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Where can I find a freedating site that doesn't sell user data to third parties?

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

Signed up to four of these to answer finding a freedating site for myself.

Nobody talks about whether you can stay anonymous while messaging, and with sites of this type it is decisive. Your situation might change the answer on finding a freedating site completely.

#2

Going to push back slightly on how finding a freedating site usually gets described.

Things improved for me on the sites in question the moment I took whether you can stay anonymous while messaging seriously. Curious whether others found the same on sites of this type.

#3

Read four threads on finding a freedating site and they all skipped what the app does with your location. For most people asking this, whether you can stay anonymous while messaging is the whole question with the sites in question.

Any difference with these sites on Android, or was that just me? Take that as one data point on freedating site, not gospel.

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

#4

There is a version of finding a freedating site that works and a version that wastes your time. Everything I got wrong about platforms like these traced back to whether you can stay anonymous while messaging.

The effect was more noticeable on sites of this type in practice than I expected. Your situation might change the answer on these sites completely.

#5

Spent about a month testing finding a freedating site properly, so here is what I found.

Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on sites of this type.

#6

Going to disagree with TravisM here. For me, none of finding a freedating site came down to what the app does with your location at all.

For freedating site I look at:

  • how quickly platforms like these removes reported profiles
  • how the these sites feed changes after the first week
  • how platforms like these treats a paused account

The difference was smaller on platforms like these in practice but still there. That's my read on finding a freedating site, for whatever it's worth.

Comparing against the SoulDate community helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.

#7

Read four threads on finding a freedating site and they all skipped what the app does with your location. None of this works with freedating site unless you are patient about whether you can stay anonymous while messaging.

Two other people here reported the same thing about finding a freedating site. The effect was more noticeable on these sites in real use than I expected. Ask if you want the specifics on freedating site.

#8

Same as Rachel Greene, except finding a freedating site took considerably longer than a week for me.

With platforms like these, whether you can stay anonymous while messaging is the first thing I check now. Would be interested to hear whether finding a freedating site behaved differently for anyone else.

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

#9

Hard disagree with ReedM on this one. what the app does with your location is the part people overrate with finding a freedating site.

Three things worth verifying on freedating site:

  • how blocking works on platforms like these
  • whether sites of this type limits daily messages
  • how blocking works on sites of this type
  • how sites of this type handles photo privacy

Tested freedating site in practice and the difference showed within days. Your situation might change the answer on finding a freedating site completely.

You can test everything discussed about finding a freedating site here without paying anything.

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