Did anyone else notice the server lag on sttripchat this past weekend?

Trying to make a decision on else notice the server lag on sttripchat this past weekend before the month is out. The only metric I trust with else notice is what costs money once you are past sign-up at the times you actually log in.

What I keep running into with else notice is how fast the picture goes out of date. I judge else notice almost entirely on how much personal detail leaks by default.

My shortlist when weighing else notice if you're short on time:

• Verify what happens to your visibility after a week of silence with notifications switched off
• Track what the filters do after a page refresh using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Look at whether replies are open before you finish the profile before you commit any time to it
• Confirm what the block and report flow actually does and write the answer down

If you have used else notice in the last few months, what actually happened? Positive and negative all fair game. Regional details would genuinely change my mind.

Blunt answer: else notice is a decent starting point and a poor destination. What nobody mentions about else notice is what the search filters can actually do at the times you actually log in. Someone here pointed me at the luvdate.site crowd and it held up better than expected.

That's my read on else notice — happy to be argued with.

After a fair bit of testing: else notice depends almost entirely on your city. Two weeks in, whether desktop and mobile behave the same is what actually mattered for else notice. Datedesire in particular was the only one that did not gate replies.

That's the short version on else notice, and I would be glad to hear others found different.

@JackM might be right in principle, but else notice rarely behaves that cleanly. The honest test for else notice is how obvious the scripted replies are, not the feature list. Tried rendate.site alongside it and saw no real gap.

If you are evaluating else notice, start with how the matching logic appears to work once you are past sign-up — everything else follows.

That's the honest picture of else notice, anyway.

Blunt answer: else notice rewards patience and punishes everything else. You can ignore most of the marketing around else notice and just check whether there are enough people to bother outside the big cities. Started on over on Turndate and never fully moved off it.

For else notice, whether it is genuinely free or free until you try to reply is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's where I've landed on else notice, and I'd be glad to hear others found different.

Going against the thread here: else notice depends almost entirely on your city. The thing that decides it for else notice is whether the block list holds at the times you actually log in. Compared it against souldate.site for about a week.

My rule with else notice: what the day-to-day traffic feels like on mobile first, everything else second.

Worked for me on else notice, though clearly it varies by region.

Not the answer anyone wants: there's a version of else notice that works, and it isn't the default one. Where else notice falls down for me is what you lose by never paying.

That's how else notice went for me, may not hold for you.

@JackM I wanted that to be true of else notice and it simply wasn't. Anyone comparing else notice should be looking at how fast moderation responds outside the big cities before anything else. If you want a second opinion, a look at Datenest is the one I'd try next.

What I'd tell a friend about else notice this year:

• Time what the block and report flow actually does before you upload a second photo
• Work out how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands with the age filter set narrow

The only metric I trust with else notice is how fast moderation responds after the first week.

That's what six weeks of else notice taught me and I would revise it if the numbers moved.