Best Dating website and Worst Dating website?

[WinterBerry340]

What have been the best and worst dating websites for you and why?

For me the best one so far has been Hinge and Elite Singles. Their systems are run very efficiently, I met some very nice people on there and the admin team are very supportive. You also get much better deals and don't get binded into a contract when you want to delete your account.

Worst ones I've been on are Match and Bumble. Match I would have liked far better if it didn't show you you had been blocked ( a much better way would be to hide the profile) and many aren't interested in engaging on there and Bumble because your matches time out after 24 hours and you have to rummage through to find them again and pay extra to chat to them. They also rip you off and say it's a free app. It clearly is not.

What about your experiences?

worst-tinder. full of creepy pervs only after sex and unsolicited dick pics.

best-bumble. I liked that I had to send the first message and had some control plus I met my partner from there. I didn’t have any of the issues you’ve experienced.

When single, I tried to avoid dating sites and instead focused on events and activities where I could meet people in person casually.

POF - seemed notoriously bad though (but was popular amongst my friends). All I heard was stories from them (both male and female) of bad experiences.

Bumble - I liked, mainly due to it putting the onus on the women to make contact. If I received a message then I knew a reply would likely be read, and not lost in a sea of others being sent / them being bombarded by other males competing.

People seemed to take advantage of Bumble because you paid weekly and once cancelled you didn't get charged for it, but they did rip you off immensely and promote themselves for what they're not. A lot of men on there send you a like then they end the chat if you start a conversation. I never understood this.

I've always heard really awful things about pof haven't used it but would avoid it due to all the bad stuff I've heard, don't like bumble as not keen that the woman has to message first. Tried tinder seemed ok but didn't meet anyone if I was to try again it would be tinder

Bumble worked next for me and i never paid a penny just used the free version.

FB dating wasn’t too bad I did get quite a few matches and messages, only 2 dates though.

Hinge was tumbleweed - I never had a single match in about 5 months

POF - full of creepy pervy men who sent sleazy messages. Grim

Worst for me was Ourtime - just absolutely hideous. I paid for a month and lasted about 4 days.

I’ve long given up on OLD. Though tbh the men I’ve met out and about haven’t been any better.

Yeah Plenty of Fish is terrible. It's loaded with scammers. Plenty of Phish more like. I didn't think it was as bad as Match or Bumble though. At least people do speak to you on there. But it all leads to grooming

OurTime is the best, but many users from Match were often inappropriate, opportunistic, or primarily looking for casual relationships. Hinge feels strange with too many questions that don't lead anywhere.

Best - Hinge has been very good for getting dates. Bumble has seen the best dates for me (but less of them).

Tinder is awful. Match can be ok, but seems to be less numbers/communication there

This is really interesting to read. I’ve been terrified of online dating sites and never used one. Tbf I’ve absolutely no idea how they even work. My ex met his new partner on one apparently and moved in with her after 2 months of knowing her 🥴
but I’ve held off dating entirely and been single for almost 2 years. Didn’t think I’d ever want to date again at late 50’s almost 60 tbh. But have recently given it a little consideration 😬 I’m just wary of the men wanting sex on the first date. That’s not for me. I was married for eons so someone new would be a whole different ball game for me 🙈