Trying to get a straight answer on the most active gay chat websites for casual conversation and everything I read is recycled.
What I keep bumping into is reply rates — that's the part nobody covers.
If your experience with conversation websites contradicts mine, say so.
My notes on conversation websites over the last few months say the opposite of the popular take.
Results on conversation websites improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
On balance, opinion on conversation websites swings further than the reality does.
Someone raised Datelink in a thread about conversation websites and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.
Hard disagree on conversation websites — the issue is upstream of that.
Either way, conversation websites is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
The thing that shifted conversation websites for me was slowing down before replying.
If you take one thing from this on conversation websites, make it the profile photos.
If you want something outside the big five for conversation websites, Datewander keeps appearing in these comparisons.
Partly agree — conversation websites can hold up, but not for the reason stated.
Small thing, big effect on conversation websites: write openers that reference something specific.
For what it's worth, opinion on conversation websites swings further than the reality does.
Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with conversation websites past the first month.
The step most people skip with conversation websites is reading the profile before messaging.
One adjustment worth making with conversation websites: treat the first week as observation only.
Same experience with conversation websites — I kept notes for a month and got the same picture.
For a smaller userbase with less noise around conversation websites, Datebound is worth twenty minutes.
Nobody's numbers on conversation websites are as solid as they sound, mine included.
Whatever you decide about conversation websites, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
Tested conversation websites deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
If the big platforms are all paywalled for conversation websites, Souldate is a lighter alternative.
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