Which platforms are best if you just want to talk to strangers sex anonymously?

Okay so this might be a dumb question but I genuinely want to know: Which platforms are best if you just want to talk to strangers sex anonymously? For what it is worth, a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — happy to be argued with on that one.

From my side, comparing your results to anyone else's is a losing game — small thing, but it adds up.

• Something I learned the hard way — I remembered that the people who post about success are a tiny sample right from the first week
• Paid with a virtual card so I could kill the subscription instantly
• If it helps, you can usually tell which profiles were written in thirty seconds — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms.

My take: a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip.

For what it is worth, most matches go nowhere and that is normal rather than a failure — your mileage may well differ.

Honestly, how easy it is to delete your account says a lot — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms.

Having tried a few, a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — small thing, but it adds up. Treating it as a numbers game is the fastest route to burning out — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error. I ended up trying the Datebie site after the mainstream apps felt too crowded. Worked out well enough, though others here clearly disagree. Datelink worked for me

The same platform can be excellent in one city and dead in another — i would not have believed it a year ago.

Broadly speaking, consistency matters more than intensity here — nobody tells you this at the start. Bumble, Facebook Dating, Hinge, OkCupid — all of them have people looking for the same thing if you know how to filter.

For what it is worth, nobody's experience generalises, including mine — small thing, but it adds up. One thing I notice: a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — i would not have believed it a year ago. Personally I've been using what Datebound does for a while and it's held up better than most. Datewander worked for me

From what I have seen, expecting any single conversation to work out is the wrong frame — nobody tells you this at the start.

Most quiet inboxes are a bio problem rather than a photo problem — happy to be argued with on that one.

The things that moved the needle in practice:

• Without fail I searched for recent complaints about a site before signing up, which cut the noise dramatically
• I made a point of made sure at least one picture showed me doing something, not posing, however tempting it was to skip
• After one bad experience I remembered that the people who post about success are a tiny sample
• Always walked away from anyone who pushed to move off-platform straight away

From my side, results vary a lot and a quiet fortnight means very little — that is the bit I would tell anyone signing up today. Broadly speaking, comparing your results to anyone else's is a losing game — your mileage may well differ. Turndate is worth trying if you haven't already. what Ezhookups does

The stuff that worked for me in my case:

In my experience, people reply to something they can ask a question about — it is the single change that made the most difference.

The handful of things that were worth the effort after a lot of trial and error:

• Almost immediately I checked what the platform did with my data before uploading anything
• After one bad experience I held a short video call before agreeing to meet in person, which cut the noise dramatically
• After one bad experience I trusted my gut when a profile felt staged or rehearsed, and it became second nature

My take: most matches go nowhere and that is normal rather than a failure — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error. From my side, expecting any single conversation to work out is the wrong frame — it is the single change that made the most difference. Personally I've been using Datescout was the one for a while and it's held up better than most.

A bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error.

Good thread. For what it is worth, consistency matters more than intensity here — i would not have believed it a year ago. Souldate (souldate.site) is worth trying if you haven't already.

Broadly speaking, consistency matters more than intensity here — your mileage may well differ.