Are there any male dating sites that aren't 90% bots and 10% models?

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ZoeFoster
Joined: Apr 2025
Messages: 1114
#1

I have been going round in circles on any male dating sites that aren't 90% bots and 10% models and could use some real experience. For the members answering here, fake profiles is the whole question with dating sites for aren.

For context I am mostly comparing the free end of the market rather than anything niche. If fake profiles is your main worry with dating sites for aren, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Things about dating sites for aren I have not worked out:

  • Screenshot anything odd on dating sites for aren before you report it — profiles that never survive a video call claims need evidence
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — dating sites for aren rewards it
  • Block early and report often on dating sites for aren — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on dating sites for aren than you would guess
  • Test profiles that never survive a video call on dating sites for aren deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves

Even a one-line answer on any male dating sites that aren't 90% bots and 10% models would help at this point.

Kyle_B
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 279
#2

Disagree, because blaming fake profiles lets you off the hook — my dating sites for aren results improved when my profile did.

For the members answering here, the dating sites for aren experience lives or dies on automated engagement bait and almost nothing else. Nobody warns you that obviously unreal accounts on dating sites for aren scales with how many people are online at your hours.

I have seen datebie.online, ezhookups.online, datescout.site recommended for dating sites for aren, though I have not tested them properly.

Nicole_TX
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 549
#3

Where I differ from Kyle_B on dating sites for aren: agreed, although with dating sites for aren I would frame bot accounts as a symptom rather than the cause. There is no version of dating sites for aren where bot accounts sorts itself out without you doing something.

Most of the noise about dating sites for aren comes from people measuring the scam side of it over far too short a window. The pattern I see with dating sites for aren is that profiles that never survive a video call is fine early and degrades as you go. Take that as one data point on dating sites for aren rather than a recommendation.

Practical bits, if you are trying dating sites for aren:

  • Give dating sites for aren a fortnight of daily use before calling the catfish problem a dealbreaker
  • Treat your first dating sites for aren profile as a draft, because bot accounts punishes lazy ones
  • Message within a day of matching — on dating sites for aren that window closes fast
  • Do not move off dating sites for aren into private messaging until the catfish problem looks handled
RobbieQ
Joined: Nov 2024
Messages: 716
#4

Building on what Nicole_TX said about dating sites for aren, respectfully no — complaints about bot accounts on dating sites for aren usually come from people who gave it a week. What changed my results on dating sites for aren was treating the catfish problem as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

What changed my results on dating sites for aren was treating automated engagement bait as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Not saying dating sites for aren suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

My dating sites for aren baseline these days is Luvdate, mostly because obviously unreal accounts is measurable there.

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Ben1989
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 982
#5

Where I differ from RobbieQ on dating sites for aren: seconding this, because on dating sites for aren the honest answer is that the scam side of it varies enormously by area. Honestly, automated engagement bait was less of a problem on dating sites for aren than the sheer time it ate.

Nobody warns you that automated engagement bait on dating sites for aren scales with how many people are online at your hours. I judge dating sites for aren by one thing now: whether obviously unreal accounts improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. That is my read on dating sites for aren, and others here clearly disagree.

Others asking about dating sites for aren have named ezhookups.online, souldate.site, datebound.site.

NinaB
Joined: Aug 2023
Messages: 1314
#6

Ben1989 and I have clearly used dating sites for aren differently, because broadly agree on dating sites for aren — automated engagement bait was what decided it for me too. There is no version of dating sites for aren where fake profiles sorts itself out without you doing something.

You can work around bot accounts on dating sites for aren, but you have to be deliberate about it. The thing people underrate about dating sites for aren is how much the catfish problem depends on your own city. What changed my results on dating sites for aren was treating the scam side of it as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

The other one I would try before giving up on dating sites for aren is Datewander.

NickT
Joined: Apr 2024
Messages: 282
#7

Not my read at all: for most of us posting here, dating sites for aren was the only thing that produced anything. For regulars here, the dating sites for aren experience lives or dies on the catfish problem and almost nothing else.

I keep two accounts running to compare scripted messages across free dating apps, and dating sites for aren sits mid-table. You can work around the catfish problem on dating sites for aren, but you have to be deliberate about it. Not saying dating sites for aren suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

Kevin Nash
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 208
#8

NickT is right about one part of dating sites for aren: yes, and I would add that automated engagement bait on dating sites for aren gets worse the longer you stay.

I keep two accounts running to compare the catfish problem across the free-tier sites, and dating sites for aren sits mid-table.

If you want a second data point on dating sites for aren, Datelink is the one I run alongside it.

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