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The logo informs you that adult friend finder is created for hookups, flirt, and finding someone hot. Here you will find plenty of small pictures, gifs, tabs, and sections. On the upper right corner you can see your account and down below there are all the options that are affordable on the service. Adult Friend Finder is a classical quick hook-up community. It is a solution when looking for physical attraction and intimacy. The Adult Friend Finder tools make it one of the most visited in America, Europe, and Asia. Our AdultFriendFinder review suits mature men and women of 21 years and above. An in-depth analysis and review is essential for individuals seeking lovemaking and sexual.

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What We Recommend Instead:

Tao of Badass – If you want to actually meet and seduce attractive women, you’d better have great game. This is our favorite “bro guide” to being good with hot women.

Adult Friend Finder does not make it easy to find women. It fails on every level. The profiles are fake, the website is almost all men, and even if you do manage to contact a real woman, you have way worse odds than any other dating site.

Our recommendation is to use something normal like Tinder, and then seriously work on your game.

Adult Friend Finder is one of the oldest and best known “adult dating sites.” It existed long before Tinder, Match, and others. Its advertisements are still all over the internet.

Can you really find “sexy girls” in Boston? And can you really join for free?

While it is true that the website is a dating site, you can create a free account, and there are real men and women that visit the site, unfortunately it still uses scammy tactics. How so? There are three main complaints with Adult Friend Finder.

1. You can’t message people without a paid account. So it’s not actually free.

2. It is notorious for using fake profiles or for lying about the location and activity of real profiles.

3. It bans accounts for no reason after it has collected your money.

Let’s dive into all three of these complaints, then we’ll take a top level view of Adult Friend Finder and its value.

As they put it, “payment is required for access to any of the site’s interactive features.” That’s absolutely ridiculous. Why would you want an account at a dating site if there are no “interactive features?”

It’s like going to a restaurant that’s promising free food, then saying, “well, you have to pay if you actually want to eat the food!” The idea that the service is free is just to get you in the door. They very quickly start asking for your credit card.

The most common complaint about Adult Friend Finder is that it tricks you to sign up for a premium account by showing you fake profiles of girls you can contact — so long as you sign up!

The girl in Boston? She’s not really in Boston, and she’s not really using Adult Friend Finder.

It’s unclear if Adult Friend Finder is completely lying and creating entirely fake profiles, or if Adult Friend Finder is simply finding the “best of” their site and changing the location of the girl. Either way, the girl is not in your area, and she’s not active. We believe they do a little of both: generating completely fake profiles and altering the details of real profiles.

The point is, why sign up for a service with fake people?

A strange pattern of behavior the site employs is that it bans paid users for no reason whatsoever.

So even if you end up paying for the service, let’s say a year of a premium account, they can ban you after 2 months and take your money!

It’s unclear why this is happening, but banning is so frequent that it’s the number one complaint on watchdog sites like the BBB. Apparently in their terms of service, after you pay them they can tell you to go ahead and fuck off!

The issue with Adult Friend Finder in general, even if it were real, is that they promise easy sex from attractive women. This is just not realistic.

Women who aren’t prostitutes aren’t really like that. You need to be a charming, interesting guy and actually seduce women. You can’t just put in your credit card, click a few buttons, and have sex with hot women. Guys, you’re smarter than that. Come on.

If you want to have sex with attractive women, you’re going to have to learn some game. You’re going to have to put yourself out there and date women.

I know, I know. It sounds scary. But you’re dealing with real life human beings — women — not pornography.

Check out our recommended advice instead. And if you manage to find yourself on the AdultFriendFinder site, put down your credit card, please.

Adult FriendFinder
Online dating service
Social networking service
Available inEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Tagalog, Italian
URLadultfriendfinder.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationYes
Current statusActive

Adult Friend Finder Downtown

Adult FriendFinder (AFF) is an internet-based, adult-oriented social networking service, online dating service and swinger personals community website, founded by Andrew Conru in 1996.

In 2007 AFF was one of the 100 most popular sites in the United States;[1]its competitors include sites such as Match.com.[2]

History[edit]

In 1994, Andrew Conru created the first online dating site,[citation needed] WebPersonals. After selling that site in 1995, he launched FriendFinder.com, an early social networking site, in 1996.[3] Days after the site went live, Conru found that people were posting naked pictures of themselves and seeking partners for adult-oriented activities. As a result, Conru started Adult FriendFinder, which he described as 'a release valve'. FriendFinder has since established other niche dating sites, including Senior FriendFinder, Amigos.com, BigChurch.com, and Alt.com.[4]

The parent company (Various, Inc.) had difficulty finding venture capital due to the adult nature of its business.[5] In December 2007, the company was sold to the Penthouse Media Group for $500 million.[6][7] Penthouse later changed its name to FriendFinder Networks.[8] In October 2009, as part of an arrangement with The Kluger Agency, musician Flo Rida released a music video for his song 'Touch Me' via Adult FriendFinder. A representative of the agency stated that it was 'always great to combine a very sexy high octane record with a very sexy brand.[9]

On September 17, 2013, parent company FriendFinder Networks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.[10][11] In December 2013, FriendFinder Networks emerged from bankruptcy protection with reorganization in effect.[12] Founder Andrew Conru gained control of the company and serves as CEO.[13]

