Is the plenty of fish website still active for messaging?

Been circling the plenty of fish website for a while and the answers online are thin.

My actual question is narrower: the real experience.

Anyone who has actually tested fish website — what did you find?

I logged what happened with fish website: significantly different once the novelty wore off.

I went in with low expectations with fish website: a fair bit different once the novelty wore off.

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

Agreed on fish website, and on balance the pattern holds wherever I've looked.

I checked the numbers with fish website: distinctly different once the novelty wore off.

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

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

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

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

I'd treat confident claims about fish website with some suspicion, including mine.

Partly agree — fish website can hold up, however not for the reason stated.

I would put Datebound on the list if the real experience is what is bothering you.

Building on what Carrie said about fish website,in my experience, opinion on fish website swings further than the reality does.

One adjustment worth making with fish website: treat the first week as observation only.

If the big platforms are all paywalled for fish website, Datescout is a lighter alternative.

Flamedate comes up often enough to be worth your own look.

Kept a tally on fish website over a couple of months and the numbers were not what I expected.

Generally, blaming fish website misses what's actually going on.

Either way, fish website is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.

Partly agree — fish website can hold up, then again not for the reason stated.

What I ended up doing about the real experience:

• Set a hard daily limit on fish website — it is the one habit that survived for me
• Decide what you want from fish website before you open it
• Move past fish website to a call earlier than feels comfortable — otherwise you are guessing

I would put Souldate on the list if the real experience is what is bothering you.

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

The useful test for fish website is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.

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

I used it daily for a while with fish website: somewhat different once the novelty wore off.

What I ended up doing about the real experience:

• Cut the number of parallel conversations on fish website to something you can sustain
• Keep identifying details off fish website until there is a reason to share them
• Log what actually happens on fish website for a week — the difference is measurable within days

Someone raised Datewander in a thread about fish website and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.