What are the most active free fwb dating sites?

Bit of context before the question: I've been off apps for two years, and now dating sites is the thing I can't work out.

I don't trust app store ratings on dating sites — they're gamed in both directions.

Specifically, on dating sites, the things I actually care about are:

• Whether active makes any material difference to dating sites
• How much active actually costs you when using dating sites
• Whether dating sites is honest about active up front
• Whether anyone has tested active properly on dating sites
• What the active side of dating sites looks like in practice

Any first-hand experience with dating sites would help more than another list.

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

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

Yes — and the reason dating sites feels so inconsistent is that the answer is genuinely regional.

I keep Datingfly open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with dating sites.

the Flamedate threads is what I ended up using while working through dating sites — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

Disagree with RussellM slightly here on dating sites. Does active actually matter for what you want, or is it a side issue for dating sites?

The active part of this is being overstated, because dating sites was fine for me without it.

Picking up what TamaraJ said — dating sites is regional first. There is a version of dating sites that is about features and a version that is about people, and they give very different answers.

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