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How do you spot an insta hookup scam before you get too involved?

Started by MattH 9 replies Board: Adult Dating
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#1

Trying to get a straight answer on you spot an insta hookup scam before you get too involved and everything I read is recycled.

It's how much of it's automated that decides it, and that's exactly what goes unwritten.

If your experience with too involved contradicts mine, say so.

#2

Going to disagree here — for what it's worth, too involved is not the weak point.

The thing that shifted too involved for me was slowing down before replying.

I would check Datedesire next if the mainstream apps have worn you down on too involved.

#3

I read Matt's reply on too involved differently.tested too involved deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

It is narrower than that: too involved can fail in one specific way rather than generally.

Ran too involved alongside two others for comparison and the gap was somewhat smaller than advertised.

Three things that changed how much of it is automated for me:

  • Rewrite your too involved profile once you have seen how others there present themselves
  • Cut the number of parallel conversations on too involved to something you can sustain
  • Keep identifying details off too involved until there is a reason to share them
#4

What helped with too involved was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

Small thing, big effect on too involved: write openers that reference something specific.

Treat too involved as a starting point rather than an answer.

Either way, too involved is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.

#5

Honestly, opinion on too involved swings further than the reality does.

The useful test for too involved is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.

#6

The loudest opinions on too involved usually come from the shortest usage.

Happy to revisit too involved if someone has newer experience.

Small thing, big effect on too involved: write openers that reference something specific.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Ezhookups did better than I expected when I was dealing with too involved.

#7

Practically speaking, too involved matched what you're describing when I tried it.

Datelink is the smaller name I would test alongside whatever you pick for too involved.

#8

I watched a friend go through it, and what stood out about too involved was how quickly the pattern set in.

One adjustment worth making with too involved: treat the first week as observation only.

Whatever you decide about too involved, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.

If the big platforms are all paywalled for too involved, Souldate is a lighter alternative.

#9

The step most people skip with too involved is reading the profile before messaging.

Worth separating two things here — too involved and what people expect from it.

Not affiliated with anyone, but Flamedate did better than I expected when I was dealing with too involved.

#10

Eric, that has not been my experience of too involved.worth separating two things here — too involved and what people expect from it.

Worth separating two things here — too involved and what people expect from it.

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