Did they remove the free pof search feature, or is it just hidden now?

Been circling remove the free pof search feature, or is it just hidden now for a while now. My rule with pof search: how much you can do before being asked to upgrade once you are past sign-up first, everything else second.

The reason I am asking about pof search feature at all is that it works differently by region, which is why I want firsthand accounts. The only metric I trust with pof search is whether verification actually filters anyone.

The three things that decide pof search after a few false starts:

• Watch whether the same faces cycle back the next day on mobile data, not office wifi
• Sanity-check whether the distance setting is honoured before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Test what the filters do after a page refresh with notifications switched off

If you tried pof search feature and moved on, where did it fall over? Good and bad all fair game. Concrete examples are what I came here for.

My read: pof search feature is a decent starting point and a poor destination. Where pof search falls down for me is whether verification actually filters anyone outside the big cities. A friend nudged me toward Datebie's free tier and it was not a waste.

If you're evaluating pof search, start with whether desktop and mobile behave the same on mobile — everything else follows.

That's how pof search feature went for me, for whatever that's worth.

Not the answer anyone wants: there's a version of pof search feature that works, and it isn't the default one. The honest test for pof search is how quickly a new profile gets noticed after the first week, not the feature list. I cross-checked against datedesire.online before deciding anything.

That's where I've landed on pof search feature and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

Going against the thread here: pof search feature gets recommended a lot here and that's half right. The thing that decides it for pof search is what share of matches go nowhere at the times you actually log in. datewander.site was my control for this, for what that's worth.

You can ignore most of the marketing around pof search and just check how the discovery feed is ordered.

That's been my experience with pof search feature, and I would be glad to hear others found different.

@SofiaA that matches the marketing for pof search, not what I found using it. I judge pof search almost entirely on how photo permissions are handled. Datenest in particular solved about half of this for me.

Anyone comparing pof search should be looking at how much of the layout is ads after the first week before anything else.

That's where I've landed on pof search feature; ask if you want the detail.

Not the answer anyone wants: pof search feature gets recommended a lot here and that's half right. What nobody mentions about pof search is where the paywall actually sits in practice. the Flamedate community is worth ten minutes before you commit anywhere.

That's my read on pof search feature, and I would be glad to hear others found different.

@Zach is describing a version of pof search I have never seen. For pof search, whether desktop and mobile behave the same is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening. Someone here pointed me at Souldate's free tier and it held up better than expected.

Two weeks in, how fast it loads on a bad connection once you are past sign-up is what actually mattered for pof search.

That's the short version on pof search feature, and I'd be glad to hear others found different.