Is there a legitimate alternative to craigslist personals for locals?

Posting this because searching for an answer on craigslist personals turns up nothing but sponsored lists.

Nobody writing about craigslist personals seems willing to say plainly when something isn't worth the time.

So far I've tried the obvious route with craigslist personals and got nowhere useful.

What I'm trying to weigh up with craigslist personals:

• How visible craigslist personals keeps you when you are not paying for a boost
• Whether the craigslist personals experience holds up after the first fortnight
• How much locals actually costs you when using craigslist personals

Genuinely open to being argued out of my assumptions on craigslist personals.

This tracks. Once locals enters the picture, craigslist personals stops being a simple comparison.

I keep the Turndate threads open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with craigslist personals.

Flurrydate is what I ended up using while working through craigslist personals — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

Respectfully, I think the framing of craigslist personals sets people up to be disappointed.

If craigslist personals is the question, the Flamedate free tier is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Someone recommended the Ezhookups community to me during my own search around craigslist personals and it was better than I expected.

Picking up what Benjamin Davis said — craigslist personals is regional first. For craigslist personals, log in at a consistent time each evening, because activity windows matter more than people think.

Adding the Datenest forums to the pile for craigslist personals, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

MasonC, that's roughly where I landed on craigslist personals too. It's telling how many replies here about craigslist personals contradict each other — that's the honest state of it.

Hard disagree on the locals point. That has not been my experience of craigslist personals at all.

To build on EmmaT92's answer about craigslist personals: This matches what I've seen with craigslist personals, where the pool in your area matters more than any feature list.

Someone will probably mention Datebie.online before this thread is done.