Are the profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts?
Started by Devin Price12 Sep 202511 repliesCategory Adult Datingdating appsadult datingadult chat
#1 · Thread starter
Third time I have tried to work out profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts and I am still stuck.
Half the write-ups on the free question contradict the other half, which is not helpful.
Worth mentioning that I'm coming back to the free question after a couple of years away.
What am I missing on profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts? Happy to be told I am approaching profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts entirely wrong.
#2 · Member
What was said above about the free options is right, in my view.
What decides the free options for most people is whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away, not the app itself.
One thing I would do differently with the free options — keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
One thing I'd do differently with the free options — screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
That is where I have landed on profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts, at least for now.
I also keep half an eye on flurrydate.online — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
Datebound gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.
#3 · Member
I'd question that on no-cost services, because it depends heavily on where you are.
Still forming a view on profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts, so take it lightly.
#4 · Member
Careful with the pricing question, because some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
If I had to name one factor in the pricing question it would be whether the radius setting actually worked.
The part nobody mentions about the pricing question is whether the search filters did what they claimed.
The thing that kept me on the pricing question was how many people within reach were active that week.
Others here will know more about profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts than I do.
#5 · Member
Anyone claiming genuinely free platforms works everywhere has not tested it against whether you are in a commuter town or a city.
Before you commit to genuinely free platforms, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of genuinely free platforms.
#6 · Member
I have used the free question on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.
Everything about the free question hinged on whether profiles felt written by real people in the end.
The real differentiator across the free question turned out to be how the site behaved on a phone browser.
Interested to see what others say about profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts.
#7 · Member
I had the opposite result with genuinely free platforms, so I'd take that with some salt.
Careful with genuinely free platforms, because some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
The real differentiator across genuinely free platforms turned out to be whether the radius setting actually worked.
Happy to be corrected on any of profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts.
Tinder — strong in cities, thin outside them, in a mid-sized town at least
Feeld — refreshingly direct, though outside a city that changes
Plenty of Fish — old-school but the user base is still large, though outside a city that changes
Badoo — worth trying if the US apps are dead near you
Facebook Dating — zero extra download needed, though outside a city that changes
Counterpoint: I found DatingFly slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.
#8 · Member
Spent most of last winter on free-to-message sites, so here is what I actually saw.
With free-to-message sites the thing that decided it for me was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
Careful with free-to-message sites, because requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
The deciding detail with free-to-message sites was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
The deciding detail with free-to-message sites was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.
If you're starting with free-to-message sites, be specific about what you want in the bio.
I will update this if my view on profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts changes.
#9 · Member
Spent most of last winter on free-to-message sites, so here is what I actually saw.
I will update this if my view on profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts changes.
The one that finally worked for me was Datebie, after about a month of trying others.
#10 · Member
Can confirm the point above regarding genuinely free platforms.
What mattered most with genuinely free platforms in the end was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
One thing I would do differently with genuinely free platforms — use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
What I wish someone had told me about genuinely free platforms: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Hope some of that helps with profiles on free datingsites mostly abandoned accounts.
#11 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about free-tier sites — that's not what I found.
Be aware when using free-tier sites that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
One thing I would do differently with free-tier sites — check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
Interested to see what others say about abandoned accounts.
#12 · Member
Worth flagging with the pricing question — the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
The deciding detail with the pricing question was whether the search filters did what they claimed.
Worth doing early on the pricing question: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
If you're starting with the pricing question, read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Practical tip for the pricing question: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with abandoned accounts.
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