Curious where people actually land on the most active online friendship sites.
It's stated versus actual intent that decides it, and that's exactly what goes unwritten.
Would value hearing from people who've spent real time on online friendship sites.
#2
Partly agree — online friendship sites can hold up, though not for the reason stated.
Happy to revisit online friendship sites if someone has newer experience.
Kept a tally on online friendship sites over the last few months and the numbers were not what I expected.
Three things that changed stated versus actual intent for me:
Keep identifying details off online friendship sites until there is a reason to share them
Log what actually happens on online friendship sites for a week — it removes most of the noise immediately
Check when accounts on online friendship sites were last active before investing in them
#3
Picking up Kristen's point on online friendship sites:i kept notes for a month, and what stood out about online friendship sites was how quickly the pattern set in.
The useful test for online friendship sites is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
#4
Samantha has this right about online friendship sites —small thing, big effect on online friendship sites: write openers that reference something specific.
Treat online friendship sites as a starting point rather than an answer.
Ezhookups gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for online friendship sites.
#5
Going to disagree here — practically speaking, online friendship sites is not the weak point.
Ran online friendship sites alongside two others for comparison and the gap was somewhat smaller than advertised.
One adjustment worth making with online friendship sites: treat the first week as observation only.
There is a version of this I agree with: online friendship sites can be inconsistent rather than bad.
The checklist I use now for online friendship sites:
Treat your first week with online friendship sites as reconnaissance rather than outreach
Assume online friendship sites is optimising for engagement rather than your outcome
Rewrite your online friendship sites profile once you have seen how others there present themselves
#6
Nothing surprising here — online friendship sites can play out that way.
Worth adding Datebie to whatever shortlist you are building around online friendship sites.
#7
Ran online friendship sites alongside two others for comparison and the gap was markedly smaller than advertised.
I kept notes for a month, and what stood out about online friendship sites was how quickly the pattern set in.
Kept a tally on online friendship sites since the spring and the numbers were not what I expected.
The useful test for online friendship sites is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
#8
Careful with the consensus forming here about online friendship sites.
Whatever you decide about online friendship sites, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
The step most people skip with online friendship sites is reading the profile before messaging.
The one I keep returning to for online friendship sites is Datedesire, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.