Where can I find the most active online personals for my city?

Started by KatieM 5 replies Board: Local Dating
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KatieM profile photo
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#1

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

Most of what's written about active online personals is either two years out of date or quietly sponsored.

My checklist for active online personals, in rough order of importance:

  • How quickly active online personals puts a paywall in front of a conversation that has started
  • How much of the active online personals profile pool is dormant or fake
  • Whether the matching in active online personals does anything beyond distance
  • How active online personals handles city compared with the bigger names
  • What happens to your data if you delete a active online personals account

Will report back with what I find on active online personals if people are interested.

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#2

Since we're comparing options around active online personals, Datedesire.online came up when I was looking at the same thing.

Alexander Lee profile photo
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#3

The city part of this is being overstated, because active online personals was fine for me without it.

Can I ask what you have already ruled out on active online personals, so nobody repeats what you know?

MateoW profile photo
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#4

Not affiliated with anyone, but the Datescout threads solved the messaging-paywall part of active online personals for me last year.

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#5

Someone recommended Datebie.online to me during my own search around active online personals and it was better than I expected.

The honest answer on active online personals is that it varies, which is unsatisfying but true.

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#6

I'd separate city from active online personals here — conflating them is what muddies these threads.

If you go down the active online personals route, screenshot anything that looks like a scam before you report it.

Ezhookups.online comes up a lot when active online personals gets discussed elsewhere.

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