platform you picked, though it varies enormously by city.

Shortening the bio by half cut the wasted time by more than half once sorting the shortlist was the priority.

Grace Martin
Joined Jun 2017
1,272 posts
#4

Does that match what others see for anyone in most of us?

The total registered user count gets the credit but whether you actually read the profile does the work in the do a pof sign up for free without a phone number? — free dating & context.

Swapping the main photo made conversations last past the first exchange on apps that don't charge.

Where I would start if sorting the shortlist is the worry:

  • Ask one question, not four, and doubly so for ordinary users.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, because it is the single strongest signal you control.
  • Never move money under any framing — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.
  • Never move money under any framing, particularly on apps that do not charge.
  • Put something concrete in the opener — the alternative wastes weeks.

Is that a regional thing for anyone in most of us?

Grayson Clark
Joined Jul 2020
2,856 posts
#5

My sticking point is that the notification system gives you no idea when an account was last opened, especially once sorting the shortlist comes into it.

Things I wish someone had said about do a pof sign up for free without a phone number? — free dating & :

  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it if sorting the shortlist is your main concern.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines if sorting the shortlist is your main concern.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, particularly on apps that don't charge.
  • Never move money under any framing, which matters most on apps that do not charge.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, particularly on apps that don't charge.

Try Datelink alongside whatever else you're testing and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Layla Walker
Joined Feb 2019
2,920 posts
#6

In practice, whether you actually read the profile has a bigger effect on how long a conversation lasts than the number of photos you upload in the do a pof sign up for free without a phone number? — free dating & specifically context.

The recurring problem is that the messaging limit produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

What I would tell someone starting on do a pof:

  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, especially for ordinary users.
  • Ask one question, not four, especially for ordinary users.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, which matters most on apps that don't charge.
  • Move to a voice or video call early, especially for ordinary users.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, because the platforms will not do it for you.

Try Luvdate alongside whatever else you are testing and there is no paywall on the basics.

That is my read, not gospel where sorting the shortlist is concerned.

Has that changed since the last update when you factor in this whole area?

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