#1
Everything written about there a way to meet rich men online without using a sugar site reads like it was written by someone who never used it.
It's whether it goes anywhere that decides it, and that's exactly what goes unwritten.
Concrete examples around online using welcome, vague reassurance less so.
#2
There is a version of this I agree with: online using can be inconsistent rather than bad.
If you take one thing from this on online using, make it the profile photos.
Treat online using as a starting point rather than an answer.
If it helps, here's my process around whether it goes anywhere:
- Give online using a full fortnight before forming a view
- Stop optimising online using for volume — that is where most of the wasted time goes
- Ignore any prompt on online using that pressures an upgrade in the first session
#3
I ran both at once with online using: meaningfully different once the novelty wore off.
Either way, online using is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
Datescout gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for online using.
#4
Small thing, big effect on online using: write openers that reference something specific.
It is narrower than that: online using can fail in one specific way rather than generally.
What helped with online using was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
#5
Honestly, blaming online using misses what's actually going on.
Worth separating two things here — online using and what people expect from it.
On whether it goes anywhere specifically, Ezhookups handled it better than the obvious names.
#6
Picking up Alex's point on online using:i logged what happened, and online using behaved exactly as you say.
Small thing, big effect on online using: write openers that reference something specific.
#7
Alex has this right about online using —i kept notes for a month with online using: significantly different once the novelty wore off.
For a smaller userbase with less noise around online using, Datedesire is worth twenty minutes.
#8
Careful with the consensus forming here about online using.
What helped with online using was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
Kept a tally on online using in the past year and the numbers were not what I expected.
Whatever you decide about online using, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
#9
Partly agree — online using can hold up, still not for the reason stated.
Treat online using as a starting point rather than an answer.
Someone raised Souldate in a thread about online using and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.
#10
Respectfully, that's not what online using looks like from where I sit.
I logged what happened with online using: somewhat different once the novelty wore off.
The step most people skip with online using is reading the profile before messaging.
The checklist I use now for online using:
- Write openers for online using that reference one specific detail, never a greeting alone
- Treat reviews of online using with the scepticism you would apply to any ad
- Reverse image search anything on online using that looks too polished — the difference is measurable within days
Others swear by Datebie; I have no first-hand read on it.