How do I report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website?

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RileyR
Joined Apr 2018
1,246 posts
#1

Right — how to report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website? — s. three or four months in, here is roughly where I landed.

Where it falls down is that for anyone starting out, the notification system seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

On balance, on web dating services, the quality of your first message makes more difference than the app's overall download figures where working out who is real is concerned.

Interested in what is actually working on how to report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website? — s right now.

ColbyR
Joined Apr 2022
2,943 posts
#2

Nothing changes how long a conversation lasts as much as how well a platform handles reports when it comes to how to report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website? — s in practice.

For anyone starting out, dropping the filters changed the kind of people who replied.

What I would do differently with how to report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website? — s in practice:

  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific — with the question this is the difference-maker.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, particularly on web dating services.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, because it is the one thing that transfers across every app.

That is my read, not gospel where working out who is real is concerned.

HunterV
Joined Nov 2020
1,873 posts
#3

That isn't how it went for me. @RileyR, the advice about calling early worked in a big city and nowhere else.

For anyone starting out, moving to a call early made a bigger difference than switching platforms for the general run of people.

The thing I did not expect was that the account activity indicator shows the same faces on a loop — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out who is real.

For what it is worth, which platform you picked gets the credit but the clarity of your main photo does the work where working out who is real is concerned.

That is where I've got to at least on the working out who is real side.

Stella Young
Joined Mar 2024
1,966 posts
#4

Is that worth the time investment where working out who is real is concerned?

Asking one real question instead of four got three actual meetings out of six weeks and nothing else came close.

My sticking point is that the support inbox ignores about half of what you set, especially once working out who is real comes into it.

What I would do differently with how to report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website? — s in practice:

  • Swap the group photo for a clear one — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, because everything downstream depends on it.
  • Ask one question, not four, and doubly so for anyone starting out.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, especially for anyone starting out.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines, especially for anyone starting out.

Adjust for your own situation where working out who is real is concerned.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions if you are dealing with working out who is real?

CameronL
Joined Aug 2022
1,941 posts
#5

Can confirm — @Stella Young, the advice about calling early is the part people miss.

More often than not, the app's star rating gets the credit but the effort in the opening line does the work.

Worth testing rather than taking my word at least on the working out who is real side.

If you want something to compare against, Flurrydate is free to browse and message.

NoraNights
Joined Oct 2025
1,360 posts
#6

Shortening the bio by half got three actual meetings out of six weeks, which surprised me.

In practice, the willingness to suggest meeting early makes more difference than whether it has a swipe interface, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite in the how to report a fake profile on the plenty of fish dating website? — s context.

Datebound came up in a similar thread — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Has anyone tested this recently once you factor in working out who is real?

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