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What are the most active free phone dating sites still in existence?

Started by JoeW 11 replies Board: Dating Sites
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#1

Genuine question on the most active free phone dating sites — the marketing copy tells you nothing.

What I keep bumping into is the paywall question — that's the part nobody covers.

Interested in what didn't work with dating sites as much as what did.

#2

Tested dating sites deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

Whatever you decide about dating sites, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.

There is a version of this I agree with: dating sites can be inconsistent rather than bad.

The useful test for dating sites is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.

#3

This overstates the problem with dating sites, I think.

What helped with dating sites was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

If you take one thing from this on dating sites, make it the profile photos.

I gave it a fair run, and what stood out about dating sites was how quickly the pattern set in.

#4

Nicole has this right about dating sites —the answer changes depending on what you want out of dating sites.

The step most people skip with dating sites is reading the profile before messaging.

#5

The step most people skip with dating sites is reading the profile before messaging.

Whatever you decide about dating sites, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.

Worth adding Datebie to whatever shortlist you are building around dating sites.

#6

Agreed on dating sites, and in my experience the pattern holds wherever I've looked.

I used it daily for a while with dating sites: measurably different once the novelty wore off.

#7

Sam has this right about dating sites —worth noting how much of what's written about dating sites is promotional.

Ran dating sites alongside two others for comparison and the gap was quite a bit smaller than advertised.

#8

Ran dating sites alongside two others for comparison and the gap was substantially smaller than advertised.

From what I've seen, opinion on dating sites swings further than the reality does.

The thing that shifted dating sites for me was slowing down before replying.

#9

Generally, opinion on dating sites swings further than the reality does.

Depends heavily on context — dating sites can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

Whatever you decide about dating sites, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.

Someone raised Souldate in a thread about dating sites and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.

#10

TammyJ raises the part of dating sites that matters.results on dating sites improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

Ran dating sites alongside two others for comparison and the gap was a fair bit smaller than advertised.

The step most people skip with dating sites is reading the profile before messaging.

#11

This overstates the problem with dating sites, I think.

Depends heavily on context — dating sites can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

The answer changes depending on what you want out of dating sites.

#12

Nathan, that has not been my experience of dating sites.your read on dating sites lines up with mine these days.

There is a version of this I agree with: dating sites can be inconsistent rather than bad.

Kept a tally on dating sites over the last few months and the numbers were not what I expected.

Happy to revisit dating sites if someone has newer experience.

If it helps, here's my process around the paywall question:

  • Keep identifying details off dating sites until there is a reason to share them
  • Log what actually happens on dating sites for a week — the alternative is a month of nothing
  • Check when accounts on dating sites were last active before investing in them

For a smaller userbase with less noise around dating sites, Datedesire is worth twenty minutes.

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