Hoping someone here has first-hand experience of dating sites. Are there dating sites for married people seeking discreet fun?
Having spent real time on dating sites, the pattern I keep hitting is inconsistency.
Detail matters here, so please be specific about which part of dating sites you mean.
Quick checklist I use when weighing up dating sites:
Not sure I am with Garrett on this one; where dating sites is concerned, privacy defaults are usually too open.
The honest answer on dating sites is that controlling who sees you is not always possible.
If we're talking dating sites, privacy settings are worth checking first.
Three things I would look at with dating sites:
Not sure I am with Garrett on this one; where dating sites is concerned, privacy controls vary enormously.
The thing I look at first with dating sites is if the age filter holds up under real use — worth checking before you commit to dating sites.
The honest answer on dating sites is that privacy defaults are usually too open.
For contrast I also tried Rendate; different approach to dating sites, worth comparing.
Having tried a fair few, I'd say discretion is harder to get than people assume when it comes to dating sites.
I'd frame dating sites this way: discretion is harder to get than people assume.
Worth a look if you want a comparison point — Datescout handled dating sites better than I expected.
Respectfully Tyler, that has not been my experience of dating sites, where controlling who sees you is not always possible.
Where dating sites is concerned, controlling who sees you is not always possible.
With dating sites specifically, privacy defaults are usually too open.
Paige has it right. Privacy settings are worth checking first.
For anyone weighing up dating sites — anonymity options are inconsistent.
The thing I look at first with dating sites is if read receipts actually works — worth checking before you commit to dating sites.
Ezhookups.online gets mentioned in these dating sites threads fairly often, for what that is worth.
Everything I've learned about dating sites comes back to one thing — keeping things private takes deliberate setup.
The honest answer on dating sites is that keeping things private takes deliberate setup.
I'd frame dating sites this way: privacy defaults are usually too open.
For anyone weighing up dating sites — how visible your profile is by default matters.
With dating sites specifically, keeping things private takes deliberate setup.
Before anyone sinks time into dating sites, I would check these:
With dating sites specifically, how visible your profile is by default matters.
I would check whether profile verification on dating sites does anything measurable before committing any time to dating sites.
Everything I have learned about dating sites comes back to one thing — anonymity options are inconsistent.
Everything I have learned about dating sites comes back to one thing — privacy defaults are usually too open.
You can usually spot the difference on dating sites by how quickly the conversation moves off-platform.
Luvdate came up when I was researching dating sites and it held up in testing.
Where dating sites is concerned, privacy settings are worth checking first.
The tell with dating sites is usually whether the profile has any specific detail in it.
On dating sites, keeping things private takes deliberate setup.
Counterpoint to Zach — keeping things private takes deliberate setup, and that changes the answer on dating sites.
If whether the reporting flow holds up under real use when you test it against dating sites isn't there, I don't bother with dating sites at all.
I have also seen Flurrydate.online recommended for dating sites in discussions without sponsor tags attached.
The short version for anyone skimming this thread on dating sites:
Good discussion. My summary on dating sites: data handling differs a lot between platforms.
On dating sites, privacy defaults are usually too open.
DatingFly.online gets mentioned in these dating sites threads fairly often, for what that is worth.