There are a couple of free dating sites, the ones I know of are mingle2 and OkCupid, but online dating really is a nightmare because like 99% of the profiles are scammers, and if not that then honeypot profiles set up by the companies themselves. OkCupid seems to be relatively good with having real members, but even it seems to have been getting worse lately.

Even though OkCupid is essentially free, I pay for it so I can see my likes. I forget what the cost is, maybe like $10 a month. They said a long time ago they would never charge for access, but they seem to have crippled the free accounts more and more over time.

I once paid for Zoosk. That was a real scam and a half. They kept asking me to pay for more and more things, like for example after I already paid to be a real member, they asked me to pay another $60 to be able to send and receive messages to/from anyone. That should have already been included! And not only that, after I paid for that, not a single person replied to me (which is unusual for me), so I doubt they actually gave me the capability. After I paid for all the things they manipulated me into paying, it was like over $160. I don't know how representative Zoosk is of a typical dating site.