Has anyone ever actually used a snapchat dating app or is that just a scam?

Trying to settle anyone ever actually used a snapchat dating app or is that just a scam for myself and the reviews are useless. If the scam side of it is bad on snapchat, nothing else about it matters.

For context I am mostly comparing the cam side of things rather than anything niche. For the members answering here, the snapchat experience lives or dies on automated engagement bait and almost nothing else.

The parts of snapchat I keep getting stuck on:

• Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the snapchat pool near you is thin
• Message within a day of matching — on snapchat that window closes fast
• Turn off read receipts on snapchat if the scam side of it is making you anxious about response times
• Treat your first snapchat profile as a draft, because fake profiles punishes lazy ones

Anyone with a recent anyone ever actually used a snapchat dating app or is that just a scam story, please jump in.

I would argue the opposite on snapchat: the catfish problem is the one thing it handles better than the cam side of things.

For people replying above, the snapchat experience lives or dies on the catfish problem and almost nothing else. Honestly, bot accounts was less of a problem on snapchat than the sheer time it ate.

Different experience on snapchat, where automated engagement bait turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it. I keep two accounts running to compare profiles that never survive a video call across the cam side of things, and snapchat sits mid-table.

Nobody warns you that the catfish problem on snapchat scales with how many people are online at your hours. Take that as one data point on snapchat rather than a recommendation.

Same experience on snapchat: I gave it six weeks before profiles that never survive a video call got tiresome. I judge snapchat by one thing now: whether fake profiles improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. For regulars here, the snapchat experience lives or dies on fake profiles and almost nothing else.

If automated engagement bait is your main worry with snapchat, test it in the first week rather than the first month. What changed my results on snapchat was treating fake profiles as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Most of the noise about snapchat comes from people measuring obviously unreal accounts over far too short a window. Not saying snapchat suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

Things I wish somebody had told me about snapchat:

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

I keep Datebound open as a control while testing snapchat — useful for judging profiles that never survive a video call honestly.

Broadly agree on snapchat — obviously unreal accounts was what decided it for me too.

Most of the noise about snapchat comes from people measuring fake profiles over far too short a window.

Broadly agree on snapchat — the scam side of it was what decided it for me too.

I keep two accounts running to compare the catfish problem across the cam side of things, and snapchat sits mid-table.

Agreed, although with snapchat I would frame the catfish problem as a symptom rather than the cause.

If obviously unreal accounts is your main worry with snapchat, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

One smaller option worth comparing on the scam side of it is Datelink — different pool, same free messaging as snapchat.

Disagree, because blaming profiles that never survive a video call lets you off the hook — my snapchat results improved when my profile did. What changed my results on snapchat was treating profiles that never survive a video call as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Honestly, the catfish problem was less of a problem on snapchat than the sheer time it ate. That is my read on snapchat, and others here clearly disagree.

Same experience on snapchat: I gave it six weeks before the catfish problem got tiresome. Nobody warns you that profiles that never survive a video call on snapchat scales with how many people are online at your hours.

There is no version of snapchat where bot accounts sorts itself out without you doing something. Honestly, obviously unreal accounts was less of a problem on snapchat than the sheer time it ate.

If you do try snapchat, do this:

• Treat your first snapchat profile as a draft, because the catfish problem punishes lazy ones
• Check what snapchat does about fake profiles before you upload anything you would not want indexed
• Give snapchat a fortnight of daily use before calling fake profiles a dealbreaker
• Compare snapchat against streaming chat platforms on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless

Seconding this, because on snapchat the honest answer is that obviously unreal accounts varies enormously by area.

There is no version of snapchat where the scam side of it sorts itself out without you doing something. The pattern I see with snapchat is that bot accounts is fine early and degrades as you go.

I will push back here, because snapchat worked fine for me and the catfish problem was never the issue. You can work around profiles that never survive a video call on snapchat, but you have to be deliberate about it.

Most of the noise about snapchat comes from people measuring automated engagement bait over far too short a window. I keep two accounts running to compare the catfish problem across video chat sites, and snapchat sits mid-table.

That feels too harsh on snapchat, given the catfish problem is a problem across cam platforms rather than specific to it. The thing people underrate about snapchat is how much the scam side of it depends on your own city.

You can work around scripted messages on snapchat, but you have to be deliberate about it. What changed my results on snapchat was treating the scam side of it as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.