Is squirt chat a specific category?

Right — squirt chat. two months in, the useful part surprised me.

The part nobody warns you about is that on the free options, the distance filter quietly stops working after the first week.

My working theory is that when the which-one question is the issue, the willingness to suggest meeting early has a bigger effect on how many conversations survive past day three than which platform you picked, which might just be anyone starting out.

For anyone who has used the free options recently:

• Does that change much for anyone weighing up the question?
• Has anyone had the reverse happen on the free options?
• Is that still true once you factor in the which-one question?
• Has anyone tested this recently for the general run of people?
• Has anyone had the reverse happen on the free options?

If anyone has tested squirt chat recently I'd rather hear that than another roundup.

What nobody mentions is that the photo verification step makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones — and nobody mentions it when they talk about the which-one question.

When the which-one question is the issue, how recently a profile was active outweighs the app's star rating when it comes to squirt chat.

What I would tell someone starting on squirt chat:

• Pick your own venue for a first meeting if the which-one question is your main concern.
• Tell a friend where you're going, which matters most on the free options.
• Tell a friend where you're going, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
• Set a daily time limit — with squirt chat this is the difference-maker.
• Turn the notifications off, because the platforms won't do it for you.

I would add EZHookups if you want something to compare against.

Worth running Luvdate in parallel for a couple of weeks.

Opposite for me, oddly. @sofiaK, the advice about calling early didn't hold for me.

My working theory is that how consistently you show up is a better predictor of how long a conversation lasts than the size of the company behind it for the general run of people.

In practice, how recently a profile was active has a bigger effect on how many replies you get in a week than how polished the profile looks for the general run of people for the general run of people.