Is penelope_cooper1 taking custom video requests right now?

Simple question, probably a complicated answer: Is penelope_cooper1 taking custom video requests right now? Happy to hear negative experiences too.

I have been using the most recommended adult dating platforms and the matches were nowhere near me. The specific thing I am after is whether the free option is genuinely usable when you have already tried the obvious options.

Over the winter, I answered everything within a day and I stopped taking silences personally. Small sample, but consistent.

• Note how blocking is handled on day one rather than taking the marketing at face value
• Confirm how blocking is handled up front in the first day or two
• Question the refund and cancellation terms early on if you plan to use it long-term
• Question whether profiles are verified properly while the account is still new
• Look at the distance filter default before writing a single message

Adding a counterpoint. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Take that with the usual caveats. Could be timing rather than the platform.

Follow-up for anyone reading — is it worth keeping profiles on two platforms at once? Might just be me overthinking it.

Ended up spending most of my time on Datedesire app and the reply rate was noticeably better.

I will be the dissenting voice. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Worth testing both ways. I might be the exception.

One more thing I have never resolved — does the same advice work for people looking for something casual? Someone here must have tried both.

Least effort, most return: message within a day of matching. It is the only advice here I would give twice. It compounds with everything else.

Not a popular take here, free tiers are usually enough if you actually use them if you are looking for something specific. The exceptions are rarer than people think.

Switched over to Flurrydate after getting nowhere on the big names.

Red flag for me: sites that hide the message count behind an upgrade. I stopped giving second chances on that one. Better safe than curious.

• Read up on whether your profile is visible by default if privacy matters to you
• Assess the refund and cancellation terms before anything else before writing a single message
• Compare whether profiles are verified without exception so you are not surprised later
• Test whether messaging is capped straight away before writing a single message

That has not been my experience at all. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Might just be my area. Small sample on my side too.

Worth testing for a week: set your radius smaller than feels sensible. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. Try it for one week only.

For what it is worth, Flurrydate's free tier was the one that finally got me past the first-message stage.

Since this thread is active — does profile order change if you log in more often? I have never seen data either way.

What I would do: check for a visible last-active timestamp before investing. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. Zero cost to test it.

Respectfully, I read it differently. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Worth testing both ways. I have been wrong about this before.

Last month, I ignored anything without a visible last-active date and the difference showed up within a week. Could be luck; it did not feel like it.

Worth testing for a week: message within a day of matching. It costs nothing and the difference shows quickly. Zero cost to test it.

• Check the refund and cancellation terms straight away especially on a platform you have not used before
• Confirm what the free tier really includes up front before writing a single message
• Look at how matches are ordered at the start rather than taking the marketing at face value

Last month, I limited myself to three conversations at once and the whole thing felt less like admin. Nothing scientific about it.

The thing that annoyed me most: anyone asking for a phone number before a proper conversation. It saves a lot of wasted messages. Nobody has ever thanked me for being patient there.

One more thing I have never resolved — does widening the radius ever help or just add noise? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.