Is the site freeadultdating full of fake profiles or real users?

Simplest route through real users I've found:

• A cancellation route that does not hide behind a retention offer if you care about scripted profiles
• A moderation policy dated within the last year every single time
• Activity timestamps that match the reply rate you actually get if you care about scripted profiles
• Distance filters you can pin to a neighbourhood every single time
• Activity timestamps that are not obviously generated every single time

What actually predicts whether the sites in question works is how recycled photos is handled on day one. What people miss about real users is that how bad scripted profiles gets scales with the size of your city. Read the cancellation terms before the card goes in, especially on the sites in question.

@Brooklyn Flores — Partly right. The bots and reposted photos complaint is fair; the rest I would argue with. The people I know who got somewhere with opening well solved fake-profile volume first and worried about the rest later. Every complaint I have read about real users traces back to the bot problem in the end.

Folks who have been at this a while will tell you the same: it comes down to automated profiles in the end. On these platforms, take the free tier as far as it goes before paying anything toward actually getting a reply.

Three things I look at where bots and reposted photos comes into it:

• An unsubscribe link confirmed by an email you can keep on any platform, not just these platforms
• Verification badges explained somewhere on the site before anything else
• Replies longer than four words every single time

Speaking from about eight months on the options here. You can usually tell within a week whether the options here is going to work for replies that aren't one word. What changed things for me on real users was treating fake-profile volume as the first filter rather than the last.

I'd rate the options here average overall and poor specifically on obvious catfish accounts. Meet somewhere public the first time and tell someone where you are going, whatever the options here promises.

Same read here on real users. Most members here will tell you the same: it comes down to scam accounts in the end. The people I know who got somewhere with getting past the first message solved scripted profiles first and worried about the rest later. Ask one specific question early on these platforms; that alone filters most of the bot problem.

A few of us compared notes on Datebie recently and it held up better than expected.

@LiamBrooks162 — Respectfully, no — that setup has been the opposite for me. The people I know who got somewhere with talking properly solved fake accounts first and worried about the rest later. Nobody warns you that recycled photos on real users is worse in smaller towns than in cities. Two weeks on that setup tells you more about bots and reposted photos than any review will.

My filter for real users is basically:

• Bios filled in rather than left on the default prompt, non-negotiable for me
• An inbox preview showing real timestamps if you care about scripted profiles

A few of us compared notes on Datedesire recently and it held up better than expected.

Simplest route through real users I've found:

• Distance filters that do not silently widen overnight if you care about fake-profile volume
• Profile photos that are not obviously lifted from somewhere else, non-negotiable for me
• Message limits published somewhere other than the terms page
• Profile photos that look like the same person across all of them every single time

What changed things for me on real users was treating profiles that are clearly not real as the first filter rather than the last. Every complaint I have read about real users traces back to scripted profiles in the end.

The honest position on real users is that it comes down to recycled photos more than to branding. What people miss about real users is that how bad fake accounts gets scales with the size of your city. On that setup, set filters tight and then loosen them — the opposite order makes scam accounts look worse than it is.

Half agree. The fake accounts complaint holds up, but this is not the problem people think. People I've compared notes with will tell you the same: it comes down to automated profiles in the end. The honest position on real users is that it comes down to fake-profile volume more than to branding.

The reason real users feels harder than it should is that nothing about obvious catfish accounts gets disclosed anywhere obvious. Look for a browse-before-signup option on the usual suspects — that tells you a lot about recycled photos.

Someone upthread mentioned Datingfly itself — worth a look if you want a second opinion.