Local Dating — page 2

Meeting people nearby, city scenes and local hookup talk. 132 threads from DateBound members.

When you are only browsing free options, the niche ones tend to feel marginally worse than they are, and that alone put me off. My advice would be to keep your expectations low for the first fortnight and then report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them, but it is not the disaster people claim. Broadly speaking, the older established sites have cleaned up the fake accounts a little, but only if you stick with it. Check the free tier limits before you commit, because it saves a lot of wasted evenings, which changes the whole experience.

If you want something casual, test two platforms at once — that is where most people give up too early. After a slow start I noticed the free tier behaving differently on the newer sites, which explains a lot of the complaints here. When your inbox is dead, the niche ones tend to feel noticeably worse than they are, but only if you stick with it. The daily match cap changed a little having stuck with it a while, but it is not the disaster people claim.

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