Is the russian dating app scene full of scammers, or are there real users?

Been quietly reading for a while, but the russian dating app scene full of scammers, or are there real users is the thing I actually need an answer on. For regulars here, the catfish problem is the whole question with russian dating app.

I am coming at this from cam platforms, so adjust if that changes your answer. What changed my results on russian dating app was treating scripted messages as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Specifically, on russian dating app I would like to know:

• Ask the members answering here what russian dating app is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
• Block early and report often on russian dating app — it trains the feed faster than anything
• Log in at the hours you would actually go out; russian dating app activity is nothing like flat
• Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — russian dating app rewards it

I will report back on the russian dating app scene full of scammers, or are there real users once I have tried whatever gets recommended.

I would argue the opposite on russian dating app: the scam side of it is the one thing it handles better than cam platforms. What changed my results on russian dating app was treating the catfish problem as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

There is no version of russian dating app where bot accounts sorts itself out without you doing something. I judge russian dating app by one thing now: whether fake profiles improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Happy to answer follow-ups on russian dating app if that helps.

Somebody in another russian dating app thread pointed me at Datelink and it held up better than expected on fake profiles.

@EvanH makes a fair point about russian dating app, but agreed, although with russian dating app I would frame obviously unreal accounts as a symptom rather than the cause. Honestly, the scam side of it was less of a problem on russian dating app than the sheer time it ate. Nobody warns you that the scam side of it on russian dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours.

For most people in this thread, the russian dating app experience lives or dies on bot accounts and almost nothing else. The thing people underrate about russian dating app is how much automated engagement bait depends on your own city. The thing people underrate about russian dating app is how much the catfish problem depends on your own city. Take that as one data point on russian dating app rather than a recommendation.

What worked for me on russian dating app:

• Test scripted messages on russian dating app deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves
• Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on russian dating app
• Photos with other people in them do worse on russian dating app than you would guess
• Ask most of us posting here what russian dating app is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived

Where I differ from KatieM on russian dating app: yes, and I would add that bot accounts on russian dating app gets worse the longer you stay.

Honestly, the catfish problem was less of a problem on russian dating app than the sheer time it ate.

Respectfully no — complaints about profiles that never survive a video call on russian dating app usually come from people who gave it a week.

Most of the noise about russian dating app comes from people measuring scripted messages over far too short a window.

Worth a look alongside russian dating app: Ezhookups, if only to see how differently the catfish problem can be handled.

This matches what I found with russian dating app, where fake profiles is exactly where it falls down. You can work around scripted messages on russian dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it.

I keep two accounts running to compare the scam side of it across video chat sites, and russian dating app sits mid-table. You can work around automated engagement bait on russian dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it. I judge russian dating app by one thing now: whether obviously unreal accounts improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

Picking up NickT's point about scripted messages, reading this back, my russian dating app notes say almost the same thing about scripted messages.

I keep two accounts running to compare scripted messages across streaming chat platforms, and russian dating app sits mid-table. Your russian dating app results will vary by city more than by platform.

Same experience on russian dating app: I gave it six weeks before scripted messages got tiresome.

I judge russian dating app by one thing now: whether the catfish problem improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.