Are free inmate dating sites legit, or are they mostly scams?

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Sean Murphy
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 491
#1

Been quietly reading for a while, but free inmate dating sites legit, or are they mostly scams is the thing I actually need an answer on. The bit nobody covers on inmate dating sites is the scam side of it.

I have about a month of using streaming chat platforms behind me and not much to show for it. There is no version of inmate dating sites where the scam side of it sorts itself out without you doing something.

Specifically, on inmate dating sites I would like to know:

  • Message within a day of matching — on inmate dating sites that window closes fast
  • Give inmate dating sites a fortnight of daily use before calling the scam side of it a dealbreaker
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the inmate dating sites pool near you is thin

Anyone with a recent free inmate dating sites legit, or are they mostly scams story, please jump in.

Olivia Grant
Joined: Feb 2022
Messages: 122
#2

Different experience on inmate dating sites, where automated engagement bait turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it. I judge inmate dating sites by one thing now: whether the scam side of it improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

Nobody warns you that fake profiles on inmate dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. There is no version of inmate dating sites where bot accounts sorts itself out without you doing something. Not saying inmate dating sites suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

The short version for inmate dating sites:

  • Check what inmate dating sites does about the catfish problem before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Do not move off inmate dating sites into private messaging until bot accounts looks handled
  • Treat your first inmate dating sites profile as a draft, because profiles that never survive a video call punishes lazy ones
Grant_88
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 428
#3

Yes, and I would add that scripted messages on inmate dating sites gets worse the longer you stay.

Nobody warns you that scripted messages on inmate dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. That is my read on inmate dating sites, and others here clearly disagree.

For completeness on inmate dating sites, turndate.site, datelink.online, datingfly.online get mentioned a lot too.

AnnaK
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 891
#4

Grant_88 and I've clearly used inmate dating sites differently, because this matches what I found with inmate dating sites, where fake profiles is exactly where it falls down. There is no version of inmate dating sites where obviously unreal accounts sorts itself out without you doing something.

Most of the noise about inmate dating sites comes from people measuring obviously unreal accounts over far too short a window. If bot accounts is your main worry with inmate dating sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Take that as one data point on inmate dating sites rather than a recommendation.

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Selena_W
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 823
#5

Respectfully no — complaints about bot accounts on inmate dating sites usually come from people who gave it a week.

I keep two accounts running to compare the catfish problem across the cam side of things, and inmate dating sites sits mid-table. Either way, automated engagement bait is the thing I would test first on inmate dating sites.

For contrast with inmate dating sites I would look at Datedesire; the free tier there behaves differently.

ZoeFoster
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 102
#6

That feels too harsh on inmate dating sites, given obviously unreal accounts is a problem across video chat sites rather than specific to it. Nobody warns you that profiles that never survive a video call on inmate dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. What changed my results on inmate dating sites was treating fake profiles as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

If profiles that never survive a video call is your main worry with inmate dating sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Most of the noise about inmate dating sites comes from people measuring profiles that never survive a video call over far too short a window. Nobody warns you that bot accounts on inmate dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. Your inmate dating sites results will vary by city more than by platform.

My rules for inmate dating sites these days:

  • Block early and report often on inmate dating sites — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Screenshot anything odd on inmate dating sites before you report it — obviously unreal accounts claims need evidence
  • Ask the crowd on this board what inmate dating sites is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Do not pay to fix scripted messages on inmate dating sites; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
AlexaM
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 274
#7

I would argue the opposite on inmate dating sites: obviously unreal accounts is the one thing it handles better than the cam side of things. The thing people underrate about inmate dating sites is how much scripted messages depends on your own city.

You can work around scripted messages on inmate dating sites, but you have to be deliberate about it. Happy to answer follow-ups on inmate dating sites if that helps.

Somebody in another inmate dating sites thread pointed me at Datenest and it held up better than expected on bot accounts.

Scott_NY
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 867
#8

Not my read at all: for the members answering here, inmate dating sites was the only thing that produced anything.

For most of us posting here, the inmate dating sites experience lives or dies on automated engagement bait and almost nothing else. Most of the noise about inmate dating sites comes from people measuring scripted messages over far too short a window.

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