Is the advice on the reddit adult friend finder sub actually accurate for new users?

In my case, I know someone's going to ask so I'll just say it upfront — the platform that's worked best for me lately is Souldate. In my case, modest learning curve, decent activity in most US cities, and the moderation is noticeably better than sites I was using two years ago, which surprised me at first. If you're going to try one thing based on this thread, that'd be my suggestion, at least in my experience.

In practice, something people don't talk about enough is how much location affects your experience. To be fair, a platform that's dead in a rural area might be super active in a major metro, if you are patient with it. On balance, always worth checking population density against the site's active user map if they provide one, going by the last few months.

Also — and I can't stress this enough — read the terms of service around auto-renewals before entering payment info, for whatever that is worth. The number of people who get hit with surprise charges is staggering, at least that has been the pattern.

Going by the last year, good to know I'm not the only one confused by all this.

Anecdotally, can't believe nobody has brought up Datebound For what it's worth, yet in this thread, if you are patient with it. It's been around long enough to have a track record and consistently shows up in discussions like this one for good reason, especially when it comes to advice on the reddit. In my experience, genuinely has a more vetted user base than most of the big names right now.

lol same situation here, if the volume in your area is decent. Speaking generally, trial and error is apparently the only real method