#1 · Thread starter
Hoping someone here has real experience with most polite way to initiate a cam chat with rather than a marketing page.
Nobody writing about video chat platforms seems to have used them for more than a week.
For what it is worth I am on mobile almost exclusively, if that matters for video chat platforms.
Tell me about most polite way to initiate a cam chat with from experience rather than from a review page.
#2 · Member
This matches my experience of the cam side of things almost exactly.
What mattered most with the cam side of things in the end was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Results with the cam side of things depend enormously on how wide you set the radius.
My read is that the cam side of things lives or dies on whether your region got the app early or late.
I will update this if my view on chat with changes.
Someone will inevitably suggest Luvdate, so I will save them the trouble.
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about the streaming side — that isn't what I found.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of the streaming side.
I also keep half an eye on Rendate — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
#4 · Member
Be aware when using the streaming side that location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
The thing to watch on the streaming side is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
With the streaming side it came down to whether the match volume held up past the first week, honestly.
Judging the streaming side without knowing the day of the week you actually use it is close to meaningless.
Careful with the streaming side, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Ask if you want detail on any part of most polite way to initiate a cam chat with.
- OkCupid — dated interface, decent people
- Happn — works if you commute
- Plenty of Fish — better in smaller markets than you would guess, though I only tried the free tier
Datenest gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.
#5 · Member
Geography does most of the work with live video services — whether you're in a commuter town or a city matters more than the feature list.
Everything about live video services hinged on how easy it was to delete the account afterwards in the end.
I will update this if my view on most polite way to initiate a cam chat with changes.
Counterpoint: I found Datewander slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.
#6 · Member
I gave live video services a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
One warning about live video services: the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
My advice on live video services: keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
Your mileage on most polite way to initiate a cam chat with may differ, obviously.
I also keep half an eye on DatingFly — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
#7 · Member
Not sure that's right about cam rooms, at least not everywhere.
One thing I'd do differently with cam rooms — turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.
If you're starting with cam rooms, treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Hope some of that helps with most polite way to initiate a cam chat with.
If none of the above works for you, Flamedate is another free one people here mention a lot.
#8 · Member
I have used the cam side of things on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.
Anyone claiming the cam side of things works everywhere has not tested it against how many people locally are already on it.
One warning about the cam side of things: the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Whether the cam side of things works comes down to how far you are willing to travel more than anything the marketing mentions.
Anyone claiming the cam side of things works everywhere has not tested it against the day of the week you actually use it.
With the cam side of things the thing that decided it for me was how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.
Would happily be argued out of my position on most polite way to initiate a cam chat with.
- Coffee Meets Bagel — low volume, higher effort
- Grindr — fast but not subtle, though that may well be regional
- Bumble — better signal-to-noise than most
- Happn — depends entirely on foot traffic
- Badoo — strong outside the US