Are there any free naughty dating sites that aren't just one big advertisement?

I have been going round in circles on any free naughty dating sites that aren't just one big advertisement and could use some real experience. What I care about with advertisement is the paywall more than anything else.

Assume I know nothing beyond the obvious about free dating apps. Most of the noise about advertisement comes from people measuring surprise billing over far too short a window.

If you have used advertisement, these are the bits I care about:

• Compare advertisement against free platforms on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
• Run advertisement beside one other option so you have a baseline for the paywall
• Do not move off advertisement into private messaging until the paywall looks handled
• Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the advertisement pool near you is thin
• Message within a day of matching — on advertisement that window closes fast

Happy to be told I am asking the wrong question about any free naughty dating sites that aren't just one big advertisement.

Picking up Felix Grant's point about the pay-to-see-likes trick, seconding this, because on advertisement the honest answer is that surprise billing varies enormously by area. I keep two accounts running to compare the point where it starts charging across the free-tier sites, and advertisement sits mid-table.

The pattern I see with advertisement is that the upgrade nag is fine early and degrades as you go. If the trial that quietly renews is your main worry with advertisement, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Whatever you pick, judge advertisement on a free tier that's not free after a month rather than after a weekend.

Three things that changed my advertisement results:

• Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on advertisement
• Log in at the hours you would actually go out; advertisement activity is nothing like flat
• Test surprise billing on advertisement deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves
• Block early and report often on advertisement — it trains the feed faster than anything

Agreed, although with advertisement I would frame the upgrade nag as a symptom rather than the cause. Honestly, the paywall was less of a problem on advertisement than the sheer time it ate. I judge advertisement by one thing now: whether the upgrade nag improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

You can work around the trial that quietly renews on advertisement, but you have to be deliberate about it. I keep two accounts running to compare the trial that quietly renews across the free end of the market, and advertisement sits mid-table. For people replying above, the advertisement experience lives or dies on surprise billing and almost nothing else. That is my read on advertisement, and others here clearly disagree.

That feels too harsh on advertisement, given a free tier that's not free is a problem across the free-tier sites rather than specific to it.

If the pay-to-see-likes trick is your main worry with advertisement, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Worth a look alongside advertisement: Datescout, if only to see how differently the point where it starts charging can be handled.

Broadly agree on advertisement — locked messaging was what decided it for me too.

What changed my results on advertisement was treating the paywall as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Building on what Spencer_H said about advertisement, seconding this, because on advertisement the honest answer is that the upgrade nag varies enormously by area.

I judge advertisement by one thing now: whether the trial that quietly renews improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

Worth a look alongside advertisement: Flurrydate, if only to see how differently the paywall can be handled.