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I prefer web over app. I tried a site which was said to be free. signup was fine so i started to use the site only to realise to see my matches or start chats i had to pay for a "premium" account or something. that really annoys me and it's a waste of my time so does anyone know any good dating sites which are actually free, as in i don't have to pay to use the site for what it should be used for? thx in advance ๐Ÿ‘

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[โ€“] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 12 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

I like OK Cupid. It works perfectly without paying and matches are better as they are based on questions you answer and profiles contain more info. So it's less evaluating lifestock like Tinder.

There's also Bumble, it used to be that the woman needs to start talking when matched within 24h otherwise the match disappears. This is so women won't get spammed by loads of men. I heard they would change it, but I'm not sure if they actually did. It works fine without paying.

There's Boo, which I think is mostly for autistic and introvert people. Works fine with the free version.

There's Feeld, which works great without paying. The focus is mainly on sex, not so much relationship material imo.

[โ€“] BlackPenguins@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

OKC is basically 90% bots now. I have 100+ likes. None are from my area or even my country.

[โ€“] Occultist0178@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Ok Cupid used to be kind that, but they completely butchered the question part of it, in my opinion it is no longer useful. Also as a white cis male you get spammed there by literally hundreds of accounts from the Philippines. Makes the whole thing useless in my opinion

[โ€“] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah that's true. About 60% of the women I see are from Asia / Africa / South America.

I wish they would disable the custom location feature to solve this clutter.

I live in The Netherlands, there are enough people here on the app to make it worth while. It's how I met my new partner.

[โ€“] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I wish they would disable the custom location feature to solve this clutter.

It's REALLY useful for travelling/migration. I made a penpal/IRL friend through there using this very feature. They should deal with it by reports and etc.

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

There's Boo, which I think is mostly for autistic and introvert people. Works fine with the free version.

Oooo... I'm gonna have to try this one.

[โ€“] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not a big fan though. It's also a sort of social media. There are many people on there from Asia and Africa, cluttering the user base.

I had 3 matches which ended in extended conversations, but in all 3 cases (don't know if it's coincidence) they were trying to cheat on their partner. I'm poly, I don't mind sharing, but cheating on someone is not going to happen with me.

About poly, OK Cupid has the option to say you're monogamous, polyamorous (with account links possible) or open to either. So it's a great app for finding poly people or focus on mono people without matching with the poly ones (saves a conversation)

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Yeah... I have been on there since making that comment and just looking in a 40 mile radius, a majority of the profiles I am seeing are unvaccinated red hats. ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

The idea is still nice, but... You're still at the mercy of who is actually near enough to meet. And I live in dumbfuckville.

[โ€“] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Sorry to say, but there's no app available which creates better people in your town haha

Maybe move to a city?

OK Cupid has the option to set your location manually. You can check somewhere else if there's someone nice. I hate this option, it clutters the app with Asian and African women wanting to meet someone abroad. But it may be nice for you to get better results.

Bumble did chenge that. Now the woman decides who has to start the convo once they match. You can also set some prompts for the other person to reply to.