Does anyone still use gay video chat roulette or is it outdated?

For anyone the mainstream filters handle badly, the picture on using gay video chat roulette looks different to what the generic advice suggests. Everything I got wrong about these chat services traced back to what the reply rate looks like after week one.

Is that everyone's experience with messaging platforms of this type, or am I the outlier? Anyway — that's the honest version of using gay video chat roulette.

Nothing I read about using gay video chat roulette prepared me for whether the userbase is active in your area.

For gay video chat I look at:

• what the chat side of this costs once the intro period ends
• whether verification on the chat side of this is enforced or merely offered
• how these chat services handles photo privacy
• how the reply rate on these chat services holds after week two

Tested video chat in day-to-day use and the difference showed within days. I have no stake in video chat — this is just what I observed. Take that as one data point on the chat side of this, not gospel.

Came here specifically because every article on using gay video chat roulette reads like it was written by someone who never tried it.

You can ignore most of the marketing around messaging platforms of this type and just check what the reply rate looks like after week one. Curious whether others found the same on the chat side of this.

Not sure I agree with AnnaK. Results on using gay video chat roulette depend far more on after the first few days than on what the reply rate looks like after week one.

Three things worth verifying on messaging platforms of this type:

• how many services like this accounts look dormant
• whether the messaging platforms of this type userbase is real inside your radius
• whether photos on video chat can be limited to matches only
• what gay video chat costs once the intro period ends

Ask if you want the specifics on gay video chat.

I keep DateDesire's free tier as a backup when the main app goes quiet.

Pushing back on AnnaK: what the reply rate looks like after week one is not the deciding factor with using gay video chat roulette, reach is. I would judge video chat entirely on what the reply rate looks like after week one and ignore the rest.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on video chat, which helped. This is four months of steady use on services like this, not a trial run. Your situation might change the answer on these chat services completely.

I keep DateWander as a backup when the main app goes quiet.

AmandaH — that was my assumption too, and testing using gay video chat roulette properly changed my mind. None of this works with video chat unless you're patient about what the reply rate looks like after week one.

The difference was smaller on gay video chat in day-to-day use but still there. Did anyone else find what the reply rate looks like after week one got worse recently on gay video chat? I will update this if gay video chat shifts again.

Worth a look at EZHookups if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

Honestly, this got easier than expected once you are choosing a userbase, not choosing an app — at least with using gay video chat roulette. With messaging platforms of this type, what the reply rate looks like after week one is the first thing I check now.

I ran two accounts side by side on these chat services to be sure. How long did gay video chat take before anyone here got a real reply? Worth testing the chat side of this yourself before taking my word for it.

For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with DateScout.

DouglasW is right about what happens when you try to cancel, though I would add that using gay video chat roulette still varies by platform.

The real gap on gay video chat comes down to what the reply rate looks like after week one. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on the chat side of this.

For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with the DateLink community.

My take on using gay video chat roulette is unpopular here but it held up.

I rate the chat side of this on what the reply rate looks like after week one and nothing else, in day-to-day use. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on using gay video chat roulette.

I keep the DateScout community as a backup when the main app goes quiet.