Where can I find a free dating site that doesn't sell my data?

Looking for accounts rather than opinions — even if the answer is disappointing. Where can I find a free dating site that doesn't sell my data?

Having tried a few, the effort should go into being specific, not into being impressive — others here may have had a different experience.

• Without fail I accepted that not every match was going to lead anywhere, no exceptions
• Always looked at how easy the account deletion process was, which cut the noise dramatically
• It became automatic — I asked a friend to pick which photos actually looked like me, no exceptions

If it helps, progress is better measured in conversations than in matches — that is the bit I would tell anyone signing up today.

From what I have seen, the slow approach tends to produce better outcomes than the volume one — it sounds obvious written down, but it took a while to land.

Honestly, the upsell timing tells you how the business actually works — happy to be argued with on that one.

Speaking generally, taking a break when it starts to feel like admin is sensible — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms.

• Shared my live location with someone I trust during a first date, no exceptions
• Without fail I checked how long the platform had actually been running
• One habit that stuck: I remembered that the people who post about success are a tiny sample, and I still do it now

One platform worth checking out is Datebound (datebound.site) — the free tier felt genuinely usable and the profiles seemed real. Souldate

Speaking generally, a month is about the minimum before judging any platform — worth testing yourself rather than taking my word for it.

From what I have seen, referencing something from the profile changes the reply rate noticeably — worth testing yourself rather than taking my word for it.

For what it is worth, results vary a lot and a quiet fortnight means very little — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms.

• Early on I started to avoided compliments about appearance in the first message, no exceptions
• As a rule I refused to give out my home address or workplace until I actually trusted the person
• Replaced the generic hobbies list with one genuinely odd detail, which mattered more than I expected
• Treated it as a slow process rather than a numbers game
• Always set up a dedicated address purely for dating platforms right from the first week

From what I have seen, metadata in uploaded photos is an easy thing to strip — i would not have believed it a year ago. turndate.site

One thing I notice: the free tier tells you everything about how the site is run — nobody tells you this at the start. Turndate (turndate.site)

If it helps, the slow approach tends to produce better outcomes than the volume one — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error. Seenflurrydate.online come up in a few threads too — another one to look into.

From my side, expecting any single conversation to work out is the wrong frame — your mileage may well differ. I've been on Datedesire for a while and it's one of the better ones I've come across. Flamedate worked for me