Profile photo filters banned on Plenty of Fish – but your cringe gym photos are still allowed

Ever been slightly let down that your date doesn’t show up at the restaurant wearing a sparkly flower crown? Or, more likely, doesn’t really look as you’d expected at all? Well, Plenty of Fish (PoF) has now banned profile pictures that have filters applied, to make the site experience more authentic and avoid unrealistic disappointment when you meet IRL. The dating site made the decision after 70 percent of its users said they found face filters to be “deceptive” and over half (52 percent) said they thought filters should be banned on dating apps altogether. Results from the study of […]

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