Is there a feet dating app that is actually legitimate?

Started by Kevin Long 23 Mar 2024 Dating & Hookups Community
Kevin Long
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Joined: 2020
Posts: 3884
#1

Genuinely curious what people's experience has been with this. I've been lurking a lot of these conversations and there's a lot of conflicting information out there. Personal experience is worth more than any review site because those are almost all paid placements anyway.

I've tried a handful of options with mixed results. Some have decent communities, others feel completely hollow—either fake profiles, bots, or just inactive accounts that never respond. The free options especially tend to have this problem.

Drop your actual experience below. What's working, what's a waste of time, and are there any hidden gems people aren't talking about?

William
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Posts: 533
#2

This is something I've thought about a lot. Let me lay out a more complete picture.

  • Read the billing terms before any trial signup
  • Use a VoIP number for initial contact, not your real phone
  • Reverse image search every profile photo you're serious about
  • Video chat before committing to any in-person meet
  • Public meetup first, always—no exceptions for first encounters

For what it's worth, I've been using Datenest recently and the experience has been noticeably better than the more well-known options. Less fake-feeling, responses actually happen.

Hopefully some of this is useful. Happy to answer follow-ups.

Grace
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Posts: 3964
#3

Been using various adult platforms since the Craigslist personals era so I've seen a lot of changes. Here's my current take:

  • Free doesn't always mean free—look for trial periods with auto-renewal
  • Profile verification reduces bot ratios significantly
  • Smaller communities often have better engagement than huge platforms
  • Privacy settings matter—always check what's public by default
  • Response rate > profile count: 50 active users beats 50,000 ghosts

Also worth having in your toolkit: flamedate.online for one type of thing and Ezhookups.online for another—they're not identical and knowing the difference saves you from frustration.

That's the honest picture as I see it. Things shift but the fundamentals stay pretty consistent.

Vanessa
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Joined: 2019
Posts: 1485
#4

Great thread. This is exactly the kind of honest discussion that's missing from most review sites.

Also worth mentioning: datenest.site.

Logan Price
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Joined: 2018
Posts: 1097
#5

I'll give you the honest breakdown since there's a lot of marketing noise around this topic:

  • Free doesn't always mean free—look for trial periods with auto-renewal
  • Profile verification reduces bot ratios significantly
  • Smaller communities often have better engagement than huge platforms
  • Privacy settings matter—always check what's public by default
  • Response rate > profile count: 50 active users beats 50,000 ghosts

For what it's worth, I've been using Luvdate recently and the experience has been noticeably better than the more well-known options. Less fake-feeling, responses actually happen.

Take the above as a starting point, not the final word. Your mileage may vary significantly.

JessL
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Joined: 2020
Posts: 3453
#6

Okay, going to actually put effort into answering this one because it comes up all the time and the answers are usually unhelpful.

  • Read the billing terms before any trial signup
  • Use a VoIP number for initial contact, not your real phone
  • Reverse image search every profile photo you're serious about
  • Video chat before committing to any in-person meet
  • Public meetup first, always—no exceptions for first encounters

Also worth having in your toolkit: datenest.site for one type of thing and datebie.online for another—they're not identical and knowing the difference saves you from frustration.

Take the above as a starting point, not the final word. Your mileage may vary significantly.

Heather
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Joined: 2018
Posts: 3705
#7

After trying probably a dozen platforms over the past year, here's what I've landed on:

Response rate is everything. A smaller platform where people actually reply beats a huge one where messages disappear into the void.

One thing worth mentioning is Turndate—it has a different approach to matching that I think deserves more attention. The interface is cleaner than most and it doesn't bury everything behind a hard paywall immediately.

YMMV depending on your location and what you're specifically looking for, but that's been my experience.

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