The worst they banned me for not…
The worst they banned me for not signing up and paying ASAP I was new to online dating.
Doddy j
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Scam
This is basically scam. Almost zero real profiles, annoying ad promos, expensive useless subscription offers... Don't use it
Beatrice
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Garbage tech and ppl
Why does it ask for preferences when it shows you ppl who are literally the polar opposite of what is indicated? Showing me a 30 year old when I set a range from 45-55. Showing me ppl from Sweden when I live in NC and set a distance of 25 miles? The tech sucks, the quality of men suck... absolutely worthless
samantha kennedy
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Abandoned
OkCupid used to look like a serious dating site, now it’s mostly waste of users time. You spend time setting up a profile, answering questions, writing a bio - and still end up talking to inactive or suspicious accounts. Many profiles look abandonedIf your goal is to meet someone in real life, this place makes it harder, not easier.
Brenna
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Scammers
Up until a week or so ago, I had a premium membership with OkCupid. As I knew my membership was coming to an end, I made sure I had checked to see if I had any views or likes before the sub ended. No surprise, I didn't. Less than 24 hours after my sub ended, I was on the website and there was a button at the top which can be clicked to show who likes or viewed you, over that button was a counter saying 99+. When I clicked it, there was 4 people who had liked me and 5 who had viewed me. From my experienmce of this site, getting that many likes, as an average looking guy, can take weeks, if not months. I emailed OkCupid about this and they replied with "OKCupid will not send you any “fake” or misleading communications, such as email notifications, Messages, or Likes." Yet, the interest counter at the top of my page, after I logged in clearly states 99+ interest. To me, although they have not sent an email saying I have likes, they are purposely misleading me (and everyone else who doesn't have a sub) by having that 99+ sticker on the interest tab/button. To rub salt into the wounds, they then offered me a 50% discount to resub but as far as I am concerned, this is damage limitation designed as a cover to say; Yes, we mislead you after we promised that we wouldn't so here's 50% off your next purchase. Oh, and they charge more to pay in Sterling than they do in Euros. Republic of Ireland pay less than Northern Ireland. I'd love to be able to give less than 1 star but I can't.
Andy Dale
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Been on this app for about 2 months
Been on this app for about 2 months, all I see is Asian profiles like wtf!??. What a complete waste of money!!! I ain’t racist but like come on..,,,
Alan Fraser
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Backup option for dating
It is usable, and you can still find some matches here. But it is much worse than anything that I used before for dating (I am not going to write names, but you definately know them). This is a backup option at best.
Christine
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OKCupid don’t waste your time with this stating app
I signed up with OkCupid and was only on it for two days when they banned me for no reason at all. I just got a note. Your account is banned. No explanation why but I think I know why because I would not pay the premium and I was just using the free side of the app. But I did spend a couple hours with my profile and pictures wasted a lot of time in this dating app is a big joke. And a lot of fake profiles to make you want to pay. Just to find your likes which you’re all phony. Save your time and money and go to a different dating site.
Mr. M Hoffweisman
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Don’t keep your hopes high. It shouldn’t be called a dating site
It shouldn’t be called a dating site, it should be called a chat room! They are not interested in us finding someone, they will loose our membership payments if we do. So,they limit how many profiles you can see, they recommend you someone who is absolute opposite to your preferences and after exchanging a few messages with potential match, you’ll receive an email that they deleted that person profile because of suspicious activity. Waste of time, money and hopes.
Non of your business
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OKC is not OK
OKC, waaaay back in the day, was decent. At least then they didn't bait users into buying premium by hiding views, likes and messages, which vanish the instant you pay to see them. Now it's just a scam. But TBF, so is every other dating app: just moneygrubbing sociopaths preying on lonely people.
