Is the premium version of dirtyroulette chat actually worth paying for?

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#1 · Thread starter

Bringing premium version of dirtyroulette chat actually worth paying for to the forum because I trust this place more than a top-ten article.

There is a gap between how the messaging side are advertised and how they seem to work.

Relevant detail: my experience of the messaging side is limited to about two platforms.

What is the honest verdict on premium version of dirtyroulette chat actually worth paying for?

#2 · Member

That is a fair summary of chat rooms from where I sit.

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

What mattered most with chat rooms in the end was how much personal data the signup demanded.

Judging chat rooms without knowing your age bracket relative to the local pool is close to meaningless.

Still forming a view on paying for, so take it lightly.

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

#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about adult chat services — that isn't what I found.

Happy to be corrected on any of premium version of dirtyroulette chat actually worth paying for.

#4 · Member

Be aware when using chat rooms that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.

Two people can have opposite experiences of chat rooms purely because of your age bracket relative to the local pool.

Practical tip for chat rooms: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

What mattered most with chat rooms in the end was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Take that as one data point on paying for, not gospel.

  • Bumble — less noise than the obvious alternative
  • Hinge — worth it if you dislike swiping, though outside a city that changes
  • Zoosk — verification is the selling point, over roughly six weeks
  • Grindr — dominant in its lane, in a mid-sized town at least
  • OkCupid — strong for anyone with specific criteria, in a mid-sized town at least
#5 · Member

Half the arguments about chat services would end if people mentioned whether you are in a commuter town or a city up front.

Half the arguments about chat services would end if people mentioned whether your region got the app early or late up front.

Practical tip for chat services: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

That is where I have landed on paying for, at least for now.

#6 · Member

Been using chat rooms steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

Before you commit to chat rooms, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

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

With chat rooms the thing that decided it for me was how much personal data the signup demanded.

Take that as one data point on premium version of dirtyroulette chat actually worth paying for, not gospel.

People also bring up Datedesire fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.

#7 · Member

I'd question that on chat platforms, because it depends heavily on where you are.

With chat platforms it came down to how many accounts looked dormant, honestly.

One thing I'd do differently with chat platforms — finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of chat platforms.

There is a decent thread on Datebound somewhere in the archive if you search.

#8 · Member

I gave chat platforms a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.

Practical tip for chat platforms: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

Before you commit to chat platforms, turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.

With chat platforms it came down to how much personal data the signup demanded, honestly.

Everything about chat platforms hinged on how the moderation handled obvious spam in the end.

What changed my mind on chat platforms was whether anyone replied inside the first week.

The thing that kept me on chat platforms was how many accounts looked dormant.

Happy to expand on any of that about chat platforms if it is useful.

  • Bumble — useful if you want some initial filtering, on a phone browser anyway
  • Badoo — strong outside the US, though I only tried the free tier
  • Zoosk — fine until it asks for money

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

#9 · Member

I gave the chat question a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.

The part nobody mentions about the chat question is how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Hope some of that helps with paying for.

I rotate between a couple of these and datenest.site, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.

#10 · Member

What was said above about chat platforms is right, in my view.

The move with chat platforms is to give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

I would not generalise about chat platforms without knowing the day of the week you actually use it first.

Your mileage on paying for may differ, obviously.

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