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How to Find a Date on Facebook

How can I use Facebook for Dating

Don’t make the mistakes that can get you rejected. Here are six tips to help you find a date on Facebook from initiating a friend request to messaging her on Facebook.

Reasons why People Prefer Facebook For Dating

There are a number of reasons why people prefer to find a date using Facebook rather than initiating a conversation face to face:

Reduces the risk of rejection

Asking someone for their phone number face to face takes more courage and risk. Also by initiating a friend request you get a chance to ‘test the water’ and see if they’re interested first.

Get to know them first

It gives you the chance to get to know the person first. Getting to know their relationship status, their friends and interests gives you the chance to share something you have in common before taking things further. Sharing comments, liking their posts, and messaging them gives you the time to build rapport with them first before asking them on a date. It also helps you decide if they’ll make a good boyfriend/girlfriend.

Easier Conversation

Facebook can make conversation easier. It’s difficult to think of what to say on the spur of the moment. Chatting on Facebook via instant chat gives you the opportunity to consider what you’re going to say before saying it.

Show your best first

Facebook gives you the opportunity to show the best side of you first and what makes you most attractive, showing your unique traits and characteristics.

Tips to Finding a Date on Facebook

1. Befriend her Friends First

Facebook add meAssuming you have little or no contact with the person in your everyday life, it may seem too out of the blue to initiate a friends request straight away. They may simply reject your offer making it harder to contact them again in future.

Females feel more comfortable associating with those their friends already know. If they think their friends already know you, it gives the impression that you’ve already been judged to be trustworthy. After you have befriended their friends – who you’re not attracted to – you could then initiate a friend request with someone you are.

2. Start off with something you have in Common

Facebook gives you the opportunity to know them first, so exploit this opportunity to find out what you’ve got in common. Whether it be friends, an event or a shared hobby. If you don’t know much about the subject and need to fake it, at least do a little research first. You can research anything nowadays with Google.

facebook creepyguy3. Don’t Creep her Out

They may initially be very suspicious about chatting to someone they don’t know. Don’t creep her out by:
1. Flooding her with instant messages
2. Being overtly sexual
3. Getting to the point too quickly
4. Showing you know too much about her. She may think you’re a stalker
5. Come Across as Desperate
6. Don’t reference her looks to early

4. Have a Smiling photo of yourself for your Profile Picture

First impressions matter. If you use a friendly smiling photo for your profile picture, it will be the first photo they see when initiating a message or a friend request. These initial few seconds before deciding to accept or reject your friends request can make all the difference.

5. Consider have a Conversation with them in Person First

If she doesn’t know you any more than the homeless guy down the street, initiating a friend request out of the blue may unnerve the person and cause them to reject you. If your paths cross in person, you could show a casual interest in them first and then take things further online. That way they already know who you are, you’re not a total stranger and you’ve already built up some rapport with them first.

6. Use some humour

Lastly it always helps to use some humour when possible. Humour is important for romantic attraction. Humour points to having a sociable and agreeable personality helping to build trust.

[author-details=Sarah Johnson]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: dating, facebok dating, facebook

POF (Plenty of Fish) Username Search Hack

How can I find someone’s profile page on POF using their Username?

If you receive a message from someone via POF you may want to check out their page on POF so you can know more about them. Here is a quick and easy method.

Unfortunately POF has now removed the Search > Username feature so you cannot search for a Username on the site.

However, there’s a way around this problem.

Just go to the Google search engine and type:

Site:http://www.pof.com/ USERNAME

Replace USERNAME with their username

POF username Search
Their profile should appear in the search results, assuming their POF account isn’t too recent and Google has indexed their profile page.

[author-details=Sarah Johnson]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: dating, internet dating, online dating, plenty of fish, POF

Get a POF Free Upgrade with this Simple Hack

How can I upgrade my POF account?

This article shows you how to find out who wants to Meet You on the Plenty of Fish dating site for free without having to upgrade or become a paid member of the POF free Dating Website.

You may have noticed if you’re not a paid member of Plenty of Fish that you cannot find out who wants to meet you after viewing your photo and selecting Yes.

Here is a quick hack to get around that.

First make sure you can receive emails from those who want to meet you by Clicking on “Edit Profile” and “Mail Settings” and make sure “Send me an email when someone says yes to me on meet me:” is set to yes
POF meet me Settings
POF meet me setting turned on

When you receive an email in your inbox from someone who wants to meet you their username should appear in the Subject of the Email. Copy it down exactly making sure to copy any special characters in the name.

Next check out the POF username search hack to find out how to find their POF profile

[author-details=Sarah Johnson]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: dating, internet dating, online dating, plenty of fish, POF

Dating Sites Similar to Plenty of Fish

What are some Dating Sites Similar to Plenty of Fish?

