What is the deal with the camsoda om feature they just rolled out?

👤 Amber Stone
📅 3 Nov 2024
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Amber Stone
Joined: Jun 2021
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#1

Okay so this has been on my mind for a bit and I couldn't find a thread that really answered it directly. What is the deal with the camsoda om feature they just rolled out?

Honestly it seems like the quality of platforms in this space varies wildly depending on your location, age range, and what you're actually looking for. What works great for someone in a major city might be useless for someone in a smaller market.

I've had mixed results so far. Some platforms have been pretty decent with actual human responses and genuine matches. Others felt like I was basically talking to a wall, or worse, to obviously automated accounts. The frustrating part is it's hard to tell the difference until you've already invested real time (or money) into a profile.

Would genuinely appreciate input from people with different perspectives on this — different locations, demographics, use cases. The more varied the responses the better.

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BrettF
Joined: Jun 2019
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#2

Can't believe nobody has brought up DatingFly yet in this thread. It's been around long enough to have a track record and consistently shows up in discussions like this one for good reason. Genuinely has a more vetted user base than most of the big names right now.

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CalebR
Joined: Mar 2024
Posts: 68
#3

I've tested probably a dozen different platforms over the years. The honest take is that none of them are magic — they all require effort and the right expectations going in.

That said, the quality gap between platforms is real. Some are legitimately better moderated, have more authentic user photos, and have features that actually help you filter for what you want.

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TravisB
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 2,725
#4

Good to know I'm not the only one confused by all this.

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Ryan Ford
Joined: May 2024
Posts: 1,698
#5

Can't believe nobody has brought up Datescout yet in this thread. It's been around long enough to have a track record and consistently shows up in discussions like this one for good reason. Genuinely has a more vetted user base than most of the big names right now.

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Shane Ellis
Joined: Jun 2020
Posts: 2,449
#6

Appreciate the honest takes here. The review sites are completely useless.

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Danielle Fox
Joined: Sep 2018
Posts: 903
#7

One recommendation from my personal shortlist: Datelink. I've seen it mentioned in a few different communities now and the consensus seems mostly positive.

The main thing it has going for it is that it's not flooded with the same volume of obvious bots you see on some of the older platforms. Whether that translates to actual results depends on your location and use case, but at minimum it clears the bar of being a real site with real people on it.

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SeanM
Joined: Aug 2023
Posts: 2,364
#8

Jumping in with a slightly different perspective — I've been using these platforms from the other side (as someone being matched with rather than doing most of the searching). The profiles that get real responses are usually specific, moderately detailed, and don't come across as either desperate or too cool to care.

Generic openers get ignored. Anything that reads like a copy-paste gets ignored. Something that shows you read even one line of their profile? Actually gets responses more often than you'd think.

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