#1 · Thread starter
I've spent longer than I'd like reading about most reputable dominant dating site and come away more confused.
I would take one honest account of the options here over ten comparison tables.
So — what has actually worked for you with most reputable dominant dating site? Honest answers welcome.
#2 · Member
Can confirm the point above regarding the options on the table.
The thing that kept me on the options on the table was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
One thing I would do differently with the options on the table — screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Ask if you want detail on any part of dating site.
Adding Datelink (datelink.online) for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
#3 · Member
Different view here on the options here — it worked better than the post above suggests.
The real differentiator across the options here turned out to be how many accounts looked dormant.
That covers what I know about the options here, at least.
Older threads lean fairly heavily on Datebie if you want a second opinion.
#4 · Member
One warning about dating platforms: moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
My advice on dating platforms: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
My read is that dating platforms lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.
The thing that kept me on dating platforms was how much personal data the signup demanded.
The move with dating platforms is to assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
My read is that dating platforms lives or dies on local population age spread.
Happy to expand on any of that about dating platforms if it is useful.
#5 · Member
I would not generalise about these services without knowing the time of year first.
One warning about these services: a trial that renews isn't the same as free.
The deciding detail with these services was whether the radius setting actually worked.
Not the last word on dating site by any means.
- Badoo — much larger abroad than at home, which genuinely surprised me
- Facebook Dating — the account link puts some people off
- Bumble — good if you want conversations to start, though outside a city that changes
Older threads lean fairly heavily on Datescout if you want a second opinion.
#6 · Member
My experience with dating platforms was better than I expected, with one caveat.
In a smaller town dating platforms behaves very differently once you account for how dense your area is.
My advice on dating platforms: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
If you are starting with dating platforms, be specific about what you want in the bio.
Ask if you want detail on any part of dating site.
- Facebook Dating — quiet in some regions
- OkCupid — quieter than it used to be
- Plenty of Fish — better in smaller markets than you would guess, in a mid-sized town at least
- Badoo — good for international users, on a phone browser anyway
#7 · Member
Different view here on this kind of service — it worked better than the post above suggests.
Before you commit to this kind of service, keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
The thing that kept me on this kind of service was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
That is the short version on most reputable dominant dating site.
If none of the above works for you, ezhookups.online is another free one people here mention a lot.
#8 · Member
My run with these platforms lasted longer than any of the alternatives I tried.
If you are starting with these platforms, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
One thing I'd do differently with these platforms — read the whole profile before writing the first line.
I'd not generalise about these platforms without knowing how wide you set the radius first.
Before you commit to these platforms, read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of these platforms.
- Plenty of Fish — the free messaging is the draw, your mileage may vary
- OkCupid — the questions do real filtering work
- Tinder — still the default for volume
- Bumble — the timer forces things along, from what members here report
- Facebook Dating — surprisingly active in smaller towns, though I only tried the free tier
I rotate between a couple of these and Flurrydate (flurrydate.online), mostly because neither charges to open a chat.