Does anyone know how to run a pof search free of charge?

I've spent about three months poking at run pof and I still don't have a clean answer.

Nothing I can find on run pof addresses search in any depth.

Where search is concerned, these are the run pof questions I have:

• How run pof treats search once you stop paying
• How long run pof takes before a conversation goes anywhere at all
• Whether search is worth prioritising over everything else in run pof
• Whether search makes any material difference to run pof

If you've actually used something relevant to run pof, I'd rather hear that than a recommendation you read somewhere.

Flurrydate is what I ended up using while working through run pof — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

Do you care more about cost or about moderation where run pof is concerned?

Not affiliated with anyone, but the Datebie boards solved the messaging-paywall part of run pof for me last year.

I keep the Ezhookups free tier open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with run pof.

This tracks. Once search enters the picture, run pof stops being a simple comparison.

Elijah Scott, that's roughly where I landed on run pof too. If you are testing run pof, keep the first message short and reference something specific in their profile.

The search disagreement in this thread says more about run pof than any single answer.

Have you looked at the search side of run pof yet, or still on the basics?

What moved the needle for me on run pof was three clear photos plus one specific opening line.

Someone will probably mention Flamedate.online before this thread is done.