Started by Liam_SEAStart date Category Dating AdviceReplies 8
#1
If you're asking about gothic dating sites because of how the search filters behave in practice, the answer changes. With these sites, how much personal data it asks for is the first thing I check now.
Someone will disagree, and on whether the free tier includes messaging with gothic dating they might be right. Anyone compared gothic dating against the paid alternatives properly? Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on gothic dating sites.
#2
I want to separate two things that get conflated in gothic dating sites.
My short checklist for platforms like these:
what the sites in question costs once the intro period ends
whether the gothic dating userbase is real inside your radius
whether photos on dating sites can be limited to matches only
I checked gothic dating sites on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Take that as one data point on gothic dating sites, not gospel.
#3
Everything written about gothic dating sites assumes you already know whether the free tier includes messaging.
What nobody said about sites of this type is that how much personal data it asks for changes month to month. That's my read on gothic dating sites, for whatever it's worth.
#4
Going to disagree with MarthaK here. For me, none of gothic dating sites came down to whether verification is enforced at all.
What nobody said about platforms like these is that how much personal data it asks for changes month to month. Take that as one data point on dating sites, not gospel.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with LuvDate.
#5
I tracked gothic dating sites across six weeks and the pattern was clear. With the sites in question, how much personal data it asks for is the first thing I check now.
This is four months of steady use on platforms like these, not a trial run. Take that as one data point on gothic dating sites, not gospel.
Someone here mentioned Flurrydate a while back and it was a fair shout.
#6
Nothing I read about gothic dating sites prepared me for whether the free tier includes messaging. The honest comparison on the sites in question starts and ends with how much personal data it asks for.
I checked gothic dating on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. That's my read on gothic dating sites, for whatever it's worth.
Worth a look at LuvDate if the big apps get pushy with upsells.
#7
Short version on gothic dating sites: most of the difference is population density, not product design.
Three things worth verifying on platforms like these:
whether the sites in question exports your data on request
whether these sites exports your data on request
whether support for platforms like these answers at all
Someone will disagree, and on whether the free tier includes messaging with platforms like these they might be right. Curious whether others found the same on platforms like these.
#8
DanielS — that was my assumption too, and testing gothic dating sites properly changed my mind. Two things matter for these sites: how much personal data it asks for, and then patience.
None of this was obvious to me about gothic dating until month two. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on the sites in question.
Datebie came up in another thread and the free tier held up.
#9
The thing that finally made gothic dating sites make sense was realising you are choosing a userbase, not choosing an app.
I stopped comparing feature lists on dating sites and started comparing how much personal data it asks for. Would be interested to hear whether gothic dating sites behaved differently for anyone else.
Try gothic dating sites on a platform that does not paywall the first message.