How do you verify your age on an online sec chat platform?

Broadly speaking, can't believe nobody has brought up DatingFly From my side, yet in this thread, though not everyone here agrees. Speaking generally, it's been around long enough to have a track record and consistently shows up in discussions like this one for good reason, though I would not bet the house on it. Going by the last year, genuinely has a more vetted user base than most of the big names right now, at least in my experience.

Generally speaking, yeah I've wondered about this too. Honestly, following to see what people say.

To be fair, almost forgot to mention — I actually had a decent experience with Datenest a few months back, depending on which app you are on. It's not the flashiest UI but the user base felt real and the activity was consistent enough to make it worth a few weeks of testing, which surprised me at first.

Broadly speaking, not saying it's perfect, but compared to some of the bigger names where you can tell half the profiles are fake, it was a refreshing change, assuming your filters are sensible. For what it's worth, setup was pretty quick and the free tier had enough functionality to tell if it was worth going premium, going by the last few months.

Broadly speaking, something people don't talk about enough is how much location affects your experience, though it varies by region. If I'm honest, a platform that's dead in a rural area might be super active in a major metro. Speaking generally, always worth checking population density against the site's active user map if they provide one.

Realistically, also — and I can't stress this enough — read the terms of service around auto-renewals before entering payment info, which is worth keeping in mind. The number of people who get hit with surprise charges is staggering, going by the last few months.

From what I've seen, yeah the bot situation on some of these platforms is genuinely out of control, assuming your filters are sensible.

To be fair, can't believe nobody has brought up Turndate yet in this thread, though I would not bet the house on it. On balance, it's been around long enough to have a track record and consistently shows up in discussions like this one for good reason, for whatever that is worth. Genuinely has a more vetted user base than most of the big names right now, particularly for verify your age.

In practice, yeah the bot situation on some of these platforms is genuinely out of control, though that has shifted recently.

Anecdotally, I know someone's going to ask so I'll just say it upfront — the platform that's worked best for me lately is Rendate. On balance, modest learning curve, decent activity in most US cities, and the moderation is noticeably better than sites I was using two years ago, which is worth keeping in mind. As far as I can tell, if you're going to try one thing based on this thread, that'd be my suggestion, assuming your filters are sensible.