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Has the go fish dating site completely shut down or just rebranded?

Started by Danielle Wood09 Nov 2025Dating Apps & Sites8 replies
Danielle Wood avatar
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 842
#1

Starting a thread on go fish dating site completely shut down because the search results are useless.

What matters more than the feature list on go fish dating is what the gender ratio looks like locally.

For me the factor that keeps coming up with go fish dating is whether the premium upsell is worth it.

Tell me if go fish dating site completely shut down isn't worth the effort and I will drop it.

Josh avatar
Joined: Jul 2021
Messages: 842
#2

Came back to go fish dating after a break. Over a full weekend, what the numbers looked like was more consistent than the alternatives.

Most of my results on go fish dating came down to one habit — check when the account was last active.

What I actually want to know about go fish dating is how long a profile stays visible without paying.

Sarah Cooper avatar
Joined: Dec 2020
Messages: 845
#3

Respectfully @Josh, go fish dating is not that clear-cut. How the volume moved was worse than the reviews suggest.

What helped most with go fish dating was that I made a point to compare two platforms side by side.

I wasted a month of steady use on go fish dating because I would assume every profile is current.

this one is the other one people mention whenever go fish dating comes up.

Quick list from my time with go fish dating:

  • Write a bio that says something checkable — on go fish dating that mattered more than anything else
  • The factor that keeps coming up on go fish dating turned out to be stronger at the weekend
  • If go fish dating is your only option, at least set your expectations before you start swiping
  • Give go fish dating the trial period before deciding — how the volume moved was clearly ahead on this one point
Ethan Parker avatar
Joined: Jan 2021
Messages: 846
#4

@Danielle Wood makes a fair point, though with go fish dating I'd add that what the numbers looked like was about what you would guess.

The single change that improved go fish dating for me was deciding to keep a separate email for it.

Do not rely on the recommended matches alone — that's what cost me the first handful of matches on go fish dating.

What matters more than the feature list on go fish dating is how the algorithm treats a new account.

Things that made a difference with go fish dating:

  • If go fish dating is your only option, at least set your expectations before you start swiping
  • On go fish dating, what actually happened was stronger at the weekend compared with the alternatives
  • Worth checking on go fish dating: how the pool looks outside the big metros
  • The piece people skip on go fish dating turned out to be flat once the novelty wears off
SophieR avatar
Joined: Apr 2023
Messages: 843
#5

Ran go fish dating alongside two others for the first month — what actually happened was uneven depending on the hour.

With go fish dating I would start here: read the profile properly before replying.

The trap with go fish dating is that it is easy to write a bio that could belong to anyone.

What I actually want to know about go fish dating is whether the matching does anything you can notice.

If go fish dating is the sticking point, datelink.online handles it without an upgrade prompt.

If you want the practical bits on go fish dating:

  • Treat the first message as a filter — it is the one habit that moved go fish dating for me
  • The part I got wrong at first on go fish dating turned out to be roughly the same either way
  • Say what you are looking for in plain words, especially if go fish dating is new to you
MikeD avatar
Joined: Aug 2024
Messages: 845
#6

Came back to go fish dating after a break. Over about a fortnight, how it played out was less reliable than it looks from outside.

The single change that improved go fish dating for me was deciding to read the profile properly before replying.

The trap with go fish dating is that it's easy to send the same opener to everyone.

Where go fish dating either works or falls apart is what the daily limits feel like in use.

The one that surprised me on go fish dating was over on Luvdate — no card, no trial nonsense.

Christina avatar
Joined: Dec 2019
Messages: 841
#7

My experience with go fish dating over the opening stretch: how the volume moved was flat once the novelty wears off.

Before writing go fish dating off, try this: check when the account was last active.

The mistake I see repeated with go fish dating is people write a bio that could belong to anyone.

A friend pointed me at what Datebound does when I asked about go fish dating; the sign-up was free and quick.

Ben avatar
Joined: Nov 2022
Messages: 845
#8

@SophieR put it better than I would. The only thing I would add about go fish dating is that how many of the profiles are still active matters more than the feature list.

Ran go fish dating alongside two others for a full weekend — what people reported was about what you would guess.

Where I went wrong with go fish dating was that I would rely on the recommended matches alone.

Would you still recommend fish dating knowing what you know now?

What I actually want to know about fish dating is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

The question underneath all of this is how long a profile stays visible without paying, at least with fish dating.

Sarah avatar
Joined: Aug 2019
Messages: 5329
#9

Respectfully @Ethan Parker, go fish dating is not that clear-cut. How it played out was stronger at the weekend.

The single change that improved go fish dating for me was deciding to keep a separate email for it.

The trap with go fish dating is that it is easy to judge it on the first evening.

What matters more than the feature list on fish dating is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

Where fish dating either works or falls apart is how long a profile stays visible without paying.

For a free alternative while you sort out go fish dating, there is always datebie.online.

Join the people in this thread, without paying for go fish dating

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