DoublelistReviews 11,358

There was a learning curve to getting ads through Doublelist's approval process, but once I figured out what was acceptable and what is not no issues with my ads posting in a decent timely manner. The fact that you have to post PG rated ads on a hook-up site is incredibly annoying and definitely contributes to my low rating. However, my main issue with the site and reasoning for low rating is that my messages do not deliver.

When I post a ad, I will reply to it to see if I get my own message and they never come in. This is incredibly annoying not being able to reach other posters ads that I want to connect with, but also leaves me wondering if I am getting all the messages from people replying to my ads. I understand that there is a way to "block" a email from replying to your ads, but I've never blocked myself and I have replied to my own ads with multiple different email address as the contact and none have delivered. This is incredibly annoying and even more so when every ad I post gets replied to by the same people over and over again, no matter what ad and what you're looking for and no matter how far off from what you're looking for, seemingly spamming me but theirs always deliver.

In short, I am unable to contact users that are looking for what I am and no way of knowing if the users that are trying to reach me are able to get through as well. The site support is nonexistent as well so nobody is there to help you. The site has potential, but way too restrictive, both in what you can post and how it allows you to reply, or not reply.

Inconsistent, biased, unfair, and completely unable to respond to customer needs. Doublelist is a joke. It's frustrating and wastes your time. You post something that stays up for two months, then when you renew it it is suddenly rejected? They claim you can't post sexual things in the dating section, but it's full of sexual stuff--then when you try to do something with the word "massage" or "rub" they immediately delete it. Horrible, horrible site.

This site is useless. If you post a nice vanilla personal ad, they pull it down or don't even post it. But if you post something raunchy, it goes right up! My account was locked out for violating "terms of service" but I received no warnings or explanations. I have emailed support multiple times and they do not respond. I frequently helped them by reporting hustlers and underage accounts, and then they do this? Recently a page for some hookup site with a partially naked man would pop open when you logged into the site. I think this whole site is scam!

I have been using the site since it started and it picked up pace relatively quickly.

In the early days it was OK, but they have now gotten way too picky over what they will allow, plus there are not enough staff/moderators to support the site. Posts are sometimes "In Review" for hours!

The "DL police" (who ruined CL) are now out again - policing posts and flagging any that they don't like the look of. "Community moderation" does NOT work... guys will simply flag you if you reject them or if you are in competition with their posts.

DL likes you to use pictures in posts, but many of mine now gets my post rejected or flagged soon after it appears, even though the pictures are mine and are totally non-explicit. Therefore, I now rarely use pictures.

Moderation is inconsistent! I understand their caution after what happened to Backpage, but DL have taken things too far, so it's now "painful" to use and they are inconsistent in what they will allow. DL uses moderators in several locations around the world and depending on when you post or edit a post, it could be accepted or rejected!

Posters are now using silly spellings in words, to thwart the filters... such as c*ck or c0ck. How ridiculous on an adult site!

In the "Gay for Straight" (guys) section, there are a lot of tran-sexuals offering seedy services... using explicit pictures and embedded phone numbers (which are not permitted in posts). Also, when you read these posts, sometimes the wording alludes to payment required, but DL turns a blind-eye to these infractions.

DL needs to add more locations, so that posters in small cities don't have to post in the nearest available city, which could be far away! E.g. Fort Worth is NOT Dallas!

As the DL subscriber base has grown, the hosting servers are now inadequate, so they often hang and service is disrupted or very slow.

Overall... a real shame!

*** Update ***
Don't bother emailing questions. DL never respond to emails.
DL have added a "user stories" section p a total waste! They should concentrate on creating a hookup site that works better than CL!

It's odd people are saying this is a replacement to Craig'slist. However it's not nearly close, the site is pretty much solely for dating or no strings attached hookups but really the rules make it impossible to meet people let alone get messages. They flag any ad that isn't totally p. G even provocative pictures are forbidden. The messaging process is totally junk, sending messages to my own ad from my computer I didn't receive the message I sent my self. I think d. B should fall back.

I use the site and find it successful. Just don't be crude / rude on your first posting - get the point across and wait for a response. Then send that person (direct to their email not a DL server interface) whatever pics and desires you have. I think they are being cautious / smart about not getting into trouble. If you cannot post then reply to a posted ad - I've had success with both, although it took me a few tries to understand what words I can and cannot use when posting.
It's better now than a few months ago - more users.