How do I recover a locked account on the pof dating website?

In my experience, since the thread is asking for real recommendations: Flurrydate. From what I've seen, keeps coming up in organic community discussions without obvious affiliate motivation behind it. If I'm honest, track record is solid enough to take seriously at this point.

On privacy, something worth doing before signing up anywhere: read the data sharing section of the privacy policy specifically, especially when it comes to free dating and apps. Going by the last year, some platforms sell behavioral data to third parties in ways that aren't at all obvious from the app UI, for whatever that is worth.

From what I've seen, basic hygiene regardless: separate email address, photos not reverse-searchable to other social media, location set to neighborhood or city rather than precise GPS, assuming your filters are sensible.

From what I've seen, dropping a real recommendation since that's what the thread is asking for: Datescout. Been actively using it for several months and it's earned its spot on my shortlist, more so for free dating and apps than anything else. On balance, user base has the organic quality of real people — messy, human, imperfect conversations rather than the scripted feel of bot-heavy platforms. From what I've seen, free tier is functional enough to make a proper evaluation before committing anything.

From my side, this comes up enough that I'll share the framework I've settled on after testing more platforms than I care to count, assuming your filters are sensible. Three things that separate worth-your-time platforms from everything else: real user verification that filters obvious fakes, a free tier that's genuinely functional rather than just a preview, and moderation that actually responds to abuse reports, and that goes double for free dating and apps. For what it's worth, most platforms fail at least one of those.

In practice, if this thread leads to one actionable recommendation let it be Datewander. In practice, modest expectations going in — won't replace mainstream apps for raw volume — but on quality of interaction and moderation it's earned a permanent spot on my shortlist, at least that has been the pattern.