Hookup Sites

[Poolboy21409]

Does anyone have any info on the hookup sites Manhunt, Adam4Adam and Silver Daddies??

[josephga]

theres better looking guys on manhunt.

[leigh.bess.toad]

I think it may depend on the market you are in. In my area, A4A outnumbers MH and Squirt probably 5 to 1 combined. Easily. So your chances of hooking up are a lot better. Of course a lot of guys are on all sites. Then I guess there are other sites that are available to smart phone users. But since I have a stupid phone instead of a smart one I will defer to someone else on that.

 

The quality of guy I've found really doesn't vary that much between the sites, especially since there is some overlap in the guys. At least in this area it's true. But other areas of the country may have different preferences. Sort of like the prevalence orf M4RN vs. RB vs. RM -- some are bigger in one market while another is bigger in another. You sort of have to feel your way through.

[+ deej]

Then I guess there are other sites that are available to smart phone users. But since I have a stupid phone instead of a smart one I will defer to someone else on that.

 

The smartphone apps aren't any different EXCEPT those that use the phone's GPS to show guys who are physically nearby. That doesn't help any.

 

You sort of have to feel your way through.

 

You give your permission for that?

[doitb4ugo]

Being interested in kink, can I add RECON to the query. Anyone use Recon. I am currently too afraid of what I might be getting into with some of the people...How does a member built trust that the partner will abide by set boundaries. thanks

[Guest Wetnwildbear]

Common Sense Grasshopper

 

Being interested in kink, can I add RECON to the query. Anyone use Recon. I am currently too afraid of what I might be getting into with some of the people...How does a member built trust that the partner will abide by set boundaries. thanks

 

Recon is one of a number of sites that I have used at different times depending on what I am looking for.

 

However - in all cases - I meet in Public the first time - usually at a commercial restaurant in a busy shopping

 

area. I always insist on a phone # and pic in order to meet. We have usually talked by phone at least once or more beforehand.

 

 

This gives you the opportunity to do a personality check for compatibility - chemistry - signs of mental disease -

 

unwanted drug use/etc.

 

If things go well - We arrange for a personal visit/session. If Not you say thanks and

 

disappear into the crowd. I ALWAYS coach this as an initial "Meet and Greet" - not if you look hot lets hookup.

 

 

I have found that those who are also SAFE AND SANE - appreciate the approach - Those who are not SAFE or SANE

 

wont agree or show and DEMAND an immediate Hookup.

 

 

I dont invite strangers into my home - without some screening/talk/and info like a PH#/pic

[Kevin Slater]

The smartphone apps aren't any different EXCEPT those that use the phone's GPS to show guys who are physically nearby. That doesn't help any.

 

The smart phone apps may also edit out the more revealing (read: useful) pics. Steve Jobs apparently feels it his mission to free the world from porn.

 

Kevin Slater

[instudiocity]

The smart phone apps may also edit out the more revealing (read: useful) pics. Steve Jobs apparently feels it his mission to free the world from porn.

 

Kevin Slater

I haven't experienced any of that in my three iPhones since 6/29/2007.

[Kevin Slater]

I haven't experienced any of that in my three iPhones since 6/29/2007.

 

From http://apps.manhunt.net/?page_id=19

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is my primary photo different on the Manhunt iPhone App?

 

If any of your photos (including your primary photo) contain adult content, we will skip over them and find the first non-adult photo (that you have set to public) to show as your thumbnail pic.

 

Kevin Slater

[instudiocity]

From http://apps.manhunt.net/?page_id=19

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is my primary photo different on the Manhunt iPhone App?

 

If any of your photos (including your primary photo) contain adult content, we will skip over them and find the first non-adult photo (that you have set to public) to show as your thumbnail pic.

 

Kevin Slater

But that's Manhunt's policy. You painted it as Steve Jobs Porn Paranoia. There could be several reasons for the policy including Apple's App Developmemt rules. How can we know why? And why automatically blame Steve Jobs personally?

 

I just downloaded the Manhunt iPhone app. In order to download it, you have to accept a Apple App Store stipulation that the app is intended for 17 and older. Manhunt membership requires the member be 18. Looks like a discrepancy between two runs that causes an App Store requirement for Manhunt's App as SD posted. But I still fail to see Steve Jobs being anti-porn. I imagine a boatload a of Apple lawyers covering the collective corporate derrière.

[Kevin Slater]

But that's Manhunt's policy. You painted it as Steve Jobs Porn Paranoia.

 

I did, and correctly so. The error message on Grindr et al is "Too hot for Apple". And thirty seconds on google returns:

 

http://gawker.com/#!5539717 Steve Jobs Offers World ‘Freedom From Porn’

 

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/steve-jobs-porn/ Want Porn? Buy an Android Phone, Steve Jobs Says

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/may/25/ipad-porn-free-steve-jobs I want the iPad porn-free, says Apple's Steve Jobs

 

Note the quotes: Steve Jobs wants... Not Apple, not Manhunt.

 

Kevin Slater

[+ honcho]

Back to the original topic of comparing Manhunt, A4A, Silverdaddies -

 

I have a silverdaddies account. I met my current long-term fuck-buddy on it. I think a goodly fraction are there with serious intent

of finding something more than a 1-timer, but once they do, often stay for eye-candy or to flirt or have occasional flings, but are usually pretty up front about it. I would say that there are probably better sites for people interested in as much recreational sex as possible.

 

I also have a recon account. (Also mostly for eye-candy). If you're into recreation leather-sex, it is a terrific resource. I would say that

they precautions that Purplebear described would apply to any SM-ish type date, not *just* for people you meet through recon.

 

(I've also reconnected with a couple of friends of long-time standing who moved away, etc.)

[Toulouse]

I've never paid to be a member of any personals website...is paying the key to success? It seems to me that the "free" features of most hookup websites sound enticing, but after you set up a profile you quickly find out that they have built in frustrating restrictions and roadblocks to try to convert you to a paying customer. In the websites I have used the most frequently

(squirt.org, men4sexnow.com, Adam4Adam) it seems that you see the same exact people day after day. It doesn't seem very easy to find people online I want to meet for casual vanilla sex. I agree with others' comments regarding Silverdaddies.com--the best results I've had with free, online hookups have come from this user-friendly site. But even then, it's been too few and far between.

[CowboyUp]

I use the Craigslist male4male encounters to screen for potential hookups, it is a hit and miss thing but I have met some awesome guys on CL and have had some of the best non-escort, NSA sex ever. Just be careful, as well as patient. Meet in a public place first, then If things click you can take it from there. Ask for an Iphone-type face-pic first, just to help verify that the dude is real. I live within minutes of 2 large, urban universities and there are tons of young guys looking for NSA fun and, believe me, they can be fun. Nothing like a hard, young dick that stays hard for hours and cums more than one load per hour! Oh So much fun, but A lot of the guys are looking to suck dick for the first time, and then don't have the balls to go thru with it. Just don't get disappointed, it sometimes takes awhile to meet some quality guys. Thanks to CL and Silverdaddies I now have a whole a small group of safe, discreet, NSA fuck buddies, but truth is I will always prefer hiring truly professional, first-class escorts when I can. That said, free hook-up sites aren't always a bad alternative.