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Author:  silverito [ Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:59 pm ]
Post subject:  whats going on with POF ?

For the last 6 months I was trying to signup there and they gives me "This username has already been taken or contains invalid charactors such as @,'& etc pick another" all the time.......

And this is not because it actually exsts, its some kind of error.. because I was trying most ridiculous usernames such as sgd24d4f88sdf that does not exists for sure

Am I the only one having this problem?
thanks

Author:  silverito [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 3:37 pm ]
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Ok I bump this thread after more than half a year because I have still have the same problem :shock:
I formatted my hard disk since then, cleared all my cookies and whatever and I still can not create an account there.
It gives me this error that I used illegal characters in my username (even when my username is only letter and/or numbers)
I thought it might be because of my country IP (not likely since they accept all countries). So I tried using proxy and still same error

X-FILES? :shock:

Author:  Steve Slik [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:28 pm ]
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no idea, I have set-up 5+ accounts over the past 3 months, all with no problem.

do you want me to create you one?

Author:  Steve Slik [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:54 pm ]
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no idea, I have set-up 5+ accounts over the past 3 months, all with no problem.

do you want me to create you one?

Author:  Onoma [ Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:00 pm ]
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Quote:
Ok I bump this thread after more than half a year because I have still have the same problem :shock:
I formatted my hard disk since then, cleared all my cookies and whatever and I still can not create an account there.
It gives me this error that I used illegal characters in my username (even when my username is only letter and/or numbers)
I thought it might be because of my country IP (not likely since they accept all countries). So I tried using proxy and still same error

X-FILES? :shock:
What browser do you use, have you tried other ones?
Is your computer set to use a language that might necessitate weird characters?

Frankly though, I'm not a fan of POF... so you may be better off! ;)

Author:  jurupa [ Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:32 am ]
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Weird. You could always try and e-mailing them and tell them whats going on.

Author:  skypirate35 [ Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:28 pm ]
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a few people seem to have had that problem but not concrete solutions...maybe you're IP blocked but it isn't going to tell you directly. try using a free vpn such as http://ultravpn.fr/
to connect with a different ip.

Author:  silverito [ Tue Apr 06, 2010 5:58 pm ]
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Thanks for suggestions, no:
1. I tried with all browsers
2. No IP, I tried with proxys as well...
3. No weird keyboard or characters, I am using only english letters and or numbers

Its very strange..

PS: whats better than POF? Free of course.
I am not online dating guy, I just want to use it to hook up with some girls when I travel to another country

Author:  thebigtone [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: whats going on with POF ?

Quote:
And this is not because it actually exsts, its some kind of error.. because I was trying most ridiculous usernames such as sgd24d4f88sdf that does not exists for sure
Hey thats my username.

Author:  Onoma [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:45 pm ]
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Quote:
Thanks for suggestions, no:
1. I tried with all browsers
2. No IP, I tried with proxys as well...
3. No weird keyboard or characters, I am using only english letters and or numbers

Its very strange..

PS: whats better than POF? Free of course.
I am not online dating guy, I just want to use it to hook up with some girls when I travel to another country
The only free site I actually like is OKCupid, though I've had limited success with it.

Author:  jurupa [ Wed Apr 07, 2010 10:10 pm ]
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Quote:
Quote:
Thanks for suggestions, no:
1. I tried with all browsers
2. No IP, I tried with proxys as well...
3. No weird keyboard or characters, I am using only english letters and or numbers

Its very strange..

PS: whats better than POF? Free of course.
I am not online dating guy, I just want to use it to hook up with some girls when I travel to another country
The only free site I actually like is OKCupid, though I've had limited success with it.
Same here, tho I haven't exactly put in a lot of effort into it.

Author:  rizkay [ Thu Apr 08, 2010 8:38 pm ]
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POF is a piece of shit. i canceled that after like 2 weeks last year. if you know how to make a web site, and then go smoke a bunch of angel dust, perhaps POF is what you'd come up with. come to think of it, a lot of the chicks on there looked dusted.

dabbled in okcupid - interface is actually really good. at least in my region of the world, the girls just were not my type. i'm not saying there are not good looking girls on there though.

Author:  ChimeranPanda [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:48 pm ]
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Unfortunately, POF is a piece of shit. You can't write an interesting profile without it being deleted. Not only that, but you're limited to like two form emails per day, so you have to keep changing it up. It's definitely not for folks who have lots of options.

OK Cupid is very good, but it doesn't have a lot of people on there.

Match.com would be really the best if they wouldn't censor your profile. I mean...seriously?? You have to hustle to squeeze your profile through the censors...and it costs money. Still, it's the best deal around, in my experience. Haven't been on there in over a year though.

If you have any good free alternatives, please post. I'm only messaging on Myspace now...sporadically at that. Myspace has a plus because it's not a dating website per se. I'd love to game on facebook but i haven't found the time to see how to find local girls on there. I keep trying to see groups from local colleges but it never works out. PĂ«rhaps someone here would care to elaborate how to game on facebook? Myspace is trash but it's the only thing that works for me so far...

Author:  skypirate35 [ Fri Apr 09, 2010 9:16 pm ]
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zoosk app on facebook has the highest number of locals I've ever seen on a dating site/thing. 50 million accounts!

Author:  jurupa [ Sat Apr 10, 2010 6:31 am ]
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Unfortunately, POF is a piece of shit. You can't write an interesting profile without it being deleted. Not only that, but you're limited to like two form emails per day, so you have to keep changing it up. It's definitely not for folks who have lots of options.
lol. If you knew what you where doing then you would never have those problems.
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OK Cupid is very good, but it doesn't have a lot of people on there.
Cupid is I believe the second biggest free dating site behind POF.
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Match.com would be really the best if they wouldn't censor your profile. I mean...seriously?? You have to hustle to squeeze your profile through the censors...and it costs money. Still, it's the best deal around, in my experience. Haven't been on there in over a year though.
I was on Match a while back and had not problems with any forum of censorship. But any pay dating site in general will be better than a pay one. As the people there are more serious about finding someone to date compare to the free ones.

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