Joining is always free.. BUT that just means you can see the people. YOU CANNOT communicate with others unless you pay to do so. Because of the heavy flow of spam, fakes and other like minded users you can't be assured that it isn't a waste of money.
Pros
There aren't any until they make the site partially free.
Cons
Cant think of any. Site is designed solely for luring you in for free then getting all these fake emails of fakes to weed out maybe 1 in 20 users as being real,
You cannot communicate in any way unless you pay.
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