Coinneach
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Don't register
OkCupid was a waste of time. I tired it as a tinder alternative. The app looks like it’s about real dating, but the reality is sad: no good men, lots of scams and fakes, along with low quality profiles. I had normal photos and a clear bio, and still got almost zero good matches. Basically I just wasted two hours. I don't recommend
Dina
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So in my experience I noticed that is…
So in my experience I noticed that its very misleading before I actually signed up the other day it said that I had 19 likes you know and a crazy amount of views but I know that the views we're not something to really worry about because they just viewed me it wasn't like they liked me right but I was banking on the 19th likes I go into it it's probably like five likes and most of them were from overseas i was obviously disappointed I am going to give it to the end of the month if things don't get better I might give it a worst review if it does I'll give it a better review if it gets better but we'll see what happens as of right now not a big fan and I noticed some girls on here talking about on this Site trustpilot.com messaging on here saying guys are creepy no more like a lot of women are stuck up and do not respond as far as I know but like I said I'll give it a little while see how things are also would like to mention that they're pretty f****** slick doing what they're doing because if I would have known and was able to see who actually liked me I wouldn't have bothered with it it's very misleading they could at least have shown the location not the face because that's the point of paying for it but at least the location
Jayson
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okcupid is NOT queer-friendly and NOT vegan-friendly
okcupid has repeatedly accused me of using automated tools and posting contact information, both of which I never did. I had 4-5 of such accusations, I sent in 3 appeals regarding 3 of them and they acknowledged they were wrong all this time, but kept flagging me in that same way. in addition to that, and this is worse, several different male users have sent me hateful messages for the content of my profile (queer, vegan) being extremely hateful and hurtful. I have posted the same content on other dating apps and never received any of that hate on any other app. I will never use okcupid again. I believe the tech is dysfunctional and the amount of verbally abusive users, probably incels, is extremely high. although okcupid offers the options to come out as vegan and queer in all kinds of ways, the app has the most hateful users I have ever seen. okcupid is NOT a queer-friendly or vegan-friendly place. I received hateful intros every week and I often paused my profile because the bullying was too much. Whenever my profile was active, I was harrased for being queer or vegan, but on a personal and hurtful level. allegedly I had more than 1600 likes, but I was never able to buy pro, so I guess they just used my profile to present it to bullies, to keep me as a punching bag for abusive users, because this is my experience and I have never been abused this much on any other app. I have never received this specific hate and this huge amount of hate on any other platform, for the same text. All of this effectively bullied me off the platform and traumatized me emotionally and psychologically.
hp
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Outdated and inefficient
The website is hard to use, and the user base is terrible. I didn't meet anyone I would go on a date with. It gives you an illusion that you are popular, but most men are creeps or fakes
Sara
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Great if you want a mail order bride - useless otherwise
This was a great example of "read the reviews before signing up".The majority of the women on OKCupid are either Filipino or African visa hunters. The site even has a section devoted to this "mail order bride" demographic: "Passport". I made the mistake of mentioning this fact in my profile - and predictably, my account was banned within 24 hours, with no recourse (having got about three days' use of my month subscription!).I hadn't used any other dating site and my experience on this one has entirely put me off using any other if they are all much the same as this. Nobody looking for any kind of genuine relationship should use OKCupid. A bleak window into the modern world and corporate culture.
Anon
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The best *free* dating app
I've used this app off and on since about 2008. It's one of the few fully functional free dating apps. And the free part explains a lot of the negativity in the reviews, because it means that there are fake profiles and scammers and a lot of (mostly men) who just want to hook up. So the trade-off for using this free site is that you'll have to spend time filtering out people. www dot tineye dot com is a good site to help you spot a fake profile. The best part of the site is the Questions. Do you have a dealbreaker about your match needing to be a reader, showering regularly etc? Look in their Questions, they usually have answered one of those, and you can spare yourself the awkward first date.Do I miss the early days when we had the personal flair of a screen name and getting to know someone's actual name was an accomplishment? Yes. Have I watched this site go downhill since Match Group bought it? Yes. Do I doubt the accuracy of match percentages now that we can no longer weigh Questions for how important they are to us? Yes.Ask me again in a few years and my rating will have probably gone down. But I've had some great relationships through okc over the years, and now I've found it has a surprisingly effective secondary purpose of enabling me to make international friends as I travel, matching with folks through the Passport Stack without having to change my address. You're much more likely to find a substantial person here than on Tinder (here it's the norm that women fill their profiles out, unlike Tinder).
