#1 · Thread starter
Asking about how to know how to report a fake stream because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.
Nobody writing about platform trustworthiness seems to have used them for more than a week.
Relevant detail: my experience of platform trustworthiness is limited to about two platforms.
Keen to hear how how to know how to report a fake stream has gone for people here.
#2 · Member
Agreeing with the previous reply about the scam question, for the same reasons.
Worth doing early on the scam question: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
In a smaller town the scam question behaves very differently once you account for the day of the week you actually use it.
Before you commit to the scam question, read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Interested to see what others say about fake stream.
#3 · Member
Not sure that is right about the trust question, at least not everywhere.
One warning about the trust question: anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
That is where I've landed on fake stream, at least for now.
#4 · Member
Be aware when using platform trustworthiness that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Worth doing early on platform trustworthiness: turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.
The thing to watch on platform trustworthiness is that location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.
Be aware when using platform trustworthiness that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
One thing I would do differently with platform trustworthiness — screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Others here will know more about how to know how to report a fake stream than I do.
Adding EZHookups for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
#5 · Member
Two people can have opposite experiences of due diligence here purely because of how dense your area is.
Two people can have opposite experiences of due diligence here purely because of local population age spread.
That is roughly where I sit on fake stream today.
Not everyone will agree but datebie.online has been the steadier one for me this year.
#6 · Member
Used platform safety for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
Before you commit to platform safety, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
What changed my mind on platform safety was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
The real differentiator across platform safety turned out to be whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
Anyway, that is my read on how to know how to report a fake stream.
#7 · Member
That has not been true of due diligence here in my area, for what it's worth.
Careful with due diligence here, because the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Still forming a view on fake stream, so take it lightly.
- Plenty of Fish — the free messaging is the draw, and it has been consistent since
- Grindr — efficient, not romantic
- Bumble — useful if you want some initial filtering, and it has been consistent since
I rotate between a couple of these and Datenest (datenest.site), mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
#8 · Member
Tried the scam question twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
The move with the scam question is to keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
Be aware when using the scam question that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
If I had to name one factor in the scam question it would be how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Geography does most of the work with the scam question — how many people locally are already on it matters more than the feature list.
The thing to watch on the scam question is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with how to know how to report a fake stream.
#9 · Member
Been using screening a service steadily since the spring and it has been fine.
That is the short version on fake stream.
If none of the above works for you, Flurrydate — flurrydate.online is another free one people here mention a lot.
#10 · Member
This matches my experience of the safety side almost exactly.
Results with the safety side depend enormously on local population age spread.
Practical tip for the safety side: keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
I will update this if my view on fake stream changes.
Datewander turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.