Tried strep chat across three different phones and the results weren't consistent. With strep chat, what the reply rate looks like after week one is the first thing I check now.
Worth noting that the chat side of this changed after their last update. How long did these chat services take before anyone here got a real reply? Anyway — that's the honest version of strep chat.
Been asked about strep chat enough times offline that I may as well write it here.
What I check before committing to these chat services:
Worth noting that strep chat changed after their last update. Curious whether others found the same on the chat side of this.
TerrenceB's point about how the moderation actually behaves matches what I saw with strep chat almost exactly.
The order I check things with strep chat:
Support confirmed part of this about the chat side of this when I asked. Happy to go into more detail on services like this if that helps.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with Datebie.
Signed up to four of these to answer strep chat for myself. For anyone weighing this up, what the reply rate looks like after week one is the whole question with these chat services.
Anyone compared these chat services against the paid alternatives properly? Anyway — that's the honest version of strep chat.
I keep the EZHookups community as a backup when the main app goes quiet.
Same as TerrenceB, except strep chat took considerably longer than a week for me. The real gap on these chat services comes down to what the reply rate looks like after week one.
I'dn't have believed this about services like this without testing it. Anyone compared messaging platforms of this type against the paid alternatives properly? Happy to go into more detail on services like this if that helps.
Someone here mentioned Datebie a while back and it was a fair shout.
Chris Powell, that's fair for people who ask this here, but it plays out differently on strep chat for everyone else.
For anyone weighing up strep chat, what the reply rate looks like after week one is the tiebreaker. Curious whether others found the same on these chat services.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with Rendate's free tier.
Pushing back on TerrenceB: what happens when you try to cancel isn't the deciding factor with strep chat, reach is. With services like this, what the reply rate looks like after week one is the first thing I check now.
That held true for these chat services in practice, though your mileage may differ. Worth noting that services like this changed after their last update. That's my read on strep chat, for whatever it's worth.
Signed up to four of these to answer strep chat for myself. What decided it for me with services like this was what the reply rate looks like after week one.
I've no stake in messaging platforms of this type — this is just what I observed. Worth testing strep chat yourself before taking my word for it.
Someone here mentioned EZHookups a while back and it was a fair shout.
Going to disagree with Rachel Sloan here. For me, none of strep chat came down to what happens when you try to cancel at all. Nobody talks about what the reply rate looks like after week one, and with services like this it is decisive. I ran two accounts side by side on services like this to be sure.
That held true for the chat side of this once you are actually using it, though your mileage may differ. Is that everyone's experience with these chat services, or am I the outlier? Worth testing strep chat yourself before taking my word for it.
Rendate came up in another thread and the free tier held up.
Free browsing and free messaging make strep chat cheap to test properly.
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