Overview[edit]

Accessing certain features, such as e-mail, private chat rooms, webcams, blogging, and a webzine, requires paid membership. Adult FriendFinder has an affiliate program, whereby webmasters are compensated for referring users to the site.[14]

Criticism[edit]

Adult FriendFinder has been accused of committing systematic billing fraud.[15] According to the complaints filed, the company has a practice of continuing to bill customers even after they have cancelled their service. Former employees of the company have claimed that this is their standard policy and not the result of errors. These employees have stated that the majority of customers do not notice the charges for many months.[16][better source needed] As of October 2014, hundreds of civil cases have been filed against the company and a criminal indictment was made by the Federal Trade Commission against the company.[17] In 2007, Adult FriendFinder settled with the Federal Trade Commission over allegations that the company had used malware to generate explicit pop-up ads for the service on computers without user consent.[18]

Adult FriendFinder's acquisition by Penthouse was the subject of a 2007 lawsuit by Broadstream Capital Partners, a merchant bank that assists with mergers, alleging Penthouse breached a 2006 contract by purchasing the company without obtaining Broadstream's consent, a claim Penthouse denies.[19] The suit was settled for $15 million in 2011.[20]

Security breaches[edit]

In May 2015, Adult FriendFinder was hacked by users associated with the Hell forums,[21] with the hackers stealing personal information about as many as four million of the site's users.[22][23]

On November 13, 2016, it was reported that a database of usernames, e-mails, and passwords had been breached and leaked from Adult FriendFinder and other FriendFinder Networks websites. The breach included 300 million Adult FriendFinder user accounts, including account data for 15 million accounts that had supposedly been 'deleted'. The passwords had not been encrypted at all, or even hashed with the obsolete and insecure SHA-1 hashing algorithm.[24]

Awards[edit]

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The site won the 2010 XBIZ Award for 'Dating Program of the Year'.[25] It was also voted Best Adult Dating Site of 2012 from About.com.[26]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^'The rise of vertical search engines'. Search Engine Watch. 2020-11-13. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
  2. ^Stein, Joel (March 30, 2007). 'The Accidental 'Friend' Finder'. CNN.
  3. ^'The Accidental 'Friend' Finder - Online Personals Watch: News on the Dating Industry and Business'. Online Personals Watch. 2007-03-30. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  4. ^Stein, Joel (2007-03-30). 'Social networking's dirty side'. CNN. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  5. ^Matt Richtel (July 27, 2007). 'A Thaw in Investment Prospects for Sex-Related Businesses? Maybe'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-02.
  6. ^Hopkins, Jim (Dec 13, 2007). 'Penthouse' makes $500M hookup with social site Various'. USA Today.
  7. ^Duncan Riley (2007-12-11). 'Confirmed: Penthouse Buys AdultFriendFinder For $500 Million'. TechCrunch. Archived from the original on 1 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  8. ^Pfeifer, Stuart (2013-09-17). 'Penthouse publisher FriendFinder files for bankruptcy protection'. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  9. ^LaVallee, Andrew (2009-10-26). 'Flo Rida Video Premieres on AdultFriendFinder'. The Wall Street Journal.
  10. ^Valinsky, Jordan. 'AdultFriendFinder Totally F*cked'. Betabeat. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  11. ^Beaudette, Marie (September 17, 2013). 'Penthouse Publisher FriendFinder Files for Bankruptcy Protection'. The Wall Street Journal.
  12. ^Bathon, Michael (2013-12-16). 'FriendFinder Alters Reorganization Plan to Win Court OK'. Bloomberg. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  13. ^Andrew B. Conru Ph.D. 'Andrew Conru: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek'. Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  14. ^Stein, Joel (2007-03-30). 'Social networking's dirty side - April 1, 2007'. Money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-06-10.
  15. ^'Consumer Complaints & Reviews'. Consumer Affairs. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  16. ^'Various Inc (alt, adultfriendfinder, houstonpress, fastcupid, etc!) BIGGEST SCAM ARTISTS YET'. Dumbfcks. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  17. ^'Adult-Oriented Online Social Networking Operation Settles FTC Charges'. Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  18. ^McMillan, Robert (June 6, 2007). 'AdultFriendFinder Settles Adware Charges'. PC World.
  19. ^Hymes, Tom (2008-08-31). 'Penthouse Denies Every Claim in Broadstream Adult FriendFinder Suit'. Xbiz.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-02.
  20. ^'UPDATE 1-Penthouse publisher settles 2007 lawsuit with Broadstream Capital'. Reuters. 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
  21. ^Stone, Jeff (6 August 2015). 'Dark Net Hacking Forum 'Hell' Returns Months After Adult Friend Finder Breach'. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  22. ^Snider, Mike (21 May 2015). 'Large online dating site AdultFriendFinder confirms data breach'. USA Today. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
  23. ^'Security Updates FAQ'. Friend Finder Networks. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  24. ^'Over 300 million AdultFriendFinder accounts have been exposed in a massive breach'. The Verge. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  25. ^'XBIZ Award Winners'. XBIZ. February 2011.
  26. ^'Best Adult Dating Site of 2012'. Dating.about.com. 2014-05-12. Retrieved 2014-06-25.
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