What are the best fwb sites for finding casual, no-strings-attached partners?

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SebA profile photo
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#1

Genuine question for the board, and I've tried to search first: best fwb sites for finding casual, no-strings-attached partners.

The partners question keeps getting skipped in everything written about fwb sites.

Setting partners aside for a second, this is what I need from fwb sites:

  • What moderation on fwb sites actually looks like when you report someone
  • Whether the fwb sites experience holds up after the first fortnight
  • How the partners experience on fwb sites compares month to month
  • How much of the fwb sites profile pool is dormant or fake
  • What the partners side of fwb sites looks like in practice

Even a 'don't bother' on fwb sites is a useful answer.

Ava Mitchell profile photo
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#2

Good thread — most discussion of fwb sites online is astroturfed, so this is refreshing.

The partners element is where people get stung with fwb sites, so check it before anything else.

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#3

the Datebie forums is what I ended up using while working through fwb sites — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

For fwb sites, log in at a consistent time each evening, because activity windows matter more than people think.

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#4

Disagree with SebA slightly here on fwb sites. The cheap test for fwb sites is whether you can send one message without a card, and if you cannot, move on.

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#5

Be careful with fwb sites: several platforms in this space make deleting your data much harder than creating it.

If partners matters to you then fwb sites narrows fast, and if it does not you have far more room.

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#6

Read the small print on partners before you commit to anything around fwb sites.

Respectfully, I think the framing of fwb sites sets people up to be disappointed.

GarrettL profile photo
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#7

This matches what I've seen with fwb sites, where the pool in your area matters more than any feature list.

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#8

If fwb sites is the question, Datewander is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

I met my partner through something adjacent to fwb sites, so I'm biased, but the process was slower than I expected.

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#9

Tried fwb sites properly last winter, and after a quiet first fortnight it picked up once I rewrote my prompts.

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#10

I keep the Flamedate boards open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with fwb sites.

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#11

The partners angle you raise is the part most threads on fwb sites skip entirely.

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

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#12

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

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