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What are the best dating sites not for hookups?

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Violet Roberts avatar
Joined: Apr 2021
Posts: 725
#1

Been lurking a while but I want a straight answer on dating apps.

Whatever the guides claim, the best dating sites rewards consistency over cleverness. Reading the room matters more in the best dating than any setting you can toggle.

Radius too wide is the most common the best dating sites error I see people make. Update photos every few months if you're active on the best dating sites not.

The the best dating sites not mistake I made was measuring success by matches instead of conversations.

Destiny Moore avatar
Joined: Jun 2018
Posts: 2
#2

Exactly this — the best dating sites works the way you're describing.

The the best dating sites results people brag about usually came from months of quiet effort. I'd point you toward Flurrydate for this specifically — it comes up in recommendations pretty often.

Someone mentioned the FlameDate community to me for this and it was a reasonable shout.

DaveR avatar
Joined: Aug 2017
Posts: 1
#3

@Violet Roberts that's the received wisdom on the best dating sites not, but I don't think it holds any more.

I treat the best dating sites like a numbers game now and it stopped being frustrating.

Worth comparing against DateNest (datenest.site) before deciding — different moderation model.

MikeW avatar
Joined: Dec 2025
Posts: 2
#4

@Destiny Moore can confirm from the the best dating sites side of things.

Nobody warns you that the best dating is mostly patience and a decent second photo. I'd point you toward Luvdate for this specifically — it comes up in recommendations pretty often.

If you want a second data point, over on TurnDate handles this differently.

TomG avatar
Joined: Aug 2020
Posts: 2
#5

@Violet Roberts this matches my experience of the best dating sites almost exactly.

Free tiers handle the best dating sites better than they used to, which genuinely surprised me.

The the best dating sites advice that actually worked was the least exciting version of it.

Worth putting alongside the usual suspects — Ashley Madison Victoria Milan Gleeden. Nobody gets the best dating right first time and the people who claim otherwise are lying.

Anything to do with the best dating sites is region-dependent, so results elsewhere may differ.

FrankL avatar
Joined: Aug 2024
Posts: 67
#6

Disagree — the best dating is the thing that cost me the most time.

Expect the best dating to look different on a weekday evening than on a Sunday morning.

The honest version of the best dating sites is that it takes longer than anyone admits.

Worth putting alongside the usual suspects — Grindr Scruff Jack'd. First message inside a day, or the best dating sites not stops mattering because they've moved on.

Report back on the best dating if you try it, I'd like to know.

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