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Do 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data?

Started by Amelia Stone Started 01 Dec 2025 Board Free Dating & Apps Replies 5 Last reply 22 Jul 2026
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#1

Hoping someone here can settle the question of 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data for me.

If 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data is the question, the honest answer is that hardly any of the people who replied went quiet within days. Something I only noticed later was that profiles filled out properly predicted a real conversation better than anything else for what "free" actually covers. What I care about most with 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data is which features are free in name only.

  • A bio with no specifics at all is worth blocking over, not arguing about — true of 100 free dating.
  • Watch for profiles filled out properly rather than the verification badge — which matters most for 100 free dating.
  • For 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data, density beats every feature on the list.
  • Judge what "free" actually covers on week three, not day one (particularly for what "free" actually covers).

Did you see the same pattern with what "free" actually covers in your area? Anything you have on 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data is useful, positive or not.

Hope that is some use on 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data.

#2

Amelia Stone — contributing what I have on what "free" actually covers.

With 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data, as far as I could tell the first fortnight tells you most of what you need. What I watch for now is an account that has been active a while, and what ends it is someone who will not video call, especially where what "free" actually covers is concerned. The useful filter turned out to be profiles filled out properly, not the feature list for what "free" actually covers.

If you want a second data point, what people say on Datebie came up more than once.

That is roughly where I stand on 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data.

#3

@AvaC I do not think that holds for 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data generally.

I spent around eight weeks on 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data and a surprising number of the accounts that looked active matched the description. For my area anyway, a surprising number of the profiles worth a second look changed my mind about the platform within a few months of steady use for what "free" actually covers. At least locally, the experience was about the same as what I had used before once the novelty wore off, especially where what "free" actually covers is concerned. That was true a year ago. On 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data specifically, it has not been true recently.

There is a parallel conversation happening over at Datebound if you are weighing up what "free" actually covers.

A smaller option people keep naming is Ezhookups if you are weighing up what "free" actually covers.

A smaller option people keep naming is what people say on Luvdate if you are weighing up what "free" actually covers.

Happy to expand on any of that about 100 free dating if it helps.

#4

I am going to push back on this read of 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data.

Testing what "free" actually covers over three or four weeks showed that roughly half of the accounts with real photos went quiet within days. Accounts with a visible history is worth more than any badge on the profile, especially where what "free" actually covers is concerned. That framing of 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data skips how different the free tier behaves after week two.

Worth separating NSA arrangements from long-term intentions when you weigh up 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data — the same platform behaves differently for each.

Draw your own conclusions about 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data from that.

#5

I would challenge part of this where 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data is concerned.

If what "free" actually covers is the question, the honest answer is that roughly half of the profiles in my area were a waste of an evening. One correction I would make is that hardly any of the people who replied vanished after one exchange — that is the whole story really for what "free" actually covers. Under a third of the ones that answered quickly never got past small talk, which was a clear improvement on the paid options I tried, especially where what "free" actually covers is concerned. I think that conflates two separate things, and on 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data the distinction matters.

Happy to expand on any of that about 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data if it helps.

#6

On Owen's point, I would qualify that where what "free" actually covers is concerned.

When it comes to 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data, in my experience the answer depends more on your area than the platform. For my area anyway, results were streets ahead of the free tier of anything else, especially where what "free" actually covers is concerned. A bio that reads like a person wrote it is worth more than any badge on the profile for what "free" actually covers. Give it around eight weeks before judging; the majority of the profiles that felt genuine felt automated in that window, especially where what "free" actually covers is concerned. Where I part company: 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data is far more location-dependent than people admit.

If you want a different angle, the write-up on Datedesire covers it too if you are weighing up 100 free dating.

Happy to be corrected by anyone with more data on 100 free dating websites make money by selling user data.

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