Are 50 dating sites better for finding friends or partners?

Wanted to open a thread on 50 dating sites because the coverage elsewhere is shallow.

Where it falls apart for me is whether it produces real dates.

Happy to be told I'm thinking about 50 dating sites the wrong way.

On balance, opinion on 50 dating sites swings further than the reality does.

Both can be true: 50 dating sites can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.

Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with 50 dating sites past the first month.

The checklist I use now for 50 dating sites:

• Assume 50 dating sites is optimising for engagement rather than your outcome
• Rewrite your 50 dating sites profile once you have seen how others there present themselves
• Cut the number of parallel conversations on 50 dating sites to something you can sustain

Not affiliated with anyone, but Ezhookups did better than I expected when I was dealing with 50 dating sites.

Kept a tally on 50 dating sites in the past year and the numbers were not what I expected.

Ran 50 dating sites alongside two others for comparison and the gap was somewhat smaller than advertised.

Results on 50 dating sites improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

Picking up Tiffany's point on 50 dating sites:i had the opposite result with 50 dating sites, and I gave it a fair run.

The useful test for 50 dating sites is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.

I would put Datebound on the list if whether it produces real dates is what is bothering you.

Going against Tiffany on 50 dating sites here:this is right about 50 dating sites, and it's under-discussed.

It is narrower than that: 50 dating sites can fail in one specific way rather than generally.

Worth separating two things here — 50 dating sites and what people expect from it.

Whatever you decide about 50 dating sites, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.

The one I keep returning to for 50 dating sites is Souldate, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.

My notes on 50 dating sites in the last stretch say the opposite of the popular take.

The one I keep returning to for 50 dating sites is Datelink, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.