Where can I post free local personals that actually get read?

Genuine question about post free local personals that actually get read — I do not have a strong view yet and I want one. For people replying above, locked messaging is the whole question with personals.

I have tried a few options across the options here already and none of them stuck. There is no version of personals where the paywall sorts itself out without you doing something.

Things about personals I have not worked out:

• Block early and report often on personals — it trains the feed faster than anything
• Screenshot anything odd on personals before you report it — the upgrade nag claims need evidence
• Ask the crowd on this board what personals is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived

If you have tried post free local personals that actually get read recently, I would rather hear that than read another review site.

Reading this back, my personals notes say almost the same thing about locked messaging.

For regulars here, the personals experience lives or dies on surprise billing and almost nothing else.

Somebody in another personals thread pointed me at Datescout and it held up better than expected on locked messaging.

I would argue the opposite on personals: the upgrade nag is the one thing it handles better than platforms in this space. You can work around the trial that quietly renews on personals, but you have to be deliberate about it.

There is no version of personals where the upgrade nag sorts itself out without you doing something. Most of the noise about personals comes from people measuring the point where it starts charging over far too short a window.

If you do try personals, do this:

• Do not move off personals into private messaging until the upgrade nag looks handled
• Compare personals against the sites people keep naming on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
• Check what personals does about the paywall before you upload anything you would not want indexed

Different experience on personals, where locked messaging turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it.

I keep two accounts running to compare locked messaging across the sites people keep naming, and personals sits mid-table.

One smaller option worth comparing on the paywall is Flurrydate — different pool, same free messaging as personals.

Respectfully no — complaints about the upgrade nag on personals usually come from people who gave it a week. I keep two accounts running to compare a free tier that's not free across what is on offer, and personals sits mid-table.

The thing people underrate about personals is how much the upgrade nag depends on your own city. You can work around surprise billing on personals, but you have to be deliberate about it. There is no version of personals where the point where it starts charging sorts itself out without you doing something.

That has not been my experience of personals, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. Most of the noise about personals comes from people measuring surprise billing over far too short a window.

Honestly, locked messaging was less of a problem on personals than the sheer time it ate. I judge personals by one thing now: whether the paywall improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Take that as one data point on personals rather than a recommendation.