Short version for anyone skimming: what are the best websites to meet people for friendship first? Longer version on best websites below.
I went in assuming best websites would be straightforward and that turned out to be wrong.
Anything you learned the hard way about best websites is exactly what I am after.
The honest answer on best websites is that signal-to-noise is the metric that matters.
Seconding Nate — profile quality predicts conversation quality, and that is held true for me on best websites.
Where best websites is concerned, depth beats reach every time.
If whether read receipts is configurable at all when you test it against best websites is not there, I do not bother with best websites at all.
Agreeing with Samantha here. Genuine profiles are the scarce resource, especially with best websites.
Quick checklist I use when weighing up best websites:
Building on Ryan M's point — depth beats reach every time.
I'd frame best websites this way: depth beats reach every time.
Rendate.site gets mentioned in these best websites threads fairly often, for what that is worth.
With best websites specifically, the ratio of real to inactive users decides it.
If whether the cancellation flow is honest about what it restricts when you test it against best websites isn't there, I don't bother with best websites at all.
The honest answer on best websites is that depth beats reach every time.
People keep bringing up Rendate.site whenever best websites comes up.
Going to disagree with Emma_L here, because in my experience with best websites, signal-to-noise is the metric that matters.
Asking a specific question instead of saying hi made more difference to my best websites results than switching platforms did.
You can usually spot the difference on best websites by whether the photos look professionally shot.
If whether the match algorithm is applied consistently when you test it against best websites is not there, I do not bother with best websites at all.
The thing people miss about best websites is that who actually responds is the real number.
Having tried a fair few, I'd say the ratio of real to inactive users decides it when it comes to best websites.
I'd check if profile verification behaves the way the marketing says — worth checking before you commit to best websites before committing any time to best websites.
I'd check whether the cancellation flow is applied consistently when you test it against best websites before committing any time to best websites.
Three things I would look at with best websites:
The honest answer on best websites is that profile quality predicts conversation quality.
I would check if the match algorithm behaves the way the marketing says — worth checking before you commit to best websites before committing any time to best websites.
On best websites, genuine profiles are the scarce resource.
If we're talking best websites, profile quality predicts conversation quality.
The thing people miss about best websites is that profile quality predicts conversation quality.
If you want another reference point on best websites, Ezhookups was the closest match I found.
If you want another reference point on best websites, Datenest was the closest match I found.
Coming back to say I tried a few of these for best websites and the advice held up: who actually responds is the real number.