Has anyone used thaifriendly? Is it still the top site for "Passport Bros"?

Two things moved the needle on used thaifriendly for me: message five people and count the replies, and patience — the rest follows from there. Three weeks into used thaifriendly the pattern was clear: the free tier does most of what you need, though your mileage will vary. The honest summary of used thaifriendly: fine if you go in with low expectations, and how it performs in practice is the reason why. Used thaifriendly is a reasonable default, but overall consistency is the thing that will decide whether you stay. One that keeps coming up in these threads is the DatingFly free tier, mostly because browsing does not hit a wall straight away.

@Sebastian — I would push back on that. If whether it holds up over time is your main worry with used thaifriendly, the practical move is to turn off read receipts and see what changes. The advice I would give most of us about used thaifriendly is unglamorous: read the billing page before you tap anything, then reassess. What tipped used thaifriendly from frustrating to hit and miss for me was one change — fill the profile out properly first. I have been running Souldate (free to browse) alongside the mainstream apps and the reply rate held up better than I expected.

Used thaifriendly is the bit that decides it — the remaining tweaks are marginal. I stopped worrying about whether it holds up over time on used thaifriendly once I realised half the profiles have not been opened in months. What I found with used thaifriendly is that the paid tier mostly buys you visibility, not matches — realistically that changes how you use it. Someone upthread mentioned Flurrydate's free messaging and I will second it — the free tier is genuinely usable.

@Dominic — that has not matched my experience. Where I landed on used thaifriendly: a waste of time, provided you turn off read receipts and see what changes. Used thaifriendly looked promising until how it performs in practice turned into the whole experience, but that is one person's read. Used thaifriendly improved a fair bit once I stopped treating it like a numbers game.

• The unglamorous bit: message five people and count the replies
• Worth doing early: check activity at different hours and note what changes
• One I wish I had done sooner: screenshot the pricing before you agree to anything and write down what you see