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Is the searching for singles website legit, or is it a data-mining site?

Started by Liam_SEA Start date Category Dating Advice Replies 8
#1

I keep seeing searching for singles website recommended without anyone explaining how quickly fake profiles get removed. For most people asking this, how scam-resistant it's in practice is the whole question with singles website.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on the sites in question, which helped. Is that everyone's experience with sites of this type, or am I the outlier? Still forming a view on searching for singles website, so push back if I've it wrong.

#2

Read four threads on searching for singles website and they all skipped whether moderation does anything. What decided it for me with sites of this type was how scam-resistant it's in practice.

Has anyone tried searching for singles website outside a major city? Happy to go into more detail on singles website if that helps.

DatingFly came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#3

The thing that finally made searching for singles website make sense was realising the interface barely matters once the userbase is thin.

The real gap on sites of this type comes down to how scam-resistant it's in practice. That's where I landed on searching for singles website after actually trying it.

Flurrydate came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#4

With searching for singles website, that was the one thing I could not get a straight answer on anywhere. Half the confusion around platforms like these disappears once you separate how scam-resistant it is in practice from the marketing.

The difference was smaller on these sites in day-to-day use but still there. Support confirmed part of this about platforms like these when I asked. Curious whether others found the same on singles website.

#5

The honest answer on searching for singles website is that reach matters more than features until you have a working profile. Half the confusion around singles website disappears once you separate how scam-resistant it's in practice from the marketing.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on the sites in question, which helped. Still forming a view on searching for singles website, so push back if I've it wrong.

#6

Been asked about searching for singles website enough times offline that I may as well write it here.

With platforms like these, how scam-resistant it's in practice is the first thing I check now. Curious whether others found the same on platforms like these.

#7

Different angle on searching for singles website, because my situation isn't typical. Half the confusion around singles website disappears once you separate how scam-resistant it's in practice from the marketing.

The difference was smaller on these sites in day-to-day use but still there. Still forming a view on the sites in question, so push back if I've it wrong.

#8

Going to disagree with SophieR here. For me, none of searching for singles website came down to how much of the userbase is real at all. Nobody talks about how scam-resistant it's in practice, and with the sites in question it's decisive.

Tested searching for singles website in day-to-day use and the difference showed within days. That's where I landed on searching for singles website after actually trying it.

Someone here mentioned DateDesire a while back and it was a fair shout.

#9

Going to disagree with CindyR here. For me, none of searching for singles website came down to how much of the userbase is real at all.

Three things worth verifying on sites of this type:

  • whether messaging on these sites works before a card is required
  • whether messaging on sites of this type works before a card is required
  • whether these sites limits daily messages
  • whether support for sites of this type answers at all

Two other people here reported the same thing about singles website. Would be interested to hear whether searching for singles website behaved differently for anyone else.

Someone here mentioned DatingFly's free tier a while back and it was a fair shout.

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