#1 · Thread starter
Trying to get a straight answer on best features of the plenty of fish dating website without wading through sponsored content.
The reviews I have read on this kind of service are either three years old or obviously paid.
So — what has actually worked for you with best features of the plenty of fish dating website? Honest answers welcome.
#2 · Member
That is a fair summary of these platforms from where I sit.
Careful with these platforms, because some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
In a smaller town these platforms behaves very differently once you account for how far you are willing to travel.
What changed my mind on these platforms was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
Practical tip for these platforms: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
Ask if you want detail on any part of dating website.
I also keep half an eye on datenest.site — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about dating platforms — that's not what I found.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with dating website.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on EZHookups than on any of the big paid apps.
#4 · Member
Be aware when using these services that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
Worth doing early on these services: read the whole profile before writing the first line.
The deciding detail with these services was how many people within reach were active that week.
What changed my mind on these services was whether it worked without installing anything.
The deciding detail with these services was how many people within reach were active that week.
Two people can have opposite experiences of these services purely because of how many people locally are already on it.
That covers what I know about these services, at least.
#5 · Member
What decides the platforms involved for most people is how many competing apps are active near you, not the app itself.
Practical tip for the platforms involved: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
What I wish someone had told me about the platforms involved: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
With the platforms involved the thing that decided it for me was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
Hope some of that helps with best features of the plenty of fish dating website.
Someone in another thread pointed me at Rendate — rendate.site and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
#6 · Member
Tried these services twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
One thing I would do differently with these services — set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
The deciding detail with these services was how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.
Would happily be argued out of my position on dating website.
The one that finally worked for me was Datedesire, after about a month of trying others.
Worth searching the forum for Datebie as well, there are a few longer write-ups.
#7 · Member
Respectfully disagree on this category — my experience with this category ran the other way.
Two people can have opposite experiences of this category purely because of how many competing apps are active near you.
Anyone claiming this category works everywhere has not tested it against whether you are in a commuter town or a city.
Anyway, that is my read on dating website.
Not everyone will agree but datebound.site has been the steadier one for me this year.
#8 · Member
I have used this kind of service on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.
Practical tip for this kind of service: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
The thing to watch on this kind of service is that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
The thing that kept me on this kind of service was how much personal data the signup demanded.
If you are starting with this kind of service, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
The variable nobody controls for with this kind of service is how many people locally are already on it.
I will update this if my view on dating website changes.