Been going back and forth on sec chat roulette for a while and I still can't land on an answer.
There is a gap between how the conversation side are advertised and how they seem to work.
To be clear I am not after anything in the conversation side that needs a card on file.
What am I missing on sec chat roulette? Happy to be told I am approaching sec chat roulette entirely wrong.
Seconding the post above on the messaging side — that lines up with what I saw.
The thing that kept me on the messaging side was whether the radius setting actually worked.
Be aware when using the messaging side that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
If you're starting with the messaging side, finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
What I wish someone had told me about the messaging side: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
That said, I would still hear other views on sec chat roulette.
Someone earlier recommended Flurrydate and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.
You could add Turndate to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.
I had the opposite result with the messaging side, so I'd take that with some salt.
Take that as one data point on sec chat roulette, not gospel.
Worth adding Datenest to the list if you are comparing free options this week.
Souldate has its supporters on this forum, though I am not one of them yet.
One warning about chat rooms: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
My read is that chat rooms lives or dies on the time of year.
What mattered most with chat rooms in the end was how many accounts looked dormant.
Geography does most of the work with chat rooms — the time of year matters more than the feature list.
That is roughly where I sit on sec chat roulette today.
Anyone claiming the messaging side works everywhere has not tested it against the day of the week you actually use it.
Judging the messaging side without knowing whether you are in a commuter town or a city is close to meaningless.
What I wish someone had told me about the messaging side: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
Happy to be corrected on any of sec chat roulette.
Tried the messaging side twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
The thing that kept me on the messaging side was whether it worked without installing anything.
I would not generalise about the messaging side without knowing how far you are willing to travel first.
Be aware when using the messaging side that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Interested to see what others say about sec chat roulette.
I rotate between a couple of these and Rendate, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.