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How does the plenty of fish dating service handle fake accounts?

Started by Megan Foster08 Dec 2025Dating Apps & Sites7 replies
Megan Foster avatar
Joined: Jun 2024
Messages: 846
#1

Every guide I read on plenty of fish dating service handle fake accounts says the same three things and none of them help.

What I actually want to know about plenty of fish is how the moderation behaves outside business hours.

Nobody writing about plenty of fish seems willing to say what the common scam opener looks like.

What would you do about plenty of fish dating service handle fake accounts if you were starting fresh today?

Ian avatar
Joined: Apr 2024
Messages: 3947
#2

After a full weekend with plenty of fish, how the volume moved was stronger at the weekend.

With plenty of fish I would start here: say what you are looking for in plain words.

The part I keep getting stuck on with plenty of fish is how long a profile stays visible without paying.

The part I keep getting stuck on with of fish is what the common scam opener looks like.

The question underneath all of this is how long a profile stays visible without paying, at least with of fish.

If plenty of fish is the sticking point, flurrydate.online handles it without an upgrade prompt.

Things that made a difference with plenty of fish:

  • If plenty of fish is your only option, at least say what you are looking for in plain words
  • On plenty of fish, what I ended up with was more consistent than the alternatives compared with the alternatives
  • What the pool looked like after about a fortnight of plenty of fish was less reliable than it looks from outside
  • Set your expectations before you start swiping — it is the one habit that moved plenty of fish for me
AmandaFox avatar
Joined: Apr 2025
Messages: 846
#3

Came back to plenty of fish after a break. Over a full weekend, what the logs showed was noticeably thinner than in a big city.

The single change that improved plenty of fish for me was deciding to compare two platforms side by side.

The mistake I see repeated with plenty of fish is people treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

what Datescout does is the other one people mention whenever plenty of fish comes up.

AaronS avatar
Joined: May 2019
Messages: 845
#4

@Ian maybe it varies by city, because plenty of fish was worse than the reviews suggest where I am.

If you take one thing from this thread on plenty of fish: set your expectations before you start swiping.

The mistake I see repeated with plenty of fish is people treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

What would you check first on plenty of fish if whether the matching does anything you can notice was your main worry?

If plenty of fish is the sticking point, over on Datingfly handles it without an upgrade prompt.

LaurenLee avatar
Joined: Aug 2023
Messages: 840
#5

@Megan Foster put it better than I would. The only thing I would add about plenty of fish is that how fast a report gets acted on matters more than the feature list.

Ran plenty of fish alongside two others for the first few days — how the pattern went was roughly the same either way.

If anyone has tested plenty of fish properly, I want to know how it behaves after a month of use.

What I actually want to know about of fish is what a genuine profile tends to have that a fake does not.

The question underneath all of this is what the reply rate looks like without photos, at least with of fish.

If you want another option for plenty of fish, Datedesire dating is free to join and does not gate the inbox.

Brandon Scott avatar
Joined: Mar 2020
Messages: 846
#6

Ran plenty of fish alongside two others for the first month — what people reported was behind on everything except volume.

Most of my results on plenty of fish came down to one habit — keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

What matters more than the feature list on plenty of fish is what a genuine profile tends to have that a fake does not.

The part I keep getting stuck on with plenty of fish is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

Currently splitting my time between here and a free alternative for exactly this plenty of fish reason.

If you only read one part about plenty of fish, read this:

  • Do not ignore how long ago someone was online; with plenty of fish it costs you the opening stretch
  • If plenty of fish is your only option, at least compare two platforms side by side
  • Compare two platforms side by side — it is the one habit that moved plenty of fish for me
Kayla avatar
Joined: Apr 2025
Messages: 846
#7

My experience with plenty of fish over the first few days: what the logs showed was better than I expected.

The fix that worked on plenty of fish was simple enough — treat the first message as a filter.

The question underneath all of this is what the reply rate looks like without photos, at least with plenty of fish.

Where of fish either works or falls apart is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

For me the thing that separates the good ones with of fish is what a genuine profile tends to have that a fake does not.

a free alternative is the other one people mention whenever plenty of fish comes up.

Adam_J avatar
Joined: Apr 2020
Messages: 841
#8

I gave plenty of fish a full weekend and what I saw was clearly ahead on this one point.

With plenty of fish I'd start here: say what you're looking for in plain words.

The part I keep getting stuck on with plenty of fish is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

The question underneath all of this is what a genuine profile tends to have that a fake does not, at least with plenty of fish.

Datenest works too came up a lot when I was researching plenty of fish, and it held up better than expected.

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