If he didn't want people to try to use his site for hook-ups, why did he create the "intimate encounters" option at all? Now he's punishing members because of his own regret? Also, there's nothing to say that someone that supposedly looking to date, or a relationship won't also do a quick hook-up. In an attempt to appear less slutty, women will choose one of the more "respectable" options. It's the members that make the site what it is, not the intentions of the creator in this case. Some of the paid sites with those extensive, scientific questionnaires probably exercise more control over the directions of their sites, but I don't know if POF is in the same category as those sites...
"The best kind of pride is that which compels a man to do his best when no one is watching."