The guys on Tinder.I think everyone was swiping right (the approval swipe), and I rarely got message replies. Also, I haven't logged on in like a year, but there wasn't a paywall then unless you wanted the advanced features (e.g. OkCupid was alright for dating girls, but so few guys use it in my college town that it wasn't worth it. Have you actually tried Grindr? I don't know where you are, but that's worked the best for me. I never got around to asking why they were posting creepy ads on CL. They all ended up being reasonably cool guys in real life. In one case it led to a reasonably good relationship. In all cases they could not BELIEVE I actually showed up. I ended up meeting some of them in person. "I can't really meet now, my roommate/friend/mom is still here." "I'm too tired tonight." "I've never really done this before." etc. For all of their "NOW!" "Serious only" "Let's do this" demands, once I got them on phone/txt/email they were all excuses. The ones that responded were much MUCH tamer than their ads would have you believe. Eventually I got bored and tried to actually message some of the slightly less creepy ones.
The whole CL M4M section is some kind of bizarre, public, creepy, joint fantasy.īefore I had a smart phone, I lurked in CL for a while, just faintly hoping a normal guy would ever surface. I've actually met a couple of cool guys on. Zoosk: Do people still use this one? I heard it's like Match for young people, but it has a paywall.Ĭraigslist: The: "I probably need to see a sex-addict therapist" of the list. Match: A serious place for dating, but probably not for a college student, if I had to take a guess. Plentyoffish: I guess this one is like OKCupid, but with a slightly worse name. OKCupid: A decent place for dating, but the match-up system is pretty hit or miss and there's an occasional paywall? Jack'd: Grindr if it was more confusing to navigate? Scruff: Maybe like Grindr, but if you have a nice beard going? I don't know.
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Tinder: Slightly better than Grindr in terms of guy quality and how serious everyone is, but still probably not the best place? Plus I don't know if left swiping or right swiping is good, so I'd probably accidentally say no to everyone but "Duck-Face Kyle, 31." Grindr: Wrong choice because if I mention asking someone out to dinner I might get a few genuinely moved laughs and a high-def selfie of the guy's taint, right? Which brings me to the problem that I'm not 100% sure which dating app/site to use. If a guy wanted to just have some casual sex, I could do it just to see if there's anything there, but I'd personally prefer dating. So far I've just met a "straight" nympho and a guy who likes trains just a little bit too much, so I'm thinking about going on a dating app or site. So after trying to randomly come across a guy (hey-o!), meet guys through friends, or meet guys through a couple gay clubs around the university, I'm not having the best luck. People can't really tell I'm gay unless I mention it to them (or casually use the phrase "power top" in a sentence), which sounds kind of nice to some people, but gets in the way of meeting potential guys. I came out to my family and most friends about a year and a half ago. I figured you guys would be the best to ask this. Posts that violate these rules but are interesting (a personal vlog from a Tuareg couple, a selfie taken with the Queen, etc.) are encouraged, but subject to removal at discretion.