POF : Plenty Of f̶i̶s̶h̶ … fake profiles.

POF : Plenty Of f̶i̶s̶h̶ … fake profiles.

So I decided to do some testing.

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I set up a legit account as myself.

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I properly filled in my profile and upload multiple images.

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I even had friends and family proofread my profile to make sure it was fine.

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Then I wrote some software in c# to collect usernames from POF and message them.

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The messages are fairly generic they are basically permutations of « hi how are you ».

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I believe if someone likes the way you look, your first message won’t matter all that much.

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I’m a year in now I started in August last year.

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I’ve hit want to meet « Yes » on every single profile recommended.

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I’ve messaged over 13,942 people (doing around 50 a day).

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There have been 11,711 replies.

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I have an 83.9% response rate.

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I’m still single 😉

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11 of them are human… of the 11 actual humans who responded all of them either have a disability, deformity or obesity that is preventing them from finding someone.

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The rest of these messages fall into the following five categories:

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— Add me on WhatsApp -> Pay per view porn link.

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— Add me on WhatsApp -> Given stolen credit card details -> Asked to sign up for a website.

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— Direct link to pay per view porn.

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— Send me an email -> Email reply is a link to pay per view porn.

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— Call me on a premium rate number.

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Heres some observations:

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— Almost all of the spambots have the same tagline, in badly translated English usually like « I like have fun time ».

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— Almost all of the spambots are using the same images for multiple accounts, I’ve had 37 want to meet replies this morning and they are all different ages and locations and the same image.

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Why can POF not deal with these fake profiles?

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I’m a programmer I write PHP for a living and I’m telling you now I could write something to filter all of these fake profiles in a week.

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POF is 16 years old… no excuses.

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POF you take payments from people in exchange for them for viewing people who want to meet them. These people you are charging them to contact are not even real people. Does that not bother you?

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So a month ago I decided to do the test the other way around.

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I have a female profile with an image of a friend (used with consent).

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Its early for statistics but so far its looking like ~30% bots and ~70% real people.

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So what is POF?

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POF is a free website that lets lonely males locate and talk to bots.

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Let me save you from the cycle of loneliness that’s keeping you on POF.

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[https://www.pof.com/deleteaccount.aspx](https://www.pof.com/deleteaccount.aspx)

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Now find another dating site.

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In no particular order I’ve had replies from real people on the following:

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Badoo

Tinder (not many people here looking for long term relationships)

OkCupid

Bumble

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Will post all my stats of both accounts when i’ve made it into a nice PDF.

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Atreydius

By. Atreydius