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Gay message boards are a great way to find people who like what you like, with the advent of apps why are gay message boards still so popular? Well there are a few very good reasons, apps are all very well, but they have some serious limitations. Firstly, you are going to have no knowledge of the gay men that you chat to. They’re all total strangers because apps don’t have a group element, so you’re pretty much putting all your apples in one basket.

Community Feel

An online message board can have a strong sense of community and the personalities of the users begin to appear, leaving you more able to identify the sort of person that you’d like to hook up with. It is also easier to ask something or as for something you are a little apprehensive about e.g. a lesser known sexual fetish on a community message board than an app.

Gay Dates

Digital spaces have long been a tool in helping like-minded people to track each other down. But what other extras can they offer in the face of the roaring success of the up and coming app industry? Primarily, they can provide a safe space for gay men to chat without fear of the reprisals which have sadly not yet died out. Regular users report feeling safe in a group of people who are all searching for the same thing; whether that’s purely friendship, dating or a hook-up. Going onto these message boards with a sense of purpose helps you to find the right date for you.

You can explore multiple personalities on a message board and thus perhaps create a feeling of slightly knowing someone before you embark on a date with them. This means that your date has a higher chance of success of going somewhere and leading to a second date if that’s what you’re after.

Different types of Gay Men Online

There will also be a wealth of experience available. Valuable for the younger ones, seasoned gay Daddies using online board will be able to point young cubs in the right direction for the best places to go for a date and putting a face to a name. And the ones to avoid can be pretty useful to know in advance, as well as giving tips and pointers for safety and how to enjoy your date to the maximum.

It’s often said that by getting to know someone before you head out for that romantic glass of wine, the higher the chance of that relationship working. Online gay message boards are the primary place for fulfilling this criteria.

And yet another element which makes these an attractive digital space is that you are not confined to chatting to just one person. Message boards by their nature are going to a have a large range of people, all of which are potential dates for you. But don’t forget to stay UK-based. Striking up a close relationship with someone from San Fran when you live in London is probably not going to work out!