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Does anyone still use a craigslist dating site alternative since the personals shut down?

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Lauren Hayes profile picture
Joined Jul 2023
Posts 4
#1

Spent about two months comparing options around craigslist dating site alternative since before settling on anything.

The reason I stopped recommending some of these is how much of the base is genuinely looking.

The thing that finally moved the needle on the platform was being specific about how well it holds up once the novelty fades.

The signals that told me most about craigslist dating site alternative since:

  • How quickly craigslist dating site alternative since starts pushing a paid tier at you
  • Whether craigslist dating site alternative since works at all outside the three biggest cities near you
  • Whether the filters on craigslist dating site alternative since hold after you reload the page

Would anyone recommend craigslist dating site alternative since to someone starting from scratch?

VincentP profile picture
Joined Jun 2023
Posts 17
#2

Where craigslist dating site alternative since stands or falls is how well it holds up once the novelty fades.

Out of roughly 60 matches on it, 7 turned into an actual conversation.

Given how how well it holds up once the novelty fades behaves, I would only recommend it to someone with patience.

Breaking down what I actually checked on craigslist dating site alternative since:

  • Whether craigslist dating site alternative since shows you who has actually read a message
  • How craigslist dating site alternative since behaves on mobile data rather than wifi

That is my read on craigslist dating site alternative since anyway, others will have had different luck.

For a second opinion I also cross-checked Datenest, which came up earlier.

Hannah Foster profile picture
Joined Dec 2019
Posts 17
#3

What VincentP described matches my experience of craigslist dating site alternative since almost exactly.

About 40 profiles into the service, the pattern around whether the recommendations improve with use became obvious.

Does anyone know whether craigslist dating site alternative since changed this recently?

CassandraW profile picture
Joined Jan 2019
Posts 2
#4

Same experience, right down to how discreet the notifications are.

If you care about whether enforcement is consistent or random, that alone should decide whether the platform is worth it.

The thing nobody mentions about the platform is whether the recommendations improve with use.

Reply rate on the site roughly doubled once I stopped leading with a compliment, though whether messaging costs anything once you start never budged.

Anything I recommend around the service has to clear one bar, which is whether the good profiles are already taken.

Worth comparing against the Datewander community threads before you commit to anything.

BeatrixW profile picture
Joined Jun 2018
Posts 6
#5

Seconding what CassandraW said, with one caveat about craigslist dating site alternative since.

The measure I would actually check on craigslist dating site alternative since is whether the recommendations improve with use.

Would be interested to hear if craigslist dating site alternative since worked out differently for you.

Worth comparing against datingfly.online before you commit to anything.

Dana_NYC profile picture
Joined Jul 2019
Posts 14
#6

Have to differ with Hannah Foster there. Craigslist dating site alternative since was fine until the second week.

It worked in a large city and collapsed forty miles out, mostly because of how many profiles logged in this week.

Once I fixed my filters, how much control you get over who sees you stopped being the bottleneck on that one.

What decided it for me with craigslist dating site alternative since was how much of it is usable without a card.

The short checklist I use before trusting anything like craigslist dating site alternative since:

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