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What are the free friendship sites for meeting people nearby?

Started by CarlaM Start date Category Local Dating Replies 8
#1

The short answer on free friendship sites for meeting people nearby is yes, with one condition. I stopped comparing feature lists on the sites in question and started comparing whether free means browse-only.

I ran two accounts side by side on free friendship sites to be sure. That's where I landed on free friendship sites for meeting people nearby after actually trying it.

#2

CarlaM covered most of it. The only thing I would add about free friendship sites for meeting people nearby is patience.

For platforms like these I look at:

  • how the sites of this type feed changes after the first week
  • how the platforms like these feed changes after the first week
  • how visible your profile is by default on friendship sites
  • how free friendship sites treats a paused account

This is four months of steady use on these sites, not a trial run. Your situation might change the answer on sites of this type completely.

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

#3

If you're asking about free friendship sites for meeting people nearby because of where the paywall really sits, the answer changes. Nobody talks about whether free means browse-only, and with sites of this type it's decisive.

Anyone found how the pricing tiers are structured handled well anywhere in the sites in question? I will update this if the sites in question shifts again.

#4

I approached free friendship sites for meeting people nearby the wrong way at first and it cost me a few weeks.

My short checklist for free friendship sites:

  • whether you can hide distance on platforms like these
  • whether you can hide distance on friendship sites
  • whether platforms like these limits daily messages
  • whether the free tier on free friendship sites includes search filters

Worth noting that the sites in question changed after their last update. Worth testing the sites in question yourself before taking my word for it.

#5

Not sure I agree with CarlaM. Results on free friendship sites for meeting people nearby depend far more on without a long commute than on how the pricing tiers are structured. All of this makes more sense once you accept that whether free means browse-only varies wildly across free friendship sites.

The difference was smaller on friendship sites close to home but still there. How long did these sites take before anyone here got a real reply? Curious whether others found the same on friendship sites.

Someone here mentioned the DateLink community a while back and it was a fair shout.

#6

Pushing back on SarahD: how the pricing tiers are structured isn't the deciding factor with free friendship sites for meeting people nearby, reach is. What nobody said about friendship sites is that whether free means browse-only changes month to month.

Tested platforms like these close to home and the difference showed within days. Ask if you want the specifics on sites of this type.

#7

I read NathanH's reply twice and still think it comes down to something else entirely on free friendship sites for meeting people nearby. What nobody said about friendship sites is that whether free means browse-only changes month to month.

I ran two accounts side by side on these sites to be sure. Did anyone else find how the pricing tiers are structured got worse recently on sites of this type? Ask if you want the specifics on these sites.

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

#8

LarryC, that's fair for most people asking this, but it plays out differently on free friendship sites for meeting people nearby for everyone else. What decided it for me with free friendship sites was whether free means browse-only.

Has anyone tried sites of this type outside a major city? Curious whether others found the same on these sites.

#9

The framing of free friendship sites for meeting people nearby is where most people go wrong. Everything I got wrong about free friendship sites traced back to whether free means browse-only.

Anyone compared platforms like these against the paid alternatives properly? That is everything useful I have on free friendship sites for meeting people nearby.

If you want a lighter-weight option, Datebie itself is worth a look.

Try free friendship sites for meeting people nearby on a platform that does not paywall the first message.

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