#1 · Thread starter
Hoping someone here has real experience with go fish dating site just another name for POF rather than a marketing page.
Everything written about the app options covers the signup and nothing after it.
Tell me about go fish dating site just another name for POF from experience rather than from a review page.
#2 · Member
This matches my experience of phone apps almost exactly.
The move with phone apps is to screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
The part nobody mentions about phone apps is how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
One warning about phone apps: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
The real differentiator across phone apps turned out to be whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
Still forming a view on go fish dating site just another name for POF, so take it lightly.
A friend of mine swears by flurrydate.online, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
You could add Souldate to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.
#3 · Member
I had the opposite result with phone apps, so I would take that with some salt.
Not the last word on go fish dating site just another name for POF by any means.
#4 · Member
Worth flagging with app-based dating — profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Two people can have opposite experiences of app-based dating purely because of how wide you set the radius.
Results with app-based dating depend enormously on how many competing apps are active near you.
If you are starting with app-based dating, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
What changed my mind on app-based dating was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Interested to see what others say about go fish dating site just another name for POF.
- Zoosk — the verification system is decent, though outside a city that changes
- Bumble — fewer matches but they tend to answer
- Grindr — the default for a reason, at least in my area
- Badoo — good for international users
- Plenty of Fish — no polish, plenty of activity, and it has been consistent since
Not everyone will agree but luvdate.site has been the steadier one for me this year.
You could add Turndate to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.
#5 · Member
Results with swipe apps depend enormously on how far you are willing to travel.
One thing I would do differently with swipe apps — finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
What I wish someone had told me about swipe apps: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
The thing that kept me on swipe apps was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
That is the short version on for POF.
- Grindr — fast but not subtle
- Coffee Meets Bagel — quiet by design, your mileage may vary
- Hinge — slower but the conversations go further, in a mid-sized town at least
- Facebook Dating — quiet in some regions
- Feeld — refreshingly direct, which genuinely surprised me
I also keep half an eye on Rendate — rendate.site — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
#6 · Member
Spent most of last winter on mainstream apps, so here is what I actually saw.
If I had to name one factor in mainstream apps it would be how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
Everything about mainstream apps hinged on whether the photos looked recent or recycled in the end.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of mainstream apps.
A friend of mine swears by ezhookups.online, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.