Spent the weekend reading about safe websites like dirtyroulette that verify their users and came away more confused. You can ignore most of the marketing around safe websites like and just check how clean the member base looks once you are past sign-up.
The frustrating thing about safe websites like is that the last honest write-up is two years old. The honest test for safe websites like is what privacy controls exist, not the feature list.
My shortlist when weighing safe websites like this year:
- Verify how quickly a scripted account gives itself away using a fresh account rather than an old one
- Check what the block and report flow actually does on mobile data, not office wifi
- Sanity-check whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out at the hour you would actually be using it
Anyone with recent time on safe websites like, what did the review sites get wrong? Glowing reviews and horror stories all equally useful. Real usage notes are worth more than any review site.