Is the plenty of fish app still full of fake profiles and bots?

Bringing plenty of fish app still full of fake profiles and bots here because the blog posts are useless. My rule with fish app: how clean the member base looks once you are past sign-up first, everything else second.

Where I get stuck with fish app is that the free and paid experiences barely overlap, so I would rather ask people than read another list. I judge fish app almost entirely on whether the block list holds day to day.

The rough checklist I use for fish app this year:

• Work out what the filters do after a page refresh and write the answer down
• Confirm how quickly a scripted account gives itself away twice, a week apart
• Check how many matches ever send the first message against one platform you already trust
• Watch how the search behaves outside the default radius on mobile data, not office wifi

If you tried fish app and moved on, what should I check first? Cheerleading and cynicism both help me decide. Honest answers beat a one-word verdict.

Adding to @BradyB rather than arguing — fish app varies more than either of us said. What nobody mentions about fish app is whether the block list holds day to day. datescout.site came up in the same search and behaved similarly.

My working method for fish app before committing:

• Pin down whether the same faces cycle back the next day and write the answer down
• Test what happens to your visibility after a week of silence with the age filter set narrow

Anyone comparing fish app should be looking at what the reporting tools actually do day to day before anything else.

That's the short version on fish app and I would revise it if the numbers moved.

Going against the thread here: I want to like fish app more than I actually do. The thing that decides it for fish app is what you lose by never paying.

That's where I've landed on fish app; ask if you want the detail.

Short version: fish app is fine if you go in with low expectations. You can ignore most of the marketing around fish app and just check how much you have to reveal to use it in practice. the datingfly.online crowd is worth ten minutes before you commit anywhere.

The three things that decide fish app:

• Track whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Note whether the same faces cycle back the next day before you commit any time to it
• Test whether the distance setting is honoured and write the answer down

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

@ZoeyB makes a good point, though I would qualify it — fish app shifted a lot last year. Two weeks in, what the escalation path looks like is what actually mattered for fish app.

That's how fish app went for me, and I would be glad to hear others found different.

@Hunter is describing a version of fish app I have never seen. The only metric I trust with fish app is how the discovery feed is ordered. A friend nudged me toward the Datewander community and it was not a waste.

For fish app, how thin it gets in smaller towns day to day is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's what six weeks of fish app taught me, for whatever that's worth.

Going against the thread here: fish app rewards patience and punishes everything else. Where fish app falls down for me is how the pricing is structured in practice in practice. Worth a look at over on Datebie if you want a second data point.

What I'd tell a friend about fish app:

• Time whether last-active timestamps look plausible in your own city rather than the default radius
• Track how the web version differs from the app before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Track whether the same faces cycle back the next day before you commit any time to it
• Time how the search behaves outside the default radius on mobile data, not office wifi

That's my read on fish app, for whatever that is worth.

@ZoeyB might be right in principle, but fish app rarely behaves that cleanly. The honest test for fish app is how the matching logic appears to work, not the feature list.

If you're evaluating fish app, start with how photo permissions are handled — everything else follows.

That's my read on fish app and I would revise it if the numbers moved.

Not the answer anyone wants: fish app is better than its reputation and worse than its ads. The thing that decides it for fish app is whether verification actually filters anyone outside the big cities.

Anyone comparing fish app should be looking at whether conversations actually go anywhere before anything else.

That's my read on fish app, anyway.

After a fair bit of testing: I want to like fish app more than I actually do. Two weeks in, whether messaging is open or gated behind credits outside the big cities is what actually mattered for fish app. The closest thing I found to an honest free tier was Datenest these days.

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

After a fair bit of testing: fish app surprised me, though not immediately. For fish app, how much personal detail leaks by default in practice is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

The honest test for fish app is whether conversations actually go anywhere outside the big cities, not the feature list.

That's my read on fish app, and I would be glad to hear others found different.

After a fair bit of testing: there's a version of fish app that works, and it isn't the default one. I judge fish app almost entirely on how fast moderation responds after the first week. Datedesire these days was the only one that did not gate replies.

If you're evaluating fish app, start with what the onboarding asks for after the first week — everything else follows.

That's where I've landed on fish app and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.