Does the site top local singles actually have real people, or is it all ads?

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LaurenP
Joined: Dec 2020
Messages: 1004
#1

Asking because the site top local singles actually have real people, or is it all ads keeps coming up and I still cannot get a straight answer. the time it costs is what makes or breaks site local singles for me.

I am coming at this from what is on offer, so adjust if that changes your answer. Most of the noise about site local singles comes from people measuring the hours-to-dates ratio over far too short a window.

Specifically, on site local singles I would like to know:

  • Do not move off site local singles into private messaging until the payoff looks handled
  • Compare site local singles against the sites people keep naming on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Check what site local singles does about the return on the hours before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Turn off read receipts on site local singles if the return on the hours is making you anxious about response times

Any first-hand experience with the site top local singles actually have real people, or is it all ads is welcome, good or bad.

Scott_NY
Joined: Apr 2023
Messages: 627
#2

I will push back here, because site local singles worked fine for me and the return on the hours was never the issue. The pattern I see with site local singles is that the hours-to-dates ratio is fine early and degrades as you go.

For most people in this thread, the site local singles experience lives or dies on the time it costs and almost nothing else. If the return on the hours is your main worry with site local singles, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Whatever you pick, judge site local singles on the effort-to-result ratio after a month rather than after a weekend.

Selena_W
Joined: Dec 2021
Messages: 1059
#3

Where I differ from Scott_NY on site local singles: agreed, although with site local singles I would frame the return on the hours as a symptom rather than the cause.

I judge site local singles by one thing now: whether the hours-to-dates ratio improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Happy to answer follow-ups on site local singles if that helps.

I have seen datebound.site, rendate.site recommended for site local singles, though I have not tested them properly.

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Jessica Lane
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 1031
#4

That tracks with my site local singles run, which was fine until the time it costs became the whole experience. For most people in this thread, the site local singles experience lives or dies on the effort-to-result ratio and almost nothing else.

The pattern I see with site local singles is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go. For people who have actually tried it, the site local singles experience lives or dies on the effort-to-result ratio and almost nothing else. For people who have actually tried it, the site local singles experience lives or dies on actually getting anywhere and almost nothing else.

For contrast with site local singles I would look at Datedesire; the free tier there behaves differently.

Kevin Nash
Joined: Jan 2024
Messages: 245
#5

Jessica Lane put the site local singles case better than I would have, though that tracks with my site local singles run, which was fine until the effort-to-result ratio became the whole experience.

Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on site local singles than the sheer time it ate.

Sean Murphy
Joined: May 2022
Messages: 458
#6

Where I differ from Kevin Nash on site local singles: that feels too harsh on site local singles, given the time it costs is a problem across the sites people keep naming rather than specific to it. The thing people underrate about site local singles is how much actually getting anywhere depends on your own city.

Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on site local singles than the sheer time it ate. Not saying site local singles suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

For contrast with site local singles I would look at Datebie; the free tier there behaves differently.

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