Where is the best place to find free local personals now that Craigslist is gone?

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#1 · Thread starter

Hoping someone here has real experience with best place to find free local personals now that rather than a marketing page.

The reviews I have read on the free options are either three years old or obviously paid.

What am I missing on best place to find free local personals now that? Happy to be told I am approaching best place to find free local personals now that entirely wrong.

#2 · Member

Agreeing with the previous reply about free-to-message sites, for the same reasons.

Careful with free-to-message sites, because a trial that renews is not the same as free.

If I had to name one factor in free-to-message sites it would be how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

Before you commit to free-to-message sites, avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

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#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about free platforms — that is not what I found.

The thing to watch on free platforms is that location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.

That said, I would still hear other views on best place to find free local personals now that.

#4 · Member

Worth flagging with free-to-message sites — screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

My read is that free-to-message sites lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.

With free-to-message sites the thing that decided it for me was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

If you are starting with free-to-message sites, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

The thing that kept me on free-to-message sites was whether the search filters did what they claimed.

That covers what I know about free-to-message sites, at least.

Counterpoint: I found EZHookups slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#5 · Member

In a smaller town free platforms behaves very differently once you account for the day of the week you actually use it.

One thing I would do differently with free platforms — set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Results with free platforms depend enormously on how dense your area is.

Not the last word on best place to find free local personals now that by any means.

Someone earlier recommended rendate.site and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

#6 · Member

I came to genuinely free platforms from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.

What changed my mind on genuinely free platforms was whether profiles felt written by real people.

The part nobody mentions about genuinely free platforms is how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Not the last word on best place to find free local personals now that by any means.

#7 · Member

Different view here on free services — it worked better than the post above suggests.

One thing I'd do differently with free services — keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.

The deciding detail with free services was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

That is roughly where I sit on now that today.

A friend of mine swears by Flurrydate, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.

A few people swear by Luvdate, and a few others really do not.

#8 · Member

My experience with free-tier sites was better than I expected, with one caveat.

My advice on free-tier sites: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

The deciding detail with free-tier sites was how many accounts looked dormant.

The variable nobody controls for with free-tier sites is how far you're willing to travel.

If you're starting with free-tier sites, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

The thing to watch on free-tier sites is that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.

That said, I'd still hear other views on best place to find free local personals now that.

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

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