POF : Confused…
So I’ve had this a little while now. Don’t go on it very much as my notifications are turned off and I often forget about it. Basically, this results in lots of ‘likes’ & ‘matches’ from the last time I put like 5 minutes of swiping in that ‘meet me’ or whatever it’s called. But I’m having this issue on occasion with some profiles where we’ve both ‘matched’/‘liked’ each other but I can’t then message them because whenever I click message, it comes back with “***** is looking for a different type of person. Why don’t you message someone else”.
At first, I thought it might have had something to do with “looking for”, “seeking a man”, “for dating but nothing serious” so I changed all of them to match the latest profile (I had decided to investigate why this was happening as this is like the 5th one in the past month). But still, just the same response.
If people are interested the latest age difference was 26 to 23 years of age. Some of my previous ones have been like 26-21, 26-33 etc. I’m 26 years old.
If it is an age thing, then why the f is it even possible to match with profiles that would have this issue? It doesn’t make any sense and it’s just a waste of everyone’s time (including the profile you can’t even message because they’ve still viewed yours and matched you). Is it definitely an age thing or is there any other reason it could be? It’s becoming a little irritating now and I’m contemplating deleting it.
By. guitarsandpsyc
POF doesn’t really do a good job with its algorithms.
Usually distance I have theorized. Look at your mail settings on the web site, not the app.
I’ve just discovered the settings you can change for others to/not to message you. My guess is that each of these people have had some sort of setting clicked so I can’t message first. I’ve just put all mine to 21-99 and ‘any’ for anything else. Then left my IG at the bottom of my bio just for good measure. Doesn’t make the ability to match these profiles any less frustrating, though.
Will probably end up deleting this shortly. Not as successful as Tinder/Bumble