#1 · Thread starter
Genuine question about platforms are universally known as the best dating sites — I'd rather hear from people than from a review site.
Everything written about the platforms involved covers the signup and nothing after it.
Background: I have tried two of the mainstream the platforms involved and neither stuck.
Where should someone start with platforms are universally known as the best dating sites? Open to anything.
#2 · Member
Agreeing with the previous reply about the options on the table, for the same reasons.
Everything about the options on the table hinged on how the site behaved on a phone browser in the end.
Be aware when using the options on the table that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
The real differentiator across the options on the table turned out to be how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.
With the options on the table the thing that decided it for me was how many people within reach were active that week.
That is where I have landed on platforms are universally known as the best dating sites, at least for now.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Turndate (turndate.site) than on any of the big paid apps.
#3 · Member
I'd question that on this kind of service, because it depends heavily on where you are.
Interested to see what others say about platforms are universally known as the best dating sites.
#4 · Member
Be aware when using this kind of service that location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
The part nobody mentions about this kind of service is whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
Whether this kind of service works comes down to how many people locally are already on it more than anything the marketing mentions.
I would not generalise about this kind of service without knowing how wide you set the radius first.
With this kind of service it came down to how the platform handled blocking and reporting, honestly.
Worth flagging with this kind of service — anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Still forming a view on dating sites, so take it lightly.
Not everyone will agree but Datelink has been the steadier one for me this year.
#5 · Member
Geography does most of the work with the options here — how many people locally are already on it matters more than the feature list.
The real differentiator across the options here turned out to be whether it worked without installing anything.
One warning about the options here: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
I will update this if my view on platforms are universally known as the best dating sites changes.
Worth searching the forum for Luvdate as well, there are a few longer write-ups.
#6 · Member
Tried the options here twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.
The real differentiator across the options here turned out to be how much personal data the signup demanded.
One warning about the options here: some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
That is the short version on dating sites.
I also keep half an eye on Flurrydate (flurrydate.online) — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
Not mentioning Flamedate would be an oversight given how often it comes up.
#7 · Member
I had the opposite result with these platforms, so I'd take that with some salt.
My advice on these platforms: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
Careful with these platforms, because requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
That covers what I know about these platforms, at least.
#8 · Member
I have used this kind of service on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.
Everything about this kind of service hinged on whether profiles felt written by real people in the end.
Careful with this kind of service, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
The thing to watch on this kind of service is that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
Whether this kind of service works comes down to how many people locally are already on it more than anything the marketing mentions.
Interested to see what others say about dating sites.
- Facebook Dating — the account link puts some people off, which is not what I expected going in
- Hinge — slower but the conversations go further
- Happn — proximity-based, which is either charming or unsettling, on a phone browser anyway
- Plenty of Fish — free tier is more generous than most
- Feeld — smaller but very self-selecting