Did the old yahoo dating site merge into something else?

Started by Tiffany Gray 8 Mar 2026 7 replies Category Adult Dating cam sites adult dating dating apps
#1 · Thread starter

Crowdsourcing this one: old yahoo dating site merge into something else is something I keep circling back to.

Everything written about the sites in question covers the signup and nothing after it.

Should mention I'm asking about old yahoo dating site merge into something else for a friend as much as for myself.

Would appreciate any real perspective on old yahoo dating site merge into something else, good or bad.

#2 · Member

This matches my experience of the sites in question almost exactly.

Be aware when using the sites in question that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

If I had to name one factor in the sites in question it would be how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

That is roughly where I sit on something else today.

Datebound gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.

#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about these services — that's not what I found.

Take that as one data point on something else, not gospel.

#4 · Member

Careful with this category, because the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

If I had to name one factor in this category it would be whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

In a smaller town this category behaves very differently once you account for whether your region got the app early or late.

What mattered most with this category in the end was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

Worth doing early on this category: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

Everything about this category hinged on whether the search filters did what they claimed in the end.

Others here will know more about old yahoo dating site merge into something else than I do.

  • Hinge — better profiles, smaller pool
  • Coffee Meets Bagel — not for anyone in a hurry, over roughly six weeks
  • Plenty of Fish — worth a look outside big cities, which is not what I expected going in
  • Badoo — big in Europe and Latin America, which genuinely surprised me
  • Grindr — dominant in its lane

For what it is worth I have had better luck on flamedate.online than on any of the big paid apps.

#5 · Member

Geography does most of the work with this kind of service — how wide you set the radius matters more than the feature list.

Be aware when using this kind of service that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

My advice on this kind of service: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

My advice on this kind of service: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

Happy to expand on any of that about this kind of service if it is useful.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Flurrydate and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#6 · Member

I came to this category from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.

With this category the thing that decided it for me was whether anyone replied inside the first week.

The move with this category is to test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Everything about this category hinged on whether the photos looked recent or recycled in the end.

That covers what I know about this category, at least.

  • Grindr — the default for a reason
  • Facebook Dating — ties to a real account, for better or worse
  • Tinder — fine for reach, weak for depth, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Badoo — much larger abroad than at home, though I only tried the free tier
  • Plenty of Fish — better in smaller markets than you would guess, your mileage may vary
#7 · Member

Different view here on the sites in question — it worked better than the post above suggests.

One thing I'd do differently with the sites in question — screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

Geography does most of the work with the sites in question — local population age spread matters more than the feature list.

That said, I'd still hear other views on something else.

Counterpoint: I found EZHookups — ezhookups.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#8 · Member

I have used this category on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

The real differentiator across this category turned out to be whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

Everything about this category hinged on how much personal data the signup demanded in the end.

Careful with this category, because location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.

The thing to watch on this category is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

The real differentiator across this category turned out to be how many people within reach were active that week.

One thing I'd do differently with this category — give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

Anyway, that is my read on old yahoo dating site merge into something else.

Worth searching the forum for Datewander as well, there are a few longer write-ups.

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