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Are cougar dating apps filled with bots?

Started by Spencer Started 21 Oct 2025 Board Platforms & Reviews Replies 5 Last reply 01 Jul 2026
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#1

Putting this to people who have actually done it rather than written about it: cougar dating apps filled with bots.

Coming back to cougar dating apps filled with bots, in practice the pattern was consistent. Matches who ask questions back is worth more than any badge on the profile, especially where bots and fake profiles is concerned. What I care about most with cougar dating apps is how many listed accounts are actually live.

What was your sample size on cougar dating apps? Would rather hear one real account of cougar dating apps filled with bots than ten reviews.

Still working cougar dating apps out myself, to be fair.

#2

@Spencer broadly agree where bots and fake profiles is concerned.

In terms of cougar dating apps filled with bots, at least locally the useful signal was photos that look recent. Worth saying that close to all of the accounts that looked active led somewhere useful — that is the whole story really for bots and fake profiles.

Anyway, that is my read on cougar dating apps.

#3

Replying to Spencer: here is what I ran into with bots and fake profiles.

Testing cougar dating apps filled with bots over a fortnight of proper testing showed that a small minority of the threads that went anywhere responded like actual people. Over a few months of steady use, well over half of the chats that lasted more than a day changed my mind about the platform, especially where bots and fake profiles is concerned.

Worth separating adult chat rooms from long-term intentions when you weigh up bots and fake profiles — the same platform behaves differently for each.

I compared notes against Datebie threads before settling on an answer.

You will see the same debate playing out on this thread on Souldate if you are weighing up cougar dating apps filled with bots.

For completeness, the other domains that get named here, if you are researching bots and fake profiles: datenest.site

That is roughly where I stand on cougar dating apps filled with bots.

#4

Replying to Spencer: for balance, another angle on cougar dating apps.

Coming back to cougar dating apps filled with bots, from what I saw the pattern was consistent. Give it most of last winter before judging; roughly half of the profiles worth a second look were a waste of an evening in that window, especially where bots and fake profiles is concerned.

  • First photo does most of the work — lead with your best — especially with cougar dating apps filled with bots.
  • Judge bots and fake profiles on week three, not day one.
  • Someone who will not video call is worth blocking over, not arguing about — more so for cougar dating apps filled with bots.
  • Reverse image search before you invest any real time — especially with bots and fake profiles (particularly for bots and fake profiles).

Worth a look alongside the big names: the Datebound boards if you are weighing up cougar dating apps.

That is roughly where I stand on cougar dating apps filled with bots.

#5

Spencer — my experience of bots and fake profiles was the opposite.

With cougar dating apps, going on my own use the first fortnight tells you most of what you need. I stopped bothering when I saw a bio with no specifics at all, especially where bots and fake profiles is concerned. A good chunk of the accounts with real photos were clearly recycled, which was materially better than the newer entrants for bots and fake profiles. That framing of cougar dating apps filled with bots skips how different the free tier behaves after week two.

  • Video call before meeting, every time, no exceptions — more so for cougar dating apps filled with bots.
  • Fill in every optional field; the sparse profiles get skipped — in the case of cougar dating apps.
  • Close to all of the profiles that felt genuine felt automated in my case — in the case of cougar dating apps.
  • Ask one specific question instead of opening with hello — more so for cougar dating apps filled with bots (particularly for bots and fake profiles).

Curious whether anyone else saw the same with cougar dating apps.

#6

Grace — agree on the first point about cougar dating apps, less on the second.

Judging bots and fake profiles fairly means separating the free tier from the paid one. The part that surprised me was that most of the profiles that felt genuine vanished after one exchange — that is the whole story really, especially where bots and fake profiles is concerned. Where I part company: cougar dating apps filled with bots is far more location-dependent than people admit.

You will see the same debate playing out on what people say on Datelink if you are weighing up cougar dating apps filled with bots.

For contrast I also ran the same test on Luvdate community if you are weighing up cougar dating apps.

Names that surface repeatedly if you go looking, if you are researching bots and fake profiles: datedesire.online

That is roughly where I stand on cougar dating apps filled with bots.

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