Online Dating

[mikeemountie]

Trouble with most is they are large city biased so us country folk don't get much interest….gay.com may actually be the best for the usa market but I hear it is bankrupt so may be going away. Gaydar is uk-centric(australia too) and gayromeo euro-centric especially germany ...guys4men.com has great forum but lousy dating results and manhunt is a pure meat market but if that is what you want it may be ok. The other sites like gaymatches etc are mostly pay-only so you don't get anything without a subscription. It take a dim view of that and usually that means they have limited reach limited result limited in general - not worth the sub. Other than that there are fetish sites like recon but it's fetish and a date for a relationship potential may be unlikely....hey that's the gay internet as I know it anyway. Someone may want to expand on this or offer their own "go through" of the sites..

[yofang]

i use gaydar for lots of time now, and i have no complains. yeah, there's lot of people looking for sex, but u get there everywhere. there's lots of cool people just looking to meet nice people. at least in my country… i've made some friends from people from there, people that i treasure till today.

i guess it's a matter of luck.. dunno...

[Fam0usN0b0dy]

I met my boyfriend over at livejournal..
It's not an online dating site though.

[Whits]

there are plenty.. for asian-caucasian type go to hxxp://www.fridae.com..
and others very popular ones are gaydar, gayromeo, gay.com and so on,
i met my now co-habitant/ fiancé on gay.com..

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[Hobbestails]

I met my first boyfriend on gay.com and have had a few dates through adam4adam.com (but mostly people there are for hookups)

[kenndylo]

i met my bf through Anonidate.

Its a rather secure and free dating site.

Imagine Googlemap,
with people posting their personality/description,
you can try to scope out people within your area.
Get to know them, talk to them before exchanging email, pic and so on.

And i am so glad i went there..
/squeeze bf ;3

[garjr71]

any help for those hiding in the closet?

~rR

[nyresident]

@rR:

any help for those hiding in the closet?
~rR

Yes… COME OUT OF THE CLOSET!! 

(unless you live in a country where they will kill you or throw you in prison for the rest of your life - in which case... MOVE)

[RandoBear2]

i can suggest happysexo.com or bearlounge.net , there's plenty of profiles with pics of people all over the world.
i met my last b/f over there, about a month ago.
They're free otherwise (but is on payement on evening hours) try also bearwww.com

(but, of course, we can use this forum for datings too, i think  )

[give]

i met my transexual partner on tvchix.com

[bluehue]

@nyresident:

@rR:

any help for those hiding in the closet?
~rR

Yes… COME OUT OF THE CLOSET!!   

(unless you live in a country where they will kill you or throw you in prison for the rest of your life - in which case... MOVE)

sound advice, but not something one wants to hear when closeted.

but being out makes is so much easier on others and especially oneself. most people you know well already think you are anyway and are just waiting for you to make it official.

i lost a couple friends when i came out, but it just showed that they weren't really friends to begin with (they were catholic)

squirt.org is a good one for just hookups.

[martykisser]

i'd say gay.com and gayromeo are my faves.. i've been lucky for a time or two.. but most of the time its just sex.. so, yeah.. goodluck

[whateva]

I 've used gaydar and gayromeo so far and I've met people from both of these sites.
I'd recommend the latter cause it's a far better website usability-wise.

There's no need to have sex with anyone you 've only just met so take it easy.
If you arrange for a meeting with someone you could just go and do what you normally do like having a coffee/beer or whatever.
Being in a familiar scenario of places you normally visit and things you normally do should help you feel less nervous.

[juancho]

i have a planet romeo account mainly because they bought guys4men and i have met a lot of good straight-acting and closeted friends (with and without benefits) and boyfriends in that site.

you don't have to post a face pic. just chat first, then move on to giving your ym (for example) and chat some more and maybe exchange pics if you have learned to trust each other.

they also have a forum but it's boring unlike the guys4men forum before the site was taken over by planet romeo.

my friends from planet romeo and i have a facebook account where we continue our discussions/rants/banters/etc.

i also have a manjam account but it's not as good as guys4men.

[Niddler]

I met my partner over four years ago through guys4men(free membership) which I guess is now part of gayromeo. My biggest problem was where I lived, I didn't know of any gay community and it was almost an hour drive to Chicago, more if traffic was bad.

[colt8686]

I'm a fan of connexion.org

[10706]

qgays.ru 

[koeyjai]

@tom:

what about gayromeo ?

I am surprised that so many other sites exist.
gayromeo has the RADAR now,
I live in a small place in Thailand now and there are always some guys online within 5 km (3 miles)
Before I lived in India, same thing there. It's free and has TOO MANY search functions (haha, no need to use them all,
but you could look for someone with a big uncut dick, a beard, no body hair, total top for fisting in your village …)
Maybe manhunt is more popular in the US, but I see no reason to use any other site.
Even found a tour guide - and ended up in a 3some.... last week.

For a bit of live cam fun you can try geilboy.chaturbate com  when waiting for a reply

[Apollo24]

I'd lean towards gay.com or any other site that is a little more "community based" as far as being able to chat with others….I've met quite a few really interesting people on there and became more than just another screen name....a genuine connection with anyone these days is tough as we live in a proxy world of immediate gratification....but it shouldn't stop you or anyone else from trying....the online world can be just as unpredictable as the real world we live in....take chances....explore all the gay sites....you never know when you'll run face first into the love of your life....I stumbled, ungracefully, into my husband on Manhunt of all places (I like to spark up conversations with random internet strangers)....every site is what you make of it....

I hope that helps in some way....  :laugh:

[eroxo]

I've met boyfriend of 3y on manhunt, I guess you get what you're looking for. I find okcupid pretty interesting as well, even though most of the (gay) friends  I've made online came from specific social networks, like last.fm or goodreads.com