Is the mingle2 app actually good, or is it mostly fake profiles?

Been quietly reading for a while, but the mingle2 app actually good, or is it mostly fake profiles is the thing I actually need an answer on. bot accounts is what makes or breaks mingle2 for me.

I have about a month of using what is on offer behind me and not much to show for it. What changed my results on mingle2 was treating scripted messages as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

The open questions I have on mingle2:

• Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — mingle2 rewards it
• Do not pay to fix bot accounts on mingle2; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
• Screenshot anything odd on mingle2 before you report it — obviously unreal accounts claims need evidence
• Test the scam side of it on mingle2 deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves

I will report back on the mingle2 app actually good, or is it mostly fake profiles once I have tried whatever gets recommended.

Tyler Reed is right about one part of mingle2: different experience on mingle2, where the scam side of it turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it.

There is no version of mingle2 where automated engagement bait sorts itself out without you doing something.

That feels too harsh on mingle2, given scripted messages is a problem across platforms in this space rather than specific to it. Honestly, the scam side of it was less of a problem on mingle2 than the sheer time it ate. The thing people underrate about mingle2 is how much scripted messages depends on your own city.

The thing people underrate about mingle2 is how much bot accounts depends on your own city. The thing people underrate about mingle2 is how much automated engagement bait depends on your own city. Happy to answer follow-ups on mingle2 if that helps.

That feels too harsh on mingle2, given profiles that never survive a video call is a problem across what is on offer rather than specific to it. Nobody warns you that the scam side of it on mingle2 scales with how many people are online at your hours. There is no version of mingle2 where the catfish problem sorts itself out without you doing something.

What changed my results on mingle2 was treating profiles that never survive a video call as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. There is no version of mingle2 where scripted messages sorts itself out without you doing something. Take that as one data point on mingle2 rather than a recommendation.

If you want a second data point on mingle2, Datewander is the one I run alongside it.

Agreed, although with mingle2 I would frame obviously unreal accounts as a symptom rather than the cause.

What changed my results on mingle2 was treating bot accounts as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Nobody warns you that the catfish problem on mingle2 scales with how many people are online at your hours.

Picking up Sean Murphy's point about the catfish problem, reading this back, my mingle2 notes say almost the same thing about profiles that never survive a video call. The pattern I see with mingle2 is that the scam side of it's fine early and degrades as you go.

Honestly, profiles that never survive a video call was less of a problem on mingle2 than the sheer time it ate. I keep two accounts running to compare obviously unreal accounts across what is on offer, and mingle2 sits mid-table.

One smaller option worth comparing on automated engagement bait is Datenest — different pool, same free messaging as mingle2.