Josh's Plenty Of Fish Review

At the start of our blog, Dana and I talked about different online dating services available and both of us came to the same conclusion that Plenty of Fish (POF) was our favourite to use. It was user-friendly, had a familiar feel (reminded us of Facebook) and it was very popular with a large amount of users online at what seemed all hours of the day. However after using POF for almost three months, my opinion of it has changed and I'll explain why. The simplicity of the service itself and ease of which it takes to sign-up and use, is still excellent compared to other online dating sites like eHarmony. However this also comes with some negatives aspects such as anyone can easily make an account in seconds, and it seems less people on POF are actually seriously looking for more then "intimate encounter", even if they state they are "looking for a relationship." Additionally people are a lot more crude and disrespectful from the 200 encounters with people I had over POF compared to any other dating service.
I'm guessing the long set up stages of other dating sites deter people who are just wanting a "booty call" or just are using the services to get their "kicks". I've recently closed my POF account, although I did get to go out on some great dates and meet some awesome people. The amount of spam messages in my inbox or rude messages you receive after declining a "chat session" really was unappealing to me.
I'm sure a lot of other people really enjoy their time on POF, but personally it wasn't for me.

Anyone else have a similar experience? or was it just a case of bad luck?

-Josh