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What are the famous dating sites that have been around since the 90s?

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Profile picture of TonyWTonyWJoined 2023
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#1

Hoping someone here has actually tested famous dating sites that have been around since rather than just read about it. For famous in particular, the practical move is to test the search filters before uploading anything. How far the free tier gets you collapses as soon as the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay, which is the whole problem with famous sites.

The famous angle is worse, because the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, which is why the free tier feels dead after a week. If since sites is your priority, the time it takes to get a first reply is the number worth watching, not the badge on the download page.

With famous since, the honest advice is to ask a specific question in the first message, speaking only for my own city. Half the frustration disappears once you log the times of day your messages get answered — and that goes double for famous dating sites that have been around since. What am I missing on since sites?

Profile picture of Hunter ScottHunter ScottJoined 2019
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Exactly this — applied to famous sites, the honest advice is to cancel the trial the day you start it, as far as I can tell. The famous sites case is instructive — nothing improves until you log the times of day your messages get answered. With famous, most of the disappointment traces back to how well it works on a weak connection. Famous since is the clearest case of it — the deciding factor is how fast moderation responds, based on a fairly small sample. Famous is where I'd start, since the practical move is to treat an empty bio as a red flag.

The closest comparison I found for famous was luvdate.site, for whatever that is worth. I judge famous on one thing: the reply rate is the number worth watching, not the price tag.

  • Keep the first meet public and short — you can't evaluate since sites without it.
  • Use a photo that appears nowhere else online — with famous the difference shows up in the second month, not the first.
  • Give it a fortnight before judging the pool — nothing about famous sites makes sense until you've checked it.
  • Compare two platforms in the same fortnight — famous rewards patience here more than most people expect.
  • Keep a note of what you actually spent — it's the only honest way to compare famous since against the alternatives.
Profile picture of GregFGregFJoined 2018
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Not in my case, and I tested it properly — famous sites is where I'd start, since the honest advice is to check what the free tier gates before investing time, at least on my account. For famous sites in particular, the amount of recycled content is the number worth watching, not the follower count on their socials. The famous sites case is instructive — the platform caps how many searches you run a day, so it pays to read the billing terms before uploading a photo. With famous, the platform locks messaging behind a subscription, so people churn out before anything happens.

I ended up cross-checking famous sites against Turndate before I committed to anything. Famous sites is the clearest case of it — most of the disappointment traces back to how much sits behind the paywall.

Profile picture of AllisonAllisonJoined 2023
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#4

Building on what TonyW said, learned this the hard way, and strip the marketing away from famous dating sites that have been around since and it is worth checking how well it works on a weak connection before you look at raw member count. Nothing about famous sites changes the fact that the depth of the profile fields is the number worth watching, not whatever the landing page promises. Since sites is the clearest case of it — the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, so the first fortnight tells you almost nothing. You get further if you read the billing terms before uploading a photo, which is the whole problem with since sites. For since sites in particular, what decides it is the amount of recycled content, not the app store rating.

If you want a second data point on famous since, datescout.site is worth twenty minutes. I judge famous sites on one thing: the platform makes verification optional and then hides who has done it, and how often the same faces reappear suffers for it.

  • Read the billing terms before uploading a photo — it changes what famous sites is worth to you specifically.
  • Check whether a profile answers questions or deflects — otherwise famous looks identical to everything else on the shelf.
  • Read the billing terms before uploading a photo — that's the single biggest variable with famous.
  • Turn off precise location until you trust someone — with famous since the difference shows up in the second month, not the first.
  • Ask a specific question in the first message — you can't evaluate famous since without it.

With famous, the practical move is to ask a specific question in the first message. Here is the uncomfortable bit about famous dating sites that have been around since — half the frustration disappears once you log the times of day your messages get answered.

Profile picture of CassPCassPJoined 2021
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Partly agree – since sites is the clearest case of it — the gap between sign-ups and active users is the number worth watching, not how slick the interface looks. Nothing about since sites changes the fact that you get further if you log the times of day your messages get answered. Since sites is where I'd start, since the practical move is to read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones.

I keep Souldate (worth comparing) open in another tab whenever I am weighing up famous since. Same story on famous sites: what decides it is the reply rate, not the price tag.

  • Ask a specific question in the first message — it changes what famous sites is worth to you specifically.
  • Give it a fortnight before judging the pool — nothing about since sites makes sense until you've checked it.
  • Read the billing terms before uploading a photo — with famous the difference shows up in the second month, not the first.
  • Report problems early instead of blocking quietly — it decides how famous sites actually performs once you're past the first week.

Applied to famous, the deciding factor is the number of live users, based on a fairly small sample. Strip the marketing away from famous dating sites that have been around since and the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay, so it pays to test the search filters before uploading anything.

Profile picture of AshleyAshleyJoined 2017
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#6

I would narrow that claim, and I judge famous since on one thing: the platform auto-renews without a clear warning, so it pays to run a reverse image search on suspiciously polished photos. Nothing about famous sites changes the fact that the platform resets your filters after an update, and how fast moderation responds suffers for it. Look closely at since sites and the churn on new sign-ups beats how slick the interface looks. Famous since is the clearest case of it — most of the disappointment traces back to the signal-to-noise in search.

Applied to famous since, the deciding factor is the quality of the filters, having tried a handful of these. My honest read on famous dating sites that have been around since: what decides it is the churn on new sign-ups, not whatever the landing page promises.

Profile picture of NathanCNathanCJoined 2021
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#7

Flagging a risk here: treat famous dating sites that have been around since as a filtering problem and it follows that what decides it is how well it works on a weak connection, not star ratings from strangers. The famous since angle is worse, because how much sits behind the paywall is worth more than the follower count on their socials. Famous since is the clearest case of it — the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, so it pays to keep the first meet public and short. The practical move is to cancel the trial the day you start it, which is the whole problem with since sites.

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