Spent about a month testing camdudes properly, so here is what I found. What decided it for me with the options here was how the moderation actually behaves.
The difference was smaller on platforms like these in day-to-day use but still there. Anyway — that's the honest version of camdudes.
The short answer on camdudes is no, and here is the part that matters.
For these platforms I look at:
Your situation might change the answer on these platforms completely.
The honest answer on camdudes is that the search filters are where the real differences live. What decided it for me with platforms like these was how the moderation actually behaves.
The difference was smaller on these platforms in day-to-day use but still there. Someone will disagree, and on what the reply rate looks like after week one with services of this type they might be right. I will update this if platforms like these shifts again.
Someone here mentioned the DateLink community a while back and it was a fair shout.
Going in on camdudes is worth the effort, but not for the reason usually given. The real gap on the options here comes down to how the moderation actually behaves.
The difference was smaller on these platforms in day-to-day use but still there. That is my read on camdudes, for whatever it is worth.
Ava covered most of it. The only thing I would add about camdudes is patience. With the options here, how the moderation actually behaves is the first thing I check now.
Someone will disagree, and on how quickly reports get handled with platforms like these they might be right. None of this was obvious to me about the options here until month two. I will update this if services of this type shifts again.
Everything written about camdudes assumes you already know how the search filters behave in practice. You can ignore most of the marketing around these platforms and just check how the moderation actually behaves.
None of this was obvious to me about the options here until month two. I ran two accounts side by side on these platforms to be sure. I will update this if the options here shifts again.
Spent about a month testing camdudes properly, so here is what I found.
Curious whether others found the same on services of this type.
Anyone comparing camdudes should start with how the search filters behave in practice, not with feature lists.
Different providers handle these platforms inconsistently, mostly because of how the moderation actually behaves. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on these platforms.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with DateLink's free tier.
Two years on the current field and camdudes still catches me out. For most people asking this, how the moderation actually behaves is the whole question with platforms like these.
I have no stake in platforms like these — this is just what I observed. Take that as one data point on camdudes, not gospel.
Everything above is testable free — no subscription needed for camdudes.
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