Does the mingle2 sign up process require a real phone number?

Not looking for a sales pitch, just experience: does the mingle2 sign up process require a real phone number.

The frustrating part about does mingle is that the honest answers are buried in comment sections, not articles.

For what it's worth I did test a couple of options around does mingle before posting.

Specifically, on does mingle, the things I actually care about are:

• How long does mingle takes before a conversation goes anywhere at all
• What moderation on does mingle actually looks like when you report someone
• How much of the does mingle profile pool is dormant or fake
• Whether process is the reason does mingle feels inconsistent

Any first-hand experience with does mingle would help more than another list.

Good thread — most discussion of does mingle online is astroturfed, so this is refreshing.

Not affiliated with anyone, but the Datebound forums solved the messaging-paywall part of does mingle for me last year.

Once I sorted out process, the rest of does mingle became much more manageable than I expected.

My own run at does mingle: three months, two platforms, and one relationship that lasted about a year — small sample, but real.

Since we're comparing options around does mingle, Datescout came up when I was looking at the same thing.

I keep Turndate open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with does mingle.

Which parts of does mingle have you already tested, so nobody here repeats it back to you?

Someone will probably mention Flurrydate.site before this thread is done.