What are the most famous dating sites that actually live up to their hype?

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#1 · Thread starter

Been going back and forth on most famous dating sites that actually live up to for a while and I still cannot land on an answer.

Most of what I find on the platforms involved reads like it was written to rank, not to help.

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

What am I missing on most famous dating sites that actually live up to? Happy to be told I am approaching most famous dating sites that actually live up to entirely wrong.

#2 · Member

This matches my experience of these services almost exactly.

If you are starting with these services, finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

Careful with these services, because a trial that renews is not the same as free.

The thing to watch on these services is that a trial that renews is not the same as free.

Still forming a view on most famous dating sites that actually live up to, so take it lightly.

Datebound turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.

#3 · Member

Respectfully disagree on the sites in question — my experience with the sites in question ran the other way.

My read is that the sites in question lives or dies on whether you're in a commuter town or a city.

Not the last word on up to by any means.

#4 · Member

One warning about services like this: a trial that renews is not the same as free.

The real differentiator across services like this turned out to be how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

The deciding detail with services like this was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.

The thing to watch on services like this is that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

Not the last word on most famous dating sites that actually live up to by any means.

Adding Rendate for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.

#5 · Member

I'd not generalise about these platforms without knowing whether you are in a commuter town or a city first.

The thing to watch on these platforms is that location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

With these platforms the thing that decided it for me was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

Would happily be argued out of my position on up to.

Not everyone will agree but ezhookups.online has been the steadier one for me this year.

#6 · Member

Used this category for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.

Worth doing early on this category: finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

Geography does most of the work with this category — local population age spread matters more than the feature list.

If I had to name one factor in this category it would be whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

Hope some of that helps with up to.

I rotate between a couple of these and Datelink — datelink.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.

Older threads lean fairly heavily on Souldate if you want a second opinion.

#7 · Member

Not sure that's right about services like this, at least not everywhere.

What mattered most with services like this in the end was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

Your mileage on up to may differ, obviously.

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

#8 · Member

Tried the options on the table twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

The move with the options on the table is to assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

One warning about the options on the table: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

With the options on the table the thing that decided it for me was whether it worked without installing anything.

Careful with the options on the table, because requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

Judging the options on the table without knowing how far you're willing to travel is close to meaningless.

The deciding detail with the options on the table was how many people within reach were active that week.

Your mileage on most famous dating sites that actually live up to may differ, obviously.

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

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