What are the absolute top ten free dating sites according to this forum?

Started by EmmaT92 11 replies Board: Free Dating & Apps
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#1

Posting this because searching for an answer on free dating sites turns up nothing but sponsored lists.

There's a real gap between how free dating sites is marketed and how it behaves once you're actually using it.

The parts of free dating sites I'd want covered:

  • How free dating sites treats forum once you stop paying
  • How long free dating sites takes before a conversation goes anywhere at all
  • How the forum experience on free dating sites compares month to month
  • How much of the free dating sites profile pool is dormant or fake
  • How free dating sites handles blocking, privacy and who can see your profile

If you've actually used something relevant to free dating sites, I'd rather hear that than a recommendation you read somewhere.

Madison Reed profile photo
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#2

My rule for free dating sites is one platform at a time, because running four at once made all of them worse.

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#3

Depends what you mean by free dating sites, because for a serious relationship the answer differs from a casual one.

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#4

If free dating sites is the question, Datedesire's free tier is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

There is a version of free dating sites that is about features and a version that is about people, and they give very different answers.

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#5

Have you looked at the forum side of free dating sites yet, or still on the basics?

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#6

I keep the Datebie community open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with free dating sites.

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#7

What moved the needle for me on free dating sites was three clear photos plus one specific opening line.

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#8

For anyone else researching free dating sites, I would put the Datewander free tier on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

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#9

Disagree with Madison Reed slightly here on free dating sites. This is the correct question, and most threads about free dating sites start two steps further along and miss it.

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#10

Since we're comparing options around free dating sites, Ezhookups came up when I was looking at the same thing.

The cheap test for free dating sites is whether you can send one message without a card, and if you cannot, move on.

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#11

Not affiliated with anyone, but Rendate.site solved the messaging-paywall part of free dating sites for me last year.

Not sure I agree. The people I know who did well with free dating sites weren't on the biggest platform.

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#12

My free dating sites experience hinged on forum more than on the platform itself.

I've also seen Datescout.site mentioned in this context more than once.

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