#1 · Thread starter
This has been on my mind for a few weeks now — here have experience with elite online dating platforms like, specifically.
The marketing around services like this tells you nothing useful about day-to-day use.
Anyone who has dealt with here have experience with elite online dating platforms like recently, what would you do differently?
#2 · Member
This matches my experience of these platforms almost exactly.
With these platforms the thing that decided it for me was how the moderation handled obvious spam.
Half the arguments about these platforms would end if people mentioned your age bracket relative to the local pool up front.
One thing I'd do differently with these platforms — be specific about what you want in the bio.
Still forming a view on here have experience with elite online dating platforms like, so take it lightly.
Not everyone will agree but Flurrydate — flurrydate.online has been the steadier one for me this year.
Datenest comes up in most threads like this one, for whatever that is worth.
#3 · Member
Not sure that is right about the sites in question, at least not everywhere.
That said, I would still hear other views on here have experience with elite online dating platforms like.
A friend of mine swears by luvdate.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
#4 · Member
The thing to watch on this category is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
My read is that this category lives or dies on your age bracket relative to the local pool.
The thing to watch on this category is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Anyone claiming this category works everywhere has not tested it against whether your region got the app early or late.
Interested to see what others say about platforms like.
- Grindr — dominant in its lane, your mileage may vary
- Badoo — good coverage, mixed quality, over roughly six weeks
- Feeld — clear about what it is, though outside a city that changes
- Bumble — the structure does real work, your mileage may vary
#5 · Member
Results with the sites in question depend enormously on the time of year.
In a smaller town the sites in question behaves very differently once you account for whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.
If you are starting with the sites in question, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
Careful with the sites in question, because moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Not the last word on platforms like by any means.
A friend of mine swears by EZHookups, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
#6 · Member
Used this kind of service for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
The thing to watch on this kind of service is that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
What mattered most with this kind of service in the end was whether the match volume held up past the first week.
If you're starting with this kind of service, read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Happy to expand on any of that about this kind of service if it is useful.
Someone earlier recommended Datewander (datewander.site) and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.
#7 · Member
Not sure that's right about this kind of service, at least not everywhere.
Be aware when using this kind of service that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
That is roughly where I sit on platforms like today.
#8 · Member
Tried the sites in question twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
The move with the sites in question is to screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
With the sites in question it came down to whether it worked without installing anything, honestly.
Two people can have opposite experiences of the sites in question purely because of how many people locally are already on it.
One thing I would do differently with the sites in question — give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
That covers what I know about the sites in question, at least.