Does anyone else get a 404 error when trying to load strilchat today?

Putting this to the forum because search results were useless: Does anyone else get a 404 error when trying to load strilchat today? Real experiences only, please.

Someone recommended the most recommended adult dating platforms and I would rather not repeat the mistake. What I actually want to know is what people wish they had known before signing up before committing any real time to it.

• Check the age range settings early on while the account is still new
• Find out how matches are ordered straight away before you upload anything personal
• Test whether messaging is capped up front before you widen your search
• Question the distance filter default carefully before writing a single message

Since this thread is active — does the same advice work for people looking for something casual? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.

After my second attempt, I tried the opposite of what the guides say and it made a noticeable difference. Repeated it twice to be sure.

Adding a counterpoint. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Could easily be a sample size problem. I have been wrong about this before.

Switched over to the Datedesire app after getting nowhere on the big names.

When I first started, I answered everything within a day and I got three real plans out of it. Worth repeating if you have the patience.

For what it is worth, profile quality beats profile quantity every time if you are looking for something specific. Ask again in six months and I may say something else.

Before anything else: stop treating it like a numbers game. You will know within a week whether it works for you. Skip the clever stuff until you have done that.

That has not been my experience at all. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Could easily be a sample size problem. Different city, different results, probably.

A friend has had far more luck on Datenest community than on anything mainstream.

I will be the dissenting voice. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Might just be my area. I would still test it yourself.

Not a popular take here, the algorithm gets blamed for a lot of ordinary bad luck if you are looking for something specific. Feel free to prove me wrong.

Since switching my settings, I stopped explaining myself in the first message and it saved me a lot of pointless typing. Same pattern every week.

Someone in another thread pointed me at Souldate community and it turned out to be decent advice.

The advice I wish I had: stop treating it like a numbers game. It also makes the meet-up conversation much easier. Skip the clever stuff until you have done that.

Honestly, review sites and real experience rarely agree unless you have unusually niche requirements. That is my read, anyway.

Since switching my settings, I answered everything within a day and the conversations got shorter but better. Could be luck; it did not feel like it.

Before anything else: stop opening with a compliment. It filters out the time-wasters immediately. Reversible if you hate it.

In my experience, the paid features solve a problem most people do not have unless you have unusually niche requirements. Others here will disagree.

That has not been my experience at all. The niche options were quieter to the point of being useless. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Different city, different results, probably.