Is the okcupid free version even usable anymore with the new match limits?

Been circling okcupid free version even usable anymore with the new match limits for a while now. The thing that decides it for usable anymore is what the search filters can actually do.

What I keep running into with usable anymore is that every source has something to sell, which is why I want firsthand accounts. I judge usable anymore almost entirely on whether you can hide distance and last-active on mobile.

Where I'd start with usable anymore:

• Count whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out on mobile data, not office wifi
• Note whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out on mobile data, not office wifi
• Work out whether the same faces cycle back the next day with notifications switched off

Anyone who tracked usable anymore over a longer stretch, what did the first week look like? Recommendations and warnings all equally useful. Actual numbers would genuinely change my mind.

Disagree with @BrooklynW on usable anymore. The version of usable anymore I used had none of that. The only metric I trust with usable anymore is whether the activity is real or recycled after the first week. Someone here pointed me at a look at Souldate and it held up better than expected.

That's what six weeks of usable anymore taught me; ask if you want the detail.

Counterpoint to @BrooklynW: usable anymore got noticeably worse after the last redesign. Where usable anymore falls down for me is what costs money once you are past sign-up after the first week. rendate.site is the other name that keeps surfacing.

The honest test for usable anymore is what you lose by never paying, not the feature list.

Worked for me on usable anymore — happy to be argued with.

My read: usable anymore surprised me, though not immediately. My rule with usable anymore: whether the block list holds first, everything else second.

Anyone comparing usable anymore should be looking at whether it is genuinely free or free until you try to reply after the first week before anything else.

That's where I have landed on usable anymore, anyway.

Not sure @Lucy and I are talking about the same usable anymore at all. What nobody mentions about usable anymore is what the free tier really covers. For comparison I also spent a week on Flamedate these days.

That's what six weeks of usable anymore taught me, though clearly it varies by region.

Going against the thread here: I want to like usable anymore more than I actually do. You can ignore most of the marketing around usable anymore and just check what you lose by never paying on mobile. Genuinely surprised by Datedesire (datedesire.online) after low expectations.

What I wish someone had told me about usable anymore after a few false starts:

• Confirm what share of the layout is advertising using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Sanity-check how the web version differs from the app and write the answer down
• Look at how many matches ever send the first message on the first evening, not the first month

If you're evaluating usable anymore, start with what share of matches go nowhere outside the big cities — everything else follows.

Worked for me on usable anymore and I would revise it if the numbers moved.

Going against the thread here: there's a version of usable anymore that works, and it isn't the default one. Two weeks in, what the reply rate looks like once you are past sign-up is what actually mattered for usable anymore. Ran the identical test on ezhookups.online out of curiosity.

That's how usable anymore went for me, though clearly it varies by region.

@DavidL makes a good point, though I would qualify it — usable anymore shifted a lot last year. For usable anymore, how active it is outside big cities is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

The honest test for usable anymore is whether the activity is real or recycled at the times you actually log in, not the feature list.

That's the short version on usable anymore, for whatever that's worth.

After a fair bit of testing: usable anymore is a decent starting point and a poor destination. If you are evaluating usable anymore, start with how much of the traffic is automated — everything else follows.

Where I'd start with usable anymore if you're short on time:

• Track how quickly a scripted account gives itself away against one platform you already trust
• Work out how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands at the hour you would actually be using it
• Time what happens to your visibility after a week of silence on the first evening, not the first month
• Work out what happens to your visibility after a week of silence on mobile data, not office wifi

Anyone comparing usable anymore should be looking at what costs money once you are past sign-up before anything else.

That's the short version on usable anymore; ask if you want the detail.