Putting sexchating a new trend to the group because search results are useless on this.
I've read plenty on the basics; whether messages land is the gap.
If anyone has genuinely worked through new trend, I'd rather hear specifics than general endorsement.
Practically speaking, new trend matched what you're describing when I tried it.
My notes on new trend this year say the opposite of the popular take.
If the big platforms are all paywalled for new trend, Souldate is a lighter alternative.
Realistically, blaming new trend misses what's actually going on.
I tried it myself with new trend: a fair bit different once the novelty wore off.
Tested new trend deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
Both can be true: new trend can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.
Others swear by Datelink; I have no first-hand read on it.
I read Sean's reply on new trend differently.nobody's numbers on new trend are as solid as they sound, mine included.
Broadly, opinion on new trend swings further than the reality does.
For a smaller userbase with less noise around new trend, Datedesire is worth twenty minutes.
Worth separating two things here — new trend and what people expect from it.
Both can be true: new trend can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.
What helped with new trend was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
The useful test for new trend is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
There is a version of this I agree with: new trend can be inconsistent rather than bad.
If it helps, here's my process around whether messages land:
Datebound gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for new trend.
I had the opposite result with new trend, and I gave it a fair run.
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