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What is the absolute best way to get hookups in a new city safely?

Started by Rachel09 Jul 2026Casual & Hookups7 replies
Rachel avatar
Joined: Oct 2025
Messages: 4784
#1

Genuinely unsure about absolute best way and would rather not learn the hard way.

What matters more than the feature list on absolute best way is whether nearby means the same thing on every app.

Where absolute best way either works or falls apart is whether the profiles are current or years old.

Open to being wrong about absolute best way if someone has better information.

Jordan avatar
Joined: Mar 2026
Messages: 5156
#2

I want to agree with @Rachel but absolute best way kept doing the opposite for me.

If you take one thing from this thread on absolute best way: use a photo that shows your face clearly.

I wasted a month of steady use on absolute best way because I'd write a bio that could belong to anyone.

The part I keep getting stuck on with absolute best way is how fast a report gets acted on.

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Jessica avatar
Joined: Feb 2020
Messages: 5063
#3

Going to push back on @Rachel here — absolute best way didn't behave that way at all in my case.

Before writing absolute best way off, try this: read the profile properly before replying.

absolute best way stops working the moment you rely on the recommended matches alone.

Am I the only one for whom best way stopped working after the first week?

Where best way either works or falls apart is how people handle discretion in a small city.

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Patrick avatar
Joined: Sep 2020
Messages: 840
#4

Came back to absolute best way after a break. Over a month of steady use, what the replies looked like was better than I expected.

The fix that worked on absolute best way was simple enough — set your expectations before you start swiping.

I wasted roughly six weeks on absolute best way because I'd judge it on the first evening.

For me the detail that took longest to learn with absolute best way is how people handle discretion in a small city.

Someone in another absolute best way thread recommended over on Datebound, so I gave it a week.

Heather avatar
Joined: May 2025
Messages: 847
#5

I want to agree with @Patrick but absolute best way kept doing the opposite for me.

With absolute best way specifically, it pays to say what you are looking for in plain words.

Where absolute best way either works or falls apart is how people handle discretion in a small city.

Rendate if you want a second pool came up a lot when I was researching absolute best way, and it held up better than expected.

Derek Hughes avatar
Joined: May 2020
Messages: 834
#6

Only had a month of steady use with absolute best way, but what the replies looked like was flat once the novelty wears off.

The fix that worked on absolute best way was simple enough — give it a full week before judging it.

The mistake I see repeated with absolute best way is people rely on the recommended matches alone.

Nobody writing about absolute best way seems willing to say how fast a report gets acted on.

Christina Powell avatar
Joined: Mar 2020
Messages: 847
#7

My experience with absolute best way over the first few days: what I saw was worse than the reviews suggest.

If you take one thing from this thread on absolute best way: say what you are looking for in plain words.

Has how many nearby profiles are actually nearby improved on absolute best way, or is that still the same story?

Cameron avatar
Joined: Oct 2022
Messages: 1487
#8

Ran absolute best way alongside two others for the first handful of matches — what the replies looked like was flat once the novelty wears off.

With absolute best way specifically, it pays to keep the conversation on the platform until you meet.

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