Does the sexx chat app require you to verify your phone number?

Straightforward question: Does the sexx chat app require you to verify your phone number? Details matter more than opinions here.

I have been comparing the usual sexx chat app and I want to know if that is normal. What nobody seems to answer is whether the free option is genuinely usable as someone coming back after a long break.

• Work out whether your profile is visible by default up front if privacy matters to you
• Double-check how blocking is handled every time especially on a platform you have not used before
• Check how reporting actually works early on so you are not surprised later
• Assess how matches are ordered properly so you are not surprised later

Before anything else: cut your photo count in half. It costs nothing and the difference shows quickly. Do it before anything more elaborate.

Different experience here. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Take that with the usual caveats. I would still test it yourself.

Since switching my settings, I tested two profiles side by side and I finally stopped wasting evenings. Results were steady after the first week.

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

For about six weeks, I limited myself to three conversations at once and the difference showed up within a week. That held for about two months.

• Check the distance filter default properly on any platform you are considering
• Compare the age range settings first rather than taking the marketing at face value
• Look at how reporting actually works properly before you widen your search

In my experience, the first message decides almost everything if you are looking for something specific. That is my read, anyway.

Before anything else: read the profile before writing anything. That one change fixed most of my problems. Easiest change on this list.

Since this thread is active — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? Genuinely do not know the answer.

Still keep Luvdate (free to message) installed for the weeks when the bigger apps go quiet.

Not sure I agree with the thread so far. The niche options were quieter to the point of being useless. Take that with the usual caveats. I would still test it yourself.

Earlier this year, I answered everything within a day and it saved me a lot of pointless typing. Worth repeating if you have the patience.

If you want a shortcut: read the profile before writing anything. It removes about half the frustration. Do it before anything more elaborate.

Anyone else find that — does the same advice work for people looking for something casual? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.

Switched over to luvdate.site after getting nowhere on the big names.

Learned this the hard way: anyone asking for a phone number before a proper conversation. It saves a lot of wasted messages. Save yourself the argument.

• Work out the refund and cancellation terms straight away before you widen your search
• Check what the free tier really includes every time before you widen your search
• Review the last-active timestamp first so you are not surprised later

One thing that helped: write one sentence that only you could have written. It made conversations shorter and far more useful. Reversible if you hate it.

For what it is worth, the first message decides almost everything for anyone starting from scratch. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.

When I first started, I answered everything within a day and the difference showed up within a week. Same pattern every week.

Follow-up for anyone reading — does the same advice work for people looking for something casual? Feels like something someone must have tested.

Earlier this year, I messaged first every single time and I stopped taking silences personally. Nothing scientific about it.

Adding a counterpoint. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Happy to be an outlier on that. I would still test it yourself.

Before anything else: keep the first meet under an hour. It also makes the meet-up conversation much easier. Nothing else on this list matters as much.