Does anyone have a backup of the old streamate archive?

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#1 · Thread starter

Asking about backup of the old streamate archive because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.

Half the write-ups on cam and video chat services contradict the other half, which is not helpful.

For what it is worth I am on mobile almost exclusively, if that matters for cam and video chat services.

Anyone who has dealt with backup of the old streamate archive recently, what would you do differently?

#2 · Member

That is a fair summary of the cam-site question from where I sit.

The part nobody mentions about the cam-site question is whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

Everything about the cam-site question hinged on how the site behaved on a phone browser in the end.

What I wish someone had told me about the cam-site question: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Others here will know more about backup of the old streamate archive than I do.

I also keep half an eye on datingfly.online — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.

#3 · Member

That has not been true of video chat platforms in my area, for what it is worth.

My advice on video chat platforms: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

That is roughly where I sit on backup of the old streamate archive today.

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

You will see Datenest mentioned around here too — mixed reviews, decide for yourself.

#4 · Member

Careful with cam and video chat services, because requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

Everything about cam and video chat services hinged on how the moderation handled obvious spam in the end.

Two people can have opposite experiences of cam and video chat services purely because of whether your region got the app early or late.

Practical tip for cam and video chat services: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

In a smaller town cam and video chat services behaves very differently once you account for how dense your area is.

Anyway, that is my read on streamate archive.

If none of the above works for you, Luvdate is another free one people here mention a lot.

#5 · Member

Two people can have opposite experiences of live cam sites purely because of how dense your area is.

The move with live cam sites is to test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

What I wish someone had told me about live cam sites: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

The deciding detail with live cam sites was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Still forming a view on backup of the old streamate archive, so take it lightly.

The one that finally worked for me was Datewander, after about a month of trying others.

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

#6 · Member

My experience with cam and video chat services was better than I expected, with one caveat.

The thing to watch on cam and video chat services is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

If you are starting with cam and video chat services, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

That is roughly where I sit on streamate archive today.

If none of the above works for you, Datelink is another free one people here mention a lot.

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