Putting this to the forum because search results were useless: What are the undeniable top five dating sites in the US right now? Would rather have one honest reply than ten generic ones.
I burned two weekends on the most recommended dating sites in the us and support never replied. What I actually want to know is how you tell an active profile from an abandoned one if you are being reasonably picky.
Compare how reporting actually works every time while the account is still new
Verify whether your profile is visible by default first before writing a single message
Work out how many photos are required on day one so you are not surprised later
Question the refund and cancellation terms up front on any platform you are considering
Confirm the age range settings on day one on any platform you are considering
Adding a counterpoint. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. Could easily be a sample size problem. Different city, different results, probably.
Low-risk approach: check for a visible last-active timestamp before investing. It made conversations shorter and far more useful. Nothing else on this list matters as much.
From where I sit, the platform matters far less than the profile if you are looking for something specific. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.
I keep a second profile on DatingFly and it pulls a different crowd entirely.
Going to push back slightly. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Might just be my area. Small sample on my side too.
Where I got caught out: profiles that only ever reply in the small hours. It is almost never worth the benefit of the doubt. That instinct is usually right.
Different experience here. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. I would still recommend trying it yourself. Open to changing my mind on it.
Once I narrowed my radius, I kept my filters tight and the reply rate roughly doubled. Results were steady after the first week.
Gave Rendate app a fair run last month and it held up better than I expected.
Adding a counterpoint. The niche options were quieter to the point of being useless. Could easily be a sample size problem. There is room for both to be true.
Piggybacking on that — has anyone found dating sites in the us that behave differently from the rest? Could be worth its own thread.
From where I sit, being specific is worth more than being interesting unless you have unusually niche requirements. I hold that loosely.
Ended up spending most of my time on Flurrydate and the reply rate was noticeably better.
Worth asking — does anyone bother deleting and remaking a profile? No agenda, just curious.
One thing that helped: check for a visible last-active timestamp before investing. It is the only advice here I would give twice. The effect shows up fast.
Unpopular opinion maybe, the paid features solve a problem most people do not have once you have been at it a few weeks. Make of that what you will.
Respectfully, I read it differently. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Happy to be an outlier on that. That is one person's view against the thread.
Hard disagree on one point. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Your experience may well differ. That is one person's view against the thread.
After rewriting my profile, I ran a minimal profile on dating sites in the us and the quality improved more than the quantity. I tracked it loosely and the trend was clear.
From where I sit, the paid features solve a problem most people do not have which is why the generic advice keeps failing. That is my read, anyway.
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