Snoopy, I have met a lovely man on POF and I know others have too. People say you get better people on the paid sites (more serious and more solvent 
) but actually a lot of them will also put a profile on the free sites too,. why not? I was just looking for a few dates and a bit of flirting, not expecting to meet the love of my life, so didn't want to pay for the privilege.
I met 5 lovely guys, once I didn't fancy, but seemed very nice, who I met up with 3 times, just for coffee and chatting.
One I had a cheeky snog with but think I liked him more than he liked me, so gave up on that.
One I knew from elsewhere and saw him on OD site so we met up just as friends a few times, nice to be able to go for a drink/dinner with no expectations.
Next was was totally gorgeous, seemed really sweet too, had dinner and a coffee in the park, kiss on the cheek, but no groping or inappropriateness, seemed keen but he was just not that into me really busy with work, so second date was tricky to organise.
Last one was my soul mate. Been with him for nearly a year and love him to bits.
I had no idea how bad it could be until I read some of the horror stories on here - I got away lightly it seems! I know there is a lot of sieving to be done to get rid of the weirdos and married men, but actually I never found any nutters on there.
Obviously DP is not perfect, but he's pretty damn close and there's no way I would have met him without OD as we don't move in the same circles, despite living only a few miles apart.