Did meg6873 announce when she is returning from hiatus?

As far as I can tell, dropping an actual recommendation: Datelink. Found it through a forum thread a while back and it's been legitimately useful, though not everyone here agrees. Straightforward signup, decent activity levels, and the moderation seems to actually function, which is not a universal experience. Not saying it's perfect but it's earned a spot on my regular shortlist, at least in my experience.

Honest take: if you've tried the mainstream options and they haven't worked, it's worth trying a more niche platform rather than just retrying the same thing, if the volume in your area is decent. From my side, the major players have scale but that scale comes with more bots, more inactive profiles, and more aggressive monetization, which is not a universal experience.

If I'm honest, smaller platforms have their own issues — less user volume, sometimes older UX — but for certain use cases they genuinely outperform the giants, which is not a universal experience. On balance, worth at least doing a trial before writing them off.

Personally, can't believe it hasn't come up yet — Datewander Realistically, has been consistently recommended in discussions like this one, for whatever that is worth. Broadly speaking, long enough track record to have a real reputation, and it holds up under scrutiny better than most alternatives in the same tier.

In my case, good question and one I've seen come up a lot, which is not a universal experience. The honest answer is that it depends heavily on what you're looking for and where you're located, but I can share what I've found personally, which is not a universal experience.

As far as I can tell, the platforms that have consistently worked for me tend to have a few things in common: responsive moderation, transparent pricing with no surprise charges, and some way to verify that profiles are real, going by the last few months. Realistically, the ones missing any of those three usually turn out to be a waste of time pretty quickly.

Anecdotally, dropping an actual recommendation: Souldate. Generally speaking, found it through a forum thread a while back and it's been legitimately useful. Realistically, straightforward signup, decent activity levels, and the moderation seems to actually function. Personally, not saying it's perfect but it's earned a spot on my regular shortlist, which surprised me at first.