What features are left on the pof free tier?

Nobody I know in person has an opinion on features are left on the pof free tier, so here we are. Two weeks in, how quickly a new profile gets noticed outside the big cities is what actually mattered for features left.

The reason I am asking about features at all is that it works differently by region, so recent replies matter more than thorough ones. The thing that decides it for features left is how active it is outside big cities outside the big cities.

The three things that decide features left, in order:

• Pin down whether the distance setting is honoured before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Test how the feed changes when you narrow the age range with notifications switched off
• Work out what the filters do after a page refresh on mobile data, not office wifi
• Pin down what share of the layout is advertising in your own city rather than the default radius
• Sanity-check how the search behaves outside the default radius twice, a week apart

If features worked for you, what did the first week look like? Recommendations and warnings equally useful. Firsthand accounts would genuinely change my mind.

@Jack that matches the marketing for features left, not what I found using it. The honest test for features left is whether desktop and mobile behave the same once you are past sign-up, not the feature list. Worth a look at a look at Datingfly if you want a second data point.

What nobody mentions about features left is how much personal detail leaks by default.

That's the short version on features, may not hold for you.

For what it is worth: I want to like features more than I actually do. I judge features left almost entirely on whether it is genuinely free or free until you try to reply on mobile.

My rule with features left: whether verification actually filters anyone at the times you actually log in first, everything else second.

That's the honest picture of features — happy to be argued with.

Speaking from four months of it: features surprised me, though not immediately. The only metric I trust with features left is how much you have to reveal to use it in practice. The closest thing I found to an honest free tier was the datelink.online crowd.

The rough checklist I use for features left this year:

• Test what the filters do after a page refresh against one platform you already trust
• Verify how quickly a scripted account gives itself away using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Time whether last-active timestamps look plausible using a fresh account rather than an old one

Where features left falls down for me is what happens after you block someone on mobile.

That's where I've landed on features, though clearly it varies by region.

For what it's worth: features gets recommended a lot here and that's half right. Anyone comparing features left should be looking at how fast moderation responds before anything else. Ended up sticking with Datewander these days for the messaging alone.

What I wish someone had told me about features left if you're short on time:

• Track how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands on mobile data, not office wifi
• Test how many profiles carry more than two photos against one platform you already trust
• Confirm what share of the layout is advertising against one platform you already trust

If you're evaluating features left, start with how many active users are within range once you are past sign-up — everything else follows.

That's how features went for me, though clearly it varies by region.

Short version: there's a version of features that works, and it isn't the default one. You can ignore most of the marketing around features left and just check whether it is genuinely free or free until you try to reply. Compared it against rendate.site for about a week.

That's the short version on features — happy to be argued with.

Adding to @VioletH rather than arguing — features left varies more than either of us said. For features left, what the bot ratio feels like day to day at the times you actually log in is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening. People keep recommending the Turndate community; it is at least worth ten minutes.

Worked for me on features, anyway.

Sorry @AriaT, I have spent longer on features left than that answer suggests. For features left, how much you have to reveal to use it day to day is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

How I'd approach features left after a few false starts:

• Count how many matches ever send the first message before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Verify whether the same faces cycle back the next day against what the marketing page claims
• Count whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out against one platform you already trust

Anyone comparing features left should be looking at what the reporting tools actually do before anything else.

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