Spent most of last winter on the cam-site question, so here is what I actually saw.
With the cam-site question the thing that decided it for me was whether the match volume held up past the first week.
Practical tip for the cam-site question: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
The thing that kept me on the cam-site question was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Before you commit to the cam-site question, set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
Practical tip for the cam-site question: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
What I wish someone had told me about the cam-site question: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
Take that as one data point on view on, not gospel.
- Badoo — good for international users, though that may well be regional
- Grindr — efficient, not romantic, which is not what I expected going in
- Plenty of Fish — free tier is more generous than most
I also keep half an eye on Flurrydate — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.