What happens when you join a dating site without subscription—do they restrict your photos?

Started by LeviR21 8 replies Board: Free Dating & Apps
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LeviR21 profile photo
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#1

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

The restrict question keeps getting skipped in everything written about dating site.

I gave dating site about two weeks of honest effort before deciding to ask.

Where restrict is concerned, these are the dating site questions I have:

  • How the restrict experience on dating site compares month to month
  • How much of the dating site profile pool is dormant or fake
  • Whether restrict is the reason dating site feels inconsistent
  • What the restrict side of dating site looks like in practice
  • Whether anyone has tested restrict properly on dating site

Tell me what I'm missing about dating site.

GarrettL profile photo
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#2

Since we're comparing options around dating site, Flamedate.online came up when I was looking at the same thing.

I'd qualify this: dating site works fine if you're in a city, less so otherwise.

James Carter profile photo
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#3

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

OwenM profile photo
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#4

Picking up what LeviR21 said — dating site is regional first. Set a deadline when you try dating site, or it becomes a scrolling habit rather than an actual search.

ChrisV profile photo
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#5

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

CharlotteH profile photo
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#6

Disagree on one point: dating site is far less platform-dependent than people here are assuming.

Which parts of dating site have you already tested, so nobody here repeats it back to you?

Liam Walker profile photo
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#7

Adding Datebound to the pile for dating site, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

I'd separate restrict from dating site here — conflating them is what muddies these threads.

Ethan Parker profile photo
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#8

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

Mila Jordan profile photo
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#9

A friend had a good outcome with dating site and a bad one with the app everyone recommends, which tells you something.

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

For completeness, Datenest.online sits in the same category for dating site.

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