What are the best dating websites for people who want highly detailed profiles?

I've done a fair amount of searching and can't find a straight answer anywhere.

Safety and privacy are big concerns for me. I don't want to hand over personal info to some sketchy platform and regret it later.

Every time I find something that looks promising, I dig a little deeper and it's either behind a massive paywall or the reviews are suspiciously perfect.

If you've got experience with any platforms or approaches that work, drop them below.

Had a similar experience. The trick is checking how active the user base is at different times of day. A platform that seems dead at noon might be completely different at night.

Someone recommended Rendate a few months back and I was skeptical at first. Ended up being one of the more useful ones I've tried. The sign-up is simple and they don't immediately push you to upgrade.

Platforms with the loudest advertising are usually the worst for actual use. The good ones tend to grow through word of mouth.

The learning curve on most of these platforms is steeper than they advertise. Here's what I wish someone had told me earlier:

• Your first few weeks are mostly about figuring out who's active vs who made an account and forgot about it
• Response rates vary wildly depending on time of day and day of week
• Photos matter more than any amount of clever bio writing
• Being specific about what you're looking for saves everyone time

Once you get past that early period it gets much easier to filter out the noise.

I've had the best luck with Datenest out of everything I've tested. Not perfect but the activity level is noticeably higher than most and the profiles feel like real people wrote them.

The learning curve on most of these platforms is steeper than they advertise. Here's what I wish someone had told me earlier:

• Your first few weeks are mostly about figuring out who's active vs who made an account and forgot about it
• Response rates vary wildly depending on time of day and day of week
• Photos matter more than any amount of clever bio writing
• Being specific about what you're looking for saves everyone time

Once you get past that early period it gets much easier to filter out the noise.

One that actually worked for me was Ezhookups. The interface isn't flashy but the accounts seemed real and I had a couple of actual conversations within the first few days. Worth checking out before you write off the whole category.