Are there any local sex sites that aren't completely flooded with fake bot profiles?

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Sam_B
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 694
#1

Signed up specifically to ask about any local sex sites that aren't completely flooded with fake bot profiles. Hoping for something on local sex sites more useful than a top-ten list. Everything I have read about local sex sites skips straight past obviously unreal accounts.

For context I am mostly comparing no-strings platforms rather than anything niche. If the catfish problem is your main worry with local sex sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

What would actually help me judge local sex sites:

  • Compare local sex sites against no-strings platforms on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Run local sex sites beside one other option so you have a baseline for fake profiles
  • Do not move off local sex sites into private messaging until the scam side of it looks handled

I will report back on any local sex sites that aren't completely flooded with fake bot profiles once I have tried whatever gets recommended.

Owen Sterling
Joined: Jan 2023
Messages: 254
#2

That feels too harsh on local sex sites, given the catfish problem is a problem across no-strings platforms rather than specific to it.

What changed my results on local sex sites was treating profiles that never survive a video call as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

TiffanyR
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 285
#3

Owen Sterling is right about one part of local sex sites: that has not been my experience of local sex sites, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. If profiles that never survive a video call is your main worry with local sex sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

The thing people underrate about local sex sites is how much bot accounts depends on your own city. Most of the noise about local sex sites comes from people measuring bot accounts over far too short a window.

NathanW
Joined: Dec 2022
Messages: 606
#4

Building on what TiffanyR said about local sex sites, that has not been my experience of local sex sites, and I've used it longer than most people in this thread.

What changed my results on local sex sites was treating fake profiles as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Not saying local sex sites suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

Names that come up repeatedly in local sex sites threads: turndate.site, datelink.online, datingfly.online.

Grant_88
Joined: Mar 2022
Messages: 458
#5

Broadly agree on local sex sites — the catfish problem was what decided it for me too. There is no version of local sex sites where bot accounts sorts itself out without you doing something.

The thing people underrate about local sex sites is how much scripted messages depends on your own city. For regulars here, the local sex sites experience lives or dies on profiles that never survive a video call and almost nothing else. I judge local sex sites by one thing now: whether the scam side of it improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Miranda Fox
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 837
#6

Seconding this, because on local sex sites the honest answer is that the scam side of it varies enormously by area. The thing people underrate about local sex sites is how much the catfish problem depends on your own city.

For people replying above, the local sex sites experience lives or dies on scripted messages and almost nothing else. The pattern I see with local sex sites is that automated engagement bait is fine early and degrades as you go. If obviously unreal accounts is your main worry with local sex sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

How I would approach local sex sites from scratch:

  • Do not pay to fix obviously unreal accounts on local sex sites; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on local sex sites than you would guess
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — local sex sites rewards it
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on local sex sites
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IsobelR
Joined: Mar 2022
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#7

Not my read at all: for regulars here, local sex sites was the only thing that produced anything. I judge local sex sites by one thing now: whether automated engagement bait improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

For most people in this thread, the local sex sites experience lives or dies on obviously unreal accounts and almost nothing else. I keep two accounts running to compare profiles that never survive a video call across the casual end of the market, and local sex sites sits mid-table.

Somebody in another local sex sites thread pointed me at Datebound and it held up better than expected on profiles that never survive a video call.

AlexaM
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 208
#8

That feels too harsh on local sex sites, given the scam side of it is a problem across hookup apps rather than specific to it. I keep two accounts running to compare fake profiles across the casual end of the market, and local sex sites sits mid-table.

Nobody warns you that automated engagement bait on local sex sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. Honestly, profiles that never survive a video call was less of a problem on local sex sites than the sheer time it ate. I judge local sex sites by one thing now: whether profiles that never survive a video call improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Sean Murphy
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 323
#9

Different experience on local sex sites, where obviously unreal accounts turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it. Most of the noise about local sex sites comes from people measuring the scam side of it over far too short a window.

What changed my results on local sex sites was treating the catfish problem as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Whatever you pick, judge local sex sites on fake profiles after a month rather than after a weekend.

A smaller name people rarely mention in local sex sites threads is Datedesire.

Jared Stone
Joined: Sep 2022
Messages: 535
#10

Broadly agree on local sex sites — scripted messages was what decided it for me too. I judge local sex sites by one thing now: whether profiles that never survive a video call improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

For people replying above, the local sex sites experience lives or dies on automated engagement bait and almost nothing else. I judge local sex sites by one thing now: whether fake profiles improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Kyle_B
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 261
#11

This matches what I found with local sex sites, where the catfish problem is exactly where it falls down. I judge local sex sites by one thing now: whether bot accounts improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Most of the noise about local sex sites comes from people measuring fake profiles over far too short a window.

The pattern I see with local sex sites is that the scam side of it is fine early and degrades as you go. There is no version of local sex sites where fake profiles sorts itself out without you doing something. Either way, bot accounts is the thing I would test first on local sex sites.

BradleyM
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 487
#12

Picking up Kyle_B's point about the catfish problem, seconding this, because on local sex sites the honest answer is that profiles that never survive a video call varies enormously by area.

If the scam side of it's your main worry with local sex sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month. That is my read on local sex sites, and others here clearly disagree.

The other one I would try before giving up on local sex sites is Ezhookups.

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