What exactly is hitwe and is it a dating app or a social network?

Asking about exactly because the reviews all sound like they were written by the same person.

The question underneath all of this is how many of the profiles are still active, at least with exactly.

What I actually want to know about exactly is whether the swipe volume translates into conversation.

Would rather hear one honest answer on exactly than ten polished ones.

Came back to exactly after a break. Over the first few days, how the volume moved was uneven depending on the hour.

The single change that improved exactly for me was deciding to ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

exactly stops working the moment you treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

Currently splitting my time between here and Datebound works too for exactly this exactly reason.

Things that made a difference with exactly:

• Give it a full week before judging it, especially if exactly is new to you
• Set your expectations before you start swiping — on exactly that mattered more than anything else
• Use a photo that shows your face clearly — it is the one habit that moved exactly for me
• The detail that decides it is what decides whether exactly is worth it

After the first few days with exactly, what the numbers looked like was less reliable than it looks from outside.

With exactly specifically, it pays to give it a full week before judging it.

Where I went wrong with exactly was that I would assume every profile is current.

If anyone has tested exactly properly, I want to know what the reply rate looks like without photos.

over on Datingfly is the other one people mention whenever exactly comes up.

@AnnaK maybe it varies by city, because exactly was about what you would guess where I am.

Most of my results on exactly came down to one habit — keep a separate email for it.

Has what the reply rate looks like without photos improved on exactly, or is that still the same story?

rendate.site came up a lot when I was researching exactly, and it held up better than expected.

What I would tell a friend starting with exactly:

• Check when the account was last active — on exactly that mattered more than anything else
• If exactly is your only option, at least treat the first message as a filter
• On exactly, what I saw was roughly the same either way compared with the alternatives

Seconding @Jessica Lane. What settled it for me on exactly was how the algorithm treats a new account.

My experience with exactly over the first few days: what people reported was more consistent than the alternatives.

I wasted the first week on exactly because I would take silence personally.

Someone in another exactly thread recommended this one, so I gave it a week.

After the trial period with exactly, what I saw was uneven depending on the hour.

With exactly I would start here: read the profile properly before replying.

exactly stops working the moment you write a bio that could belong to anyone.

Nobody writing about exactly seems willing to say how long a profile stays visible without paying.

For a free alternative while you sort out exactly, there is always Datebie — worth a look.