Creating a profile is really easy and only takes about a minute or so, especially when you compare it to sites like EliteSingles, which has a pretty robust sign up process. You can refine your profile later with more photos, a short bio or "story," details about your perfect match and ideal date.
2. Zoosk Has More Than 35 Million Users
The dating site pools your interests and likes from Facebook and populates them throughout your profile. The dating site also has something called a "Boost" feature, which puts your profile front and center for all users in your area. This is a way to get more views and hopefully more matches. However, boosts are not free. Each one costs Zoosk Coins, which I will describe later in this review under the "Is Zoosk worth its membership price?
Feel free to skip ahead now if you'd like. In addition, the dating platform has a "Carousel" feature that gives you a rapid-fire look at profiles in a Tinder-like manner. You just aimlessly like and dislike until you run out of users. The algorithm will learn everything about you and your likes and dislikes as you use the app.
Luckily, there is a profile verification system that helps real users, who are indicated with a green check mark, to weed out the not-so-genuine ones. Profile verification is just as easy as setting up an actual profile. It will prompt you with three ways to verify your account, by photo, phone number, or Twitter account.
If you select photo verification, the app will give you a few instructions. Your photo is then sent to administrators for verification. This process took a few hours to complete, instead of a few seconds with a phone number it sends you a special PIN via text message and Twitter verification. Zoosk does the work to ensure that your "video" photo lines up with the one on your profile. Although it takes some time, you can now rest easy knowing your matches are real or at least verified when you see that green check mark on their photo.
Despite all this, I still encountered a number of questionable profiles throughout Zoosk. And in that way, the online dating service is really easy to spam people with shady and phony users who advertise for free sex if you follow a link to another website or dating app. The green check verification does come in handy in those situations, but it can be tough to scroll through all the accounts to seek them out.
Within one minute of creating a new profile, I was messaged eight times from people who seemed not to be real. Most of them simply viewed my new profile, but some wanted to meet or sent a generic message to elicit a response. You may run into another problem with seemingly inactive users. Out of the 11 messages and notifications I received during my review period, it was difficult to tell which ones were genuine and which ones were not. There are still a number of real people on Zoosk who are excited to match with you.
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The design of the website and app are pretty modern, as they both emphasize engagement and interaction. In fact, the first thing you do after you create an account is start "liking" people, so the algorithm can get a feel of your preferences. You can either like someone with a smiley face, which indicates friendship, or you can like someone with a heart, which indicates love. Zoosk lets you cast as wide or as small of a net as you please, with preferences that you can broaden or refine.
You have the chance to match with people depending on their location between three miles to , while the default setting is "auto-selected. You can also go a bit deeper with settings for height, religion, relationship history, body type, children, ethnicity, education, and smoking preferences all in the mix to tweak or leave alone. It seems no matter what your type, the platform has someone in mind for you.
With a basic account, you can only browse and like other users. While other sites like OkCupid , Tinder, and Bumble have a robust free option that allows you to read, send, and receive messages, Zoosk does not. But there are some benefits to becoming a member. You also know that if you receive a legit message from a real user, then you can also send a reply back to them. The messaging system is quite impressive. You will still get charged even when you are not using the site. Unlike other date sites, if you put your account on hold, they will let you pick up where you were and not pay extra.
Zoosk also has mostly fake profiles, and fake messages. There is also this tab that says this one is interested or that one is interested and then when you go to look at their profile the site blocks you from checking out the good looking people that supposedly show interest in you. The whole site is a scam and the people who run it are nothing but thieves. They are so desperate for members that they have to steal from the members they already have just to get the renewal fees.
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If you are smart you will NOT join this date site. This was the Biggest example of Fraud I have ever encountered in my life!!! They censored my profile constantly changing words or blocking them all together Never knew if someone actually got my message or not 'cause I wouldn't pay the extra 8. The only members I could chat with were s of miles away They just quit texting or disappeared altogether.
This a coincident or purpose to keep you chucking out the dollars.
I deactivated and cancelled a month early due to overwhelming frustration and hope the, the, that's All Folks from Zoosk and they don't try to steal any more of my Hard earned money!!! Zoosk has given me nothing but frustration and wasted time. It is stocked with "fake" profiles, floods my account with "fake" page views, fills my inbox with "fake" messages, and teases me to follow "fake" Carousel trails that lead nowhere.
After four months on Zoosk, I have been approached by so many scam artists that I have lost count. Yesterday, I was contacted by four more of them. How do I know that they are fake? When someone presents himself as a professional man who lives nearby but who writes in broken English and who has no knowledge of our local area, that's a fake.
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When someone chats me up and then persistently pressures me for personal information such as my mother's maiden name, that's a fake. When someone immediately pressures me to leave the site so that we can "focus on each other" or tries to lure me off the site with other promises - that "man" is fake. When someone engages in a lengthy email exchange but who suddenly and or repeatedly postpones a face to face meeting due to his business, that man is suspect.
When that same man soon contacts me for money, that man is fake. With one exception to date, the only Zoosk "men" who have sustained contact with me have been "fakes" who solicit funds or facts which would enable them to steal my identity. Don't waste your time or your money. Zoosk delivers nothing but heartache. I went online and canceled my subscription to Zoosk about a week before the auto renewal - at least I thought it was canceled. Next thing I know I got my credit card statement where Zoosk charged me for a new subscription. When I called them to explain the matter, they refused to refund the full subscription price and argued and argued with me.
What happened is when you try to cancel there is a number of things you have to keep clicking on, basically "are you sure you want to cancel" items. I must not have clicked on all of them and thought it was canceled. This ought to tell you everything you need to know about this company. I strongly recommend you NOT do business with them. Well there is nothing smart about them.