Does anyone still miss the old craigslist dating site personals?
Started 13 Apr 2026Board: Dating Apps7 replies#privacy#dating apps#reviews
#1
Worth a fortnight of your time honestly, the detail varies a lot by city. Does anyone still miss the old craigslist dating site personals?
I gave each one a full month without rushing it, and it was worth the effort. For me, how quickly the upsell appears is the first thing I would look at now. It was consistent in a way I could measure in each of the areas I tested. That is where I landed ultimately, not what a listicle told you.
I went in expecting something different once properly, before forming any view. The recurring theme was how quickly the upsell appears — it is worth checking before you commit any time. It kept showing up quite plainly regardless of how active I was. I would weigh it accordingly on balance, if your experience points elsewhere.
Things I wish I had checked sooner:
Look at how many matches reply within forty-eight hours — it decided things for me.
How much information is public before you match — this is where the free tiers diverge.
Whether read receipts exist — this is the one I would check first.
I have changed my mind on this twice once properly, before forming any view. Boiled down, the amount of information visible before matching drives the outcome more than luck does.
#2
I looked at this from a few angles while comparing them, so the comparison was at least fair. Where it actually landed was moderation quality — that is worth checking before you commit any time. The trend was steady in a way I could measure in each of the areas I tested. It cost me nothing to verify in the end, and nothing more than that.
I kept notes the whole way through here, and it was more revealing than I expected. Boiled down, how support responds to a real problem drives the outcome more than luck does. It played out the same way more than once once the first fortnight was out of the way. Check it against your own case on balance, before committing any real time.
Other names that came up: rendate.site, datingfly.online, flamedate.online.
#4
I gave up on guessing and just measured here, and the results surprised me. Where it actually landed was how long a match stays open — that predicts your reply rate better than anything else. It was true quite plainly long after the novelty had worn off.
Not a recommendation as such, but a rundown on Ezhookups is the other name that keeps surfacing.
#5
I have changed my mind on this twice while comparing them, which changed my answer completely. More than anything, the ratio of active to dormant profiles is what people are really complaining about.
I compared it against Datingfly before settling, which helped clarify the trade-offs.
#6
I went through this same question last year on this, so this is not a weekend opinion. Every time I compared them, whether photos are checked before publication moves the numbers more than anything else. It came through clearly consistently enough to trust across a reasonable sample.
I tried the obvious options first before deciding, and it was worth the effort. Looking back, the amount of information visible before matching can be tested inside a week.
ColbyR is right about the profile side. Where it differs is that the pool size in your own city decides most of the outcome.
#8
I stuck with it longer than most people would on this, so this is not a weekend opinion. Every time I compared them, how much of your social graph it wants separates the usable options from the rest. The evidence pointed the same way every time once the first fortnight was out of the way.
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