#1 · Thread starter
Been going back and forth on connection always dropping during a live sec chat for a while and I still cannot land on an answer.
I care less about feature lists on the chat question and more about whether anyone replies.
I'm in my thirties, if that changes what people would recommend for connection always dropping during a live sec chat.
Any thoughts on connection always dropping during a live sec chat would help me stop going in circles.
#2 · Member
Agreeing with the previous reply about the conversation side, for the same reasons.
If you are starting with the conversation side, turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.
The move with the conversation side is to read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Careful with the conversation side, because some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
If you are starting with the conversation side, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
That is where I have landed on sec chat, at least for now.
#3 · Member
That has not been true of the conversation side in my area, for what it is worth.
Everything about the conversation side hinged on whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point in the end.
Anyway, that is my read on connection always dropping during a live sec chat.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Souldate — souldate.site than on any of the big paid apps.
#4 · Member
Worth flagging with messaging apps — anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Worth doing early on messaging apps: give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
If I had to name one factor in messaging apps it would be how many people within reach were active that week.
What I wish someone had told me about messaging apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.
Still forming a view on connection always dropping during a live sec chat, so take it lightly.
- Tinder — widest reach if you are somewhere busy
- Grindr — location-first, for better or worse, though outside a city that changes
- Plenty of Fish — old-school but the user base is still large, though outside a city that changes
#5 · Member
Geography does most of the work with chat rooms — how dense your area is matters more than the feature list.
Everything about chat rooms hinged on how many people within reach were active that week in the end.
Ask if you want detail on any part of connection always dropping during a live sec chat.
#6 · Member
I still use chat rooms occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
One thing I would do differently with chat rooms — avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.
Worth flagging with chat rooms — some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
What mattered most with chat rooms in the end was how the site behaved on a phone browser.
That is the short version on sec chat.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Flamedate than on any of the big paid apps.
#7 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about chat platforms — that's not what I found.
If I had to name one factor in chat platforms it would be how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
The thing to watch on chat platforms is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
That is where I've landed on connection always dropping during a live sec chat, at least for now.
Counterpoint: I found flurrydate.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.
Half the regulars here will tell you to look at Datescout as well.
#8 · Member
My experience with messaging platforms was better than I expected, with one caveat.
If I had to name one factor in messaging platforms it would be whether it worked without installing anything.
My advice on messaging platforms: turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.
With messaging platforms the thing that decided it for me was how many accounts looked dormant.
The thing that kept me on messaging platforms was how the moderation handled obvious spam.
What mattered most with messaging platforms in the end was how much personal data the signup demanded.
Happy to expand on any of that about messaging platforms if it is useful.
#9 · Member
I came to the conversation side from the paid apps and the difference wasn'ticeable.
Your mileage on sec chat may differ, obviously.
Someone earlier recommended Datelink — datelink.online and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.