If you’re sick of POF, here are some Free alternatives similar to Plenty of Fish. They all have their pros and cons and you will have a higher chance of meeting someone on some more so than others, the most important factor being the ratio of males to females.

Couplelizer

Couplelizer
An easy to use site designed to encourage users to go on actual dates rather than spend hours chatting online. It also prevents fake photos and photo edits by only permitting selfies.

Users indicate their private information, name, surname and date of birth, gender and the place of living. Just a brief description of yourself and a selfie is enough. You will get to know the person in real-life
Click here to visit Couplelizer

FREE

Inner Circle

Inner Circle
This dating app is not for everyone and not everyone can become a member. As the name suggests it’s more for high-end, exclusive members.

You don’t just join – you must be invited based on a strict screening process upon registration to ensure eligible singles with similar lifestyles. Members provide plenty of details about themselves and are selected based on their profession, education, age, interests and more according to the CEO.

If you’re a man, the greatest advantage of Inner Circle is that unlike POF and other dating sites there isn’t a disproportionate ratio of women to men. In fact, It’s so popular among women that the site owners had to have a one month ban on allowing new female members signing up. Also the Inner Circle hosts plenty of “exclusive parties” — held at some of London’s “most glamorous” venues. The Inner Circle currently hosts offline events on a regular basis for users located in Amsterdam, London, Paris, Milan, Barcelona and Stockholm.
Click here to visit theinnercircle

FREE

Tinder

Tinder Review
This dating app is not recommended unless you’ve got a thick skin or very good looking. The disproportionate number of men to women mean you’ll have a hard time finding a date, even if you meet their criteria. Also some of the profiles will be spammers such as call girls. It caters more to guys than gals whereby and superficiality matters more than substance.

You signup through facebook and add a photo of yourself with just a few characters for the description. You swipe left to pass or swipe right to like when viewing other users profiles. If the other user swipes the same way then you’re a match. It’s somewhat similar to the Plenty of Fishe like function. Don’t expect to get a positive response soon as women are inundated by men trying to contact them.

One advantage of the app is the number of users. You should find people just about anywhere with the app and the live chat feature means you can talk straight away.

The paid version for $9.99 / month includes unlimited swiping, GPS spoof,a super like function and the ability to undo an accidental swipe.
Click here to visit Tinder

Free to Join but limited Swiping for non paying members

Bumble

Bumble
Similar to Tinder in that Bubble’s main platform is a hot or not-style swiping game, in which you swipe left to pass or right to like. Also like Tinder the app requires facebook to signup but unlike Tinder communication is in the hands of females and is only available for 24 hours after a mutual match is made. This encourages females to be more active and initiate conversation. It also means men waist less time typing out a message to someone who is unlikely to respond.

It’s free to join and if you want extra functionality you can pay $9.99 a month. This will enable you to see people who have already liked you so you don’t have to swipe and wait for matches. It will also enable you to reconnect with expired matches, extend beyond 24 hours and provide an undo accidental swipe feature like tinder.
Click here to visit Bumble
Free to Join but limited Swiping for non paying members

OKCupid

okcupid review
OkCupid is more detail orientated than Tinder in that users tend to fill out a lot more information about themselves, so you can avoid those who aren’t looking for a serious relationship. However just like Tinder, men significantly outnumber women. Unlike Tinder and Bumble anyone can contact you without matching first. This can lead to women receiving too much unwanted attention.

It used to be a very popular site but has decline in popularity due to the rise of Tinder and Bumble which offers a more geo-specific experience.

I noticed from a number of reviews that customer service isn’t always that great – even if you’re a paying member – with some members claiming it was difficult to contact customer service and how they’ve been scammed by some users. Also some users claimed they got blocked for no apparent reason after using the site for a number of months.
Click here to visit OKCupid

FREE

Happn

Happn review
Happns is quite a sophisticated app created by computer engineers who came up with the idea of finding people you’ve crossed paths with (within a 250meter radius). The app is designed to save you from missed connections, “boosting luck again”.

If you’re shy about approaching that person who gave you the look, maybe you can contact them via happn. Happn’s popularity has skyrocketed with 100,000 people signing up for the app within the first five weeks.

Just like Tinder it anonymously creates your dating profile using facebook. It will then use GPS tracking to present you with a list of people near you. How many times you’ve crossed paths with them and a map of roughly where you crossed paths, their photos, name, age and profession and what you may have in common.

If you like what you see, you can hit the red love heart and if it’s mutual you can start messaging straight away. Even without a mutual like you can send a charm, which they’ll see.

The majority of those using this app are under 40 and conversations can be hard to come by.
Click here to visit Happn

FREE

If you know of any dating sites similar to Plenty of Fish which you’ve tried yourself and liked, please mention them in a comment below.
[author-details=Simon Hough]

Filed Under: Relationships Tagged With: dating, internet dating, online dating, plenty of fish, POF

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