People often wonder if members are screened in any way, or verified somehow. Screening members is a very difficult job. The internet provides almost complete anonymity to people, as such there is really no way to know for sure if someone is who he says he is. But a good dating site will always review each and every member profile and picture, disapproving those that are deemed inappropriate according to the site's stated guidelines. This varies from site to site, but in general the goal is to make sure only valid profiles get approved, and vulgar or sexually explicit profiles are not approved. If the dating site you are using does not at least provide this level of screening, you would probably be better off going to a different site, as you will end up experiencing more frustration than anything else. Fake profiles, getting spammed, and other problems will occur.
A note on free dating sites
Free dating sites are often the target of spammers. A spammer is someone who sends messages to a bunch of people advertising something. You have no doubt experienced spam with your email account. Annoying isn't it? The reason free dating sites are especially susceptible is because they are free. It is easy for someone to join and then send a bunch of messages. Some people go so far as to create a custom script or computer program that will automatically spam all of a site's members. A good free dating site will have none of that. For example, at DateHookup.dating, we don't play games with spammers. We have software that can easily tell when someone is trying to spam, and when it does, all of their messages are deleted and their membership is revoked. However most free dating sites do not have such robust spam blockers. This will cause you much annoyance. Our recommendation is to cancel your membership on that site and join a good free dating site, or join a pay site (even pay sites can be subject to spam. It is up to the site to provide spam blocking software).
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