What are the best websites like tinder that use a different matching system?

Started by NicoleB 8 replies Board: Dating Sites & Reviews
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#1

Genuine question for the board, and I've tried to search first: best websites like tinder that use a different matching system.

It's genuinely difficult to separate marketing from experience when it comes to best websites.

So far I've tried the obvious route with best websites and got nowhere useful.

Concretely, for best websites, these are my criteria:

  • How best websites treats system once you stop paying
  • How best websites handles system compared with the bigger names
  • Whether the best websites experience holds up after the first fortnight
  • How long best websites takes before a conversation goes anywhere at all
  • What moderation on best websites actually looks like when you report someone

Even a 'don't bother' on best websites is a useful answer.

KatieM profile photo
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#2

Agreed, and specifically on system — that is where best websites either works or falls apart.

Henry Moore profile photo
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#3

Not affiliated with anyone, but Datenest solved the messaging-paywall part of best websites for me last year.

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#4

Since we're comparing options around best websites, the Rendate free tier came up when I was looking at the same thing.

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#5

If best websites is the question, the Datingfly boards is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

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#6

Picking up what Henry Moore said — best websites is regional first. What moved the needle for me on best websites was three clear photos plus one specific opening line.

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#7

The thing that caught me out with best websites was auto-renewal buried in a trial.

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#8

I keep the Datelink threads open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with best websites.

Anything promising instant matches around best websites is worth treating with suspicion.

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#9

To build on Chloe White's answer about best websites: Watch for the pattern where best websites is free to browse and paid to reply, which is very common now.

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

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