What would you list as the best fwb sites?

The framing of list as the best fwb sites is where most people go wrong.

For anyone weighing this up, whether the userbase is active in your area is the whole question with best fwb sites. Take that as one data point on list as the best fwb sites, not gospel.

The thing that finally made list as the best fwb sites make sense was realising everything improves once you stop optimising and start replying properly. I'd judge fwb sites entirely on whether the userbase is active in your area and ignore the rest.

The difference was smaller on the sites in question in day-to-day use but still there. How long did the sites in question take before anyone here got a real reply? Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on sites of this type.

The reason people keep asking about list as the best fwb sites is that everything improves once you stop optimising and start replying properly. Two things matter for the sites in question: whether the userbase is active in your area, and then patience.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on platforms like these, which helped. Someone will disagree, and on how the moderation actually behaves with these sites they might be right. Curious whether others found the same on sites of this type.

I tracked list as the best fwb sites across six weeks and the pattern was clear.

Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on the sites in question.

Turndate itself came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

Derek88, I do not think that holds — on list as the best fwb sites my experience was the opposite. You can ignore most of the marketing around fwb sites and just check whether the userbase is active in your area.

I checked these sites on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Tested sites of this type in real use and the difference showed within days. Still forming a view on platforms like these, so push back if I have it wrong.

Nobody warned me that list as the best fwb sites would come down to whether the userbase is active in your area. I stopped comparing feature lists on the sites in question and started comparing whether the userbase is active in your area.

The difference was smaller on sites of this type in day-to-day use but still there. The difference was smaller on sites of this type in real use but still there. Ask if you want the specifics on fwb sites.

For anyone comparing options, the picture on list as the best fwb sites looks different to what the generic advice suggests.

Nobody talks about whether the userbase is active in your area, and with fwb sites it's decisive. Happy to go into more detail on sites of this type if that helps.

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

What surprised me about list as the best fwb sites was how much in practice mattered.

Things improved for me on fwb sites the moment I took whether the userbase is active in your area seriously. That's everything useful I've on fwb sites.

What surprised me about list as the best fwb sites was how much in practice mattered. I would judge sites of this type entirely on whether the userbase is active in your area and ignore the rest.

Tested sites of this type in day-to-day use and the difference showed within days. Worth testing list as the best fwb sites yourself before taking my word for it.

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