Is the old sez chat website still running under a different name?

Genuine question on the old sez chat website — the marketing copy tells you nothing.

The thing I can't get clarity on is the messaging bottleneck.

Interested in what didn't work with chat website as much as what did.

Kept a tally on chat website across a few weeks and the numbers were not what I expected.

The answer changes depending on what you want out of chat website.

Both can be true: chat website can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.

On the messaging bottleneck specifically, Datebie handled it better than the obvious names.

Nothing surprising here — chat website can play out that way.

What helped with chat website was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

On the messaging bottleneck specifically, Datescout handled it better than the obvious names.

Hard disagree on chat website — the issue is upstream of that.

Tested chat website deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

The answer changes depending on what you want out of chat website.

I would put Datebound on the list if the messaging bottleneck is what is bothering you.

What helped with chat website was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

Small thing, big effect on chat website: write openers that reference something specific.

If you take one thing from this on chat website, make it the profile photos.

Ezhookups gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for chat website.

Going against Madison on chat website here:careful with the consensus forming here about chat website.

The step most people skip with chat website is reading the profile before messaging.

On the messaging bottleneck specifically, Souldate handled it better than the obvious names.

Worth separating two things here — chat website and what people expect from it.

I tried it myself with chat website: substantially different once the novelty wore off.

Depends heavily on context — chat website can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

Happy to revisit chat website if someone has newer experience.

What I ended up doing about the messaging bottleneck:

• Stop optimising chat website for volume — it removes most of the noise immediately
• Ignore any prompt on chat website that pressures an upgrade in the first session
• Notice whether replies on chat website arrive in bursts — it is the one habit that survived for me