Ok so gonna add my 2 cents to this discussion since it's been an ongoing topic for years now. A few facts about this site:
It's NOT a hookup site. It is a fetish community much like fetlife. What does this mean? It means that yes, although there are people here looking to meet, the site is not designed for that purpose. There is a very easy way to tell if a site is actually designed to get people together. Try doing a search based on your location. If the site makes this difficult and yields a wide variety of results, then that tells you it is not intended to get people together.
Since it is a fetish community, there will be a larger number of people who are here exploring and fantasizing. I like to call them "tire kickers" (sorry, that's my car salesman background coming out lol)
If your sole purpose is to meet people for actual meetups, then your time will be better spent on sites where that is everyone's focus, i.e. a swinger site. If you don't know which one is popular in your area, take a look at this article.
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This is not to say that there are not real people on this site who are open and willing to meet, but understand this....If you are not experienced, this site will expose you. What do I mean by that? If you do not know how to approach a couple, talk to a couple, engage a couple, then chances are, you are going to strike out every time. Why do you think there are guys on this site who have been very successful and guys who have had no luck? Remember this, as far as the guys are concerned, we're all black and most of us are hung. So if that is all you offering to women and couples, then you're going to lose every time to those guys who are not "one trick ponies"
So I'm going to keep it real....for any guy who complains about this site not being real, or being full of fakes, not having any luck etc...all you are truly doing is screaming to the community..." I don't know what I'm doing. I have no idea of how to engage anyone on this site". Now I'm not saying that this is the case. I'm simply saying that is how you are coming across. In other words..it's not a good look.
To wrap all this ******* up, you basically have a few choices....
Look at the guys who are successful and see what you can learn from them...
Keep doing what you are doing...
Learn to appreciate this site for what it is and don't be frustrated by what it's not...
Invest your time in a community that is going to yield a better return for your time invested.
But ask yourself this.....if you think you're just gonna flash your BBC and have women lining up to give you their phone numbers, you're the one living in a fantasy world. Getting off my soap box now. Peace