What are some good sites like camzey for quick, random connections?

So: some good sites like camzey for quick, random connections. I have read a lot of contradictory takes on connections and would rather hear from people who tried it. What I care about with connections is the return on the hours more than anything else.

I am coming at this from the cam side of things, so adjust if that changes your answer. What changed my results on connections was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

If you have used connections, these are the bits I care about:

• Do not move off connections into private messaging until actually getting anywhere looks handled
• Compare connections against the cam side of things on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
• Check what connections does about the time it costs before you upload anything you would not want indexed
• Turn off read receipts on connections if the effort-to-result ratio is making you anxious about response times
• Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the connections pool near you is thin

Tell me what actually happened with some good sites like camzey for quick, random connections rather than what should happen.

Agreed, although with connections I would frame the time it costs as a symptom rather than the cause.

I judge connections by one thing now: whether the return on the hours improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. I keep two accounts running to compare the time it costs across video chat sites, and connections sits mid-table.

IsobelR put the connections case better than I would have, though agreed, although with connections I would frame actually getting anywhere as a symptom rather than the cause.

Most of the noise about connections comes from people measuring the return on the hours over far too short a window. Not saying connections suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

Worth a look alongside connections: Datescout, if only to see how differently the effort-to-result ratio can be handled.

Respectfully no — complaints about the return on the hours on connections usually come from people who gave it a week. Most of the noise about connections comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window.

There is no version of connections where the time it costs sorts itself out without you doing something. I judge connections by one thing now: whether the payoff improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

Things I wish somebody had told me about connections:

• Do not pay to fix the hours-to-dates ratio on connections; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
• Photos with other people in them do worse on connections than you would guess
• Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — connections rewards it
• Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on connections
• Log in at the hours you would actually go out; connections activity is nothing like flat

Building on what TomC said about connections, not my read at all: for the members answering here, connections was the only thing that produced anything. The pattern I see with connections is that the payoff is fine early and degrades as you go.

I keep two accounts running to compare actually getting anywhere across the cam side of things, and connections sits mid-table. I judge connections by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Take that as one data point on connections rather than a recommendation.

I keep Datewander open as a control while testing connections — useful for judging the effort-to-result ratio honestly.

Seconding this, because on connections the honest answer is that the effort-to-result ratio varies enormously by area. Honestly, the return on the hours was less of a problem on connections than the sheer time it ate. There is no version of connections where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something.

What changed my results on connections was treating the time it costs as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. I keep two accounts running to compare actually getting anywhere across cam platforms, and connections sits mid-table. That is my read on connections, and others here clearly disagree.