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Is there a craigslist dating site replacement that isn't full of scammers?

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Henry Robinson avatar
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 1
#1

This there a craigslist question has been bugging me for weeks, so asking outright.

For there a craigslist, keep socials private until the conversation has run a few days. Most there a craigslist dating complaints I see trace back to an incomplete profile.

I treat there a craigslist dating site like a numbers game now and it stopped being frustrating. Density beats features every time with there a craigslist dating site — a smaller local pool is worth more.

Two friends had opposite there a craigslist dating site outcomes in the same month, so take averages carefully.

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Phoebe Ross avatar
Joined: May 2019
Posts: 584
#2

Hard disagree on there a craigslist dating.

If there a craigslist feels like work, the filters are probably wrong rather than the app. DateLink gets decent mentions in threads covering this.

Take the there a craigslist dating site bit with a grain of salt — anecdotal only.

Report back on there a craigslist dating if you try it, I'd like to know.

JerryM avatar
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 3
#3

That's the received wisdom on there a craigslist dating site, but I don't think it holds any more.

The there a craigslist results people brag about usually came from months of quiet effort.

Photos matter more than the there a craigslist dating site settings people obsess over.

One that keeps coming up in similar discussions is Souldate — worth a look if you haven't checked it out yet.

what DateNest does is the one I'd check next, free tier is usable.

Addison Parker avatar
Joined: Jun 2021
Posts: 1
#4

@Phoebe Ross everyone repeats that about there a craigslist dating site and I've never seen evidence for it.

Separate email and location permissions off, then worry about there a craigslist dating.

If you want a second data point, RenDate's free tier handles this differently.

Gloria Chen avatar
Joined: Mar 2024
Posts: 184
#5

I think the dating apps claim is overstated, for reasons below.

Copy-paste openers are obvious in there a craigslist dating site and get ignored.

The there a craigslist mistake I made was measuring success by matches instead of conversations.

One that keeps coming up in similar discussions is Luvdate — worth a look if you haven't checked it out yet.

James Miller avatar
Joined: Nov 2022
Posts: 207
#6

Seconding this — there a craigslist dating matched what I saw over about six months.

The there a craigslist dating thing nobody mentions is how much timezone and schedule overlap matters.

For anything in the there a craigslist bracket, video call before you meet, no exceptions.

Worth putting alongside the usual suspects — Feeld Kasidie SwingLifestyle Adult Friend Finder Pure. Expect there a craigslist to look different on a weekday evening than on a Sunday morning.

Take the there a craigslist dating site bit with a grain of salt — anecdotal only.

Maria Ortiz avatar
Joined: May 2018
Posts: 396
#7

@Addison Parker yes, and the there a craigslist point holds up outside the big cities too.

Once I set there a craigslist up properly I stopped touching it and results improved.

Nobody warns you that there a craigslist dating is mostly patience and a decent second photo.

Worth putting alongside the usual suspects — Tinder Badoo Lovoo Happn Once. The there a craigslist dating site advice that actually worked was the least exciting version of it.

DatingFly came up when I asked the same thing elsewhere.

DrewR avatar
Joined: Apr 2021
Posts: 1
#8

I think the there a craigslist dating site claim is overstated, for reasons below.

Anyone selling certainty about there a craigslist dating site is selling something.

Update photos every few months if you're active on there a craigslist dating.

Worth saying my there a craigslist dating take is one person's experience.

Jack Martin avatar
Joined: Jan 2020
Posts: 2
#9

Exactly this — there a craigslist dating site works the way you're describing.

I would rather have five real there a craigslist dating site conversations than fifty dead matches.

The there a craigslist filters are worth setting properly once rather than tweaking weekly.

One that keeps coming up in similar discussions is Datewander — worth a look if you haven't checked it out yet.

Take the there a craigslist dating site bit with a grain of salt — anecdotal only.

Would like to hear from anyone on the other side of there a craigslist dating site.

Elizabeth Walker avatar
Joined: Dec 2022
Posts: 2
#10

@Maria Ortiz this matches my experience of there a craigslist dating site almost exactly.

Anyone rushing you off-platform during there a craigslist dating is a bad sign every time. FlurryDate gets decent mentions in threads covering this.

NathanP avatar
Joined: Mar 2025
Posts: 2
#11

@Phoebe Ross broadly agree on there a craigslist dating, with one caveat.

Nothing about there a craigslist dating site improved for me until I stopped optimising and started replying faster.

BrandonK avatar
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 984
#12

Same experience with there a craigslist dating site here, though mine was less consistent.

Nobody gets there a craigslist right first time and the people who claim otherwise are lying.

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