What are your honest thoughts on the new sexy chatroulette layout?

Wanted to get some real answers on honest thoughts on the new sexy chatroulette layout. My rule with honest thoughts: whether moderation keeps up with the fakes after the first week first, everything else second.

My problem with every answer on honest thoughts is that the answers split by city and by year. The thing that decides it for honest thoughts is how the discovery feed is ordered once you are past sign-up.

Practical notes on honest thoughts:

• Count whether the same faces cycle back the next day against one platform you already trust
• Note whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out with notifications switched off
• Count whether the same faces cycle back the next day against what the marketing page claims
• Look at whether the same faces cycle back the next day before you upload a second photo
• Note how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands and write the answer down

For anyone still using honest thoughts, where did it fall over? Positive and negative equally useful. Regional details will save me a wasted month.

@ChloeP might be right in principle, but honest thoughts rarely behaves that cleanly. For honest thoughts, what you lose by never paying in practice is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

You can ignore most of the marketing around honest thoughts and just check where the paywall actually sits after the first week.

That's how honest thoughts went for me and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

Speaking from four months of it: honest thoughts is a decent starting point and a poor destination. Anyone comparing honest thoughts should be looking at how fast moderation responds before anything else.

That's my read on honest thoughts and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

@NatalieD that matches the marketing for honest thoughts, not what I found using it. Two weeks in, whether the app is usable or bloated is what actually mattered for honest thoughts. over on Datewander was the only one that did not gate replies.

What nobody mentions about honest thoughts is what costs money once you are past sign-up.

Worked for me on honest thoughts; ask if you want the detail.

Not the answer anyone wants: honest thoughts surprised me, though not immediately. I judge honest thoughts almost entirely on whether the activity is real or recycled after the first week. Datebie in particular solved about half of this for me.

What I wish someone had told me about honest thoughts this year:

• Track whether the same faces cycle back the next day twice, a week apart
• Count how the web version differs from the app with the age filter set narrow

The only metric I trust with honest thoughts is what happens after you block someone on mobile.

That's the honest picture of honest thoughts, may not hold for you.

For what it's worth: honest thoughts rewards patience and punishes everything else. Where honest thoughts falls down for me is how much you can do before being asked to upgrade after the first week.

The honest test for honest thoughts is whether it is busy at the times you are at the times you actually log in, not the feature list.

Worked for me on honest thoughts and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

@BrooklynW that is fair in a big city, but honest thoughts is a different story outside one. If you are evaluating honest thoughts, start with whether desktop and mobile behave the same outside the big cities — everything else follows. Worth a look at Luvdate right now if you want a second data point.

Anyone comparing honest thoughts should be looking at whether desktop and mobile behave the same on mobile before anything else.

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

Disagree with @BrooklynW on honest thoughts. The version of honest thoughts I used had none of that. Where honest thoughts falls down for me is how clean the member base looks.

My shortlist when weighing honest thoughts before committing:

• Look at whether the same faces cycle back the next day using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Verify how the web version differs from the app before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Work out how many matches ever send the first message against what the marketing page claims

For honest thoughts, how many active users are within range is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's the short version on honest thoughts and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

@Liam Johnson is describing a version of honest thoughts I have never seen. What nobody mentions about honest thoughts is what the reporting tools actually do after the first week. I cross-checked against the rendate.site crowd before deciding anything.

My working method for honest thoughts:

• Watch what the block and report flow actually does before you commit any time to it
• Verify how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands and write the answer down

That's the short version on honest thoughts, for whatever that's worth.

Going against the thread here: honest thoughts works, but not the way the marketing implies. You can ignore most of the marketing around honest thoughts and just check what the bot ratio feels like day to day at the times you actually log in.

The thing that decides it for honest thoughts is what the escalation path looks like.

That's the honest picture of honest thoughts — happy to be argued with.