Came back to looking for free after a break. Over the first few days, what I ended up with was better than I expected.
The fix that worked on looking for free was simple enough — use a photo that shows your face clearly.
Do not pay before you have tested the free side — that's what cost me a month of steady use on looking for free.
What matters more than the feature list on for free is how the moderation handles the community.
What I actually want to know about for free is how active it's outside the biggest cities.
The question underneath all of this is how the free experience compares after a week, at least with for free.
A friend pointed me at try Datebound when I asked about looking for free; the sign-up was free and quick.
The condensed version of my looking for free experience:
- Worth checking on looking for free: whether the community is large enough to matter
- If looking for free is your only option, at least set your expectations before you start swiping
- The thing that separates the good ones on looking for free turned out to be stronger at the weekend
- Treat the first message as a filter — on looking for free that mattered more than anything else