Matthew Lafontaine
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SUCKY PLATFORMITY
WOW! Just created a profile on OkCupid last night and I've already deleted it!!! I don't care for the platform nor the lack of customer service; which seems the norm these days!!! I added why I wasn't a paid member so I couldn't see likes and that went against community standard (sounds familiar lol) Well they deleted the whole thing not just the paragraph!!! I received an email that did not specify what the problem was but I figured it out once I saw my bio wiped clean so I deleted my pictures and deleted my account and will go elsewhere! Yikes!!!
Nicole Edwards
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Completely a bogus app
Completely a bogus app, have not managed to connect even with a single profile.. the moment your subscription ends you'll see tons of fake likes which are the dead accounts or maybe a gimmick by the owners of this app. Especially the male users please do not waste your money buying their subscription.
Ajay
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Paywalled and Broken / Misapplication of Moderation / Harassment
Some of you seem interested in my reviews. Try to understand, these are not thorough or proper reviews, but my own experiences. I have read other's reviews, and I'm not here to refute anyone else's experiences. Dating apps are hell, and depending on our lifestyles, they will affect everyone differently, especially if we have more time on our hands.You may want to stay away from anything Match Group related, except Hinge. It's one of the few platforms that allows non-premium users full access to their LIKES, from start to finish.I have deleted my account on OkCupid. Nothing good can be said about it, though I tried to remain objective. Harassment by both users and staff. Deleting massive chunks of our profiles instead of targeting the specific violations. Making false claims of violations. Very poor customer support. I've made several reports of other users blatantly breaking the rules, but they ignored my reports completely.I had a lot of LIKES I never got to respond to. Maybe a lot of them were scammers, but some could have been legit. If you were one of them, just find me on another app. Odds are I didn't reject you, but your LIKE got lost in Match Group's pocket.🤷♂️SterbendeP.S. This is for Match Group:You know that AI you use that makes all of us angry when it censors our content, that doesn't violate the community guidelines? Well, how about you just implement web form logic so the damn AI gives us moderation previews of our content before we're allowed to post it in our profiles? "Good morning, Susan, your content looks good, except for this part here (input possible violation)." This way we have a fighting chance, ya know? This gives us many opportunities to get what we need to say right. Then you never have to delete our shit willy-nilly, get it? Why so thick? Maybe people will start paying again if you gave a damn?This was my free gift to a company that already stole a lot of my time. I'm not in this for money, shit's busted and needs fixing. If I have to help you fix it, sobeit!P.P.S.From my heart...We all feel the 'invisible energy bubble' created by public affection. A single warm hug creates a field of positive energy. When other people within that field share their own affection, the bubbles overlap, and the positive energy begins to bounce off everything and everyone—even those not directly participating.I dream of a world where we intentionally generate these bubbles everywhere—in supermarkets, on the streets, everywhere. Imagine the chain reaction if we all just offered a moment of genuine warmth. This type of global warming is tolerable isn't it?I'm looking for people who want to intentionally create overlapping energy bubbles with me. Let's make the world a warmer place, one genuine connection and hug at a time.
BlizMare
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Paid subscription taken, banned for “sexual solicitation” without evidence
I paid for an OKCupid subscription and was permanently banned shortly afterwards.The platform later claimed “sexual solicitation” based on anonymous user reports and a moderator review, yet refused to provide any evidence, examples, or quoted content. I was never shown what I allegedly did wrong.Access to the paid service was removed without notice, explanation, or refund. Appeals were dismissed with generic responses and policy links.Taking payment, banning users based on reports, refusing transparency, and denying refunds is not acceptable business practice. I strongly advise against purchasing any subscription on this platform.
Kate Kyselova
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