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AfterEllen.com LGBT Dating Forum Review

Item: AfterEllen.com LGBT Dating Forum Review
Rating: 8.1
Author: Easy Sex

By Easy Sex July 23, 20193010 views

INTRODUCTION:

If you're a lesbian or bisexual woman, there's a good chance that you already know AfterEllen.com. It's one of the most successful lesbian and bi pop culture blogs around. It's where we get the majority of our pop culture news, hot takes on celebrity autobiographies, celebrity gossip (though somehow not even After Ellen has been able to give a definitive report on who Janelle Monae is dating!!), and lesbian lifestyle tips.

But considering the amount of traffic that After Ellen gets on its blog, a proportionately small number of the site's readers also use the site's forums, which if you know anything about LGBT-specific forums, even if they don't advertize themselves as such, these forums are undeniably LGBT dating forums.

And don't get me wrong when I say that there aren't that many readers on the forum. There are PLENTY of them, and the forum is hopping at almost any hour of the day, given the site's global reach.

I signed up for my free membership with relative ease, and dove right into the forum, trying to find the best sub-forums to flirt with other members in. In a move that I'm not particularly proud of (actually... I sort of am), I discovered that a fantastic spot to flirt is in the forum's "Does She Like Me?" section, where members who're insecure about whether or not their crushes feel the same way, share long and desperate stories of being ignored.

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ABOUT:

AfterEllen.com may be best known as a blog, but after a couple weeks of using their forums, I'm a firm believer that it might not be too long before the forums take off and become almost as popular as the blog is.

We've all experienced how bad the comments sections of blogs can be, so to have a forum where a select group know to go and discuss articles without the trolls, is heavenly. There are fantastic discussions about just about every topic under the sun that relates to being a lesbian or bi woman.

There are general sub-forums for Movies, TV, and documentaries, but then there are also dedicated forums to the most popular lesbian shows like The L Word, Pretty Little Liars, Lost Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Glee, and Bomb Girls.

But what about the dating, and the hookups, right?

While there aren't any sub-forums specifically for finding dates, there are forums where people can discuss dating, their sexuality, where to meet women, and like I mentioned, you can get creative in the crushes section. Don't cramp my style though!

If you're feeling bold, you might even consider writing a post in the "Introductions" section, with a bit of information about you, and putting it out there that you'd love o meet someone for a little fun if there's anyone who lives near you.

So far I've had lots of success mixing things up, and the vibe that I get from the membership is that most are very much interested in hooking up with someone on the forum.

FEATURES:

While you might expect the forums on a big blog like AfterEllen.com to be stuffed to the brim with fancy features that a lot of smaller LGBT dating forums can't really afford to implement without a complete overhaul, there's an interesting twist with the forum, and how it works with the blog.

It sort of doesn't. The people who run AfterEllen want people to use the forums of course, but they also need their readers to be engaged with the actual stories, and to comment on the blog posts and their social media shares.

There ARE some great features on the AfterEllen.com forums though, including:

-An incredibly attractive forum theme that puts most other LGBT dating forums to shame

-Check to see who and how many other members are reading the forum at the same time as you with the "Members Online Now" display

-Subscribe to your favorite After Ellen forums via RSS feed

-Even though the forum feels like a different site, you can follow After Ellen on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram directly from the forum homepage

-Submit your own fan fiction and creative writing in the forum's writing forums, and some of the After Ellen staff may even read it

-A forum specifically for lesbian/bi women of color

-Stay up to date with the latest updates being implemented on AE, and often find out about site changes before their announced on the site-proper

-Forum statistics make it easy to know just about anything you want to know about the forum's statistics

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CONCLUSION:

Even though I wish that the AfterEllen.com forums were a bit more accepting of the fact that if you're running a lesbian forum, you're going to have hookups and dating happening, the great design, quality membership, and extensive list of conversation topics make it one of the best LGBT forums on the internet.

Everyone loves to get together to gossip and talk pop culture, so there being a dedicated forum connected to one of the best lesbian and bi pop culture sites around, is almost too good to be true.

Even though I signed up for the forums with the sole intention of finding women to have sex with, I have to admit that I've found myself participating in conversations about things like Celine Dion, and my favorite shows on Netflix. It's been unexpected, but actually very welcome because I'm always happy to have more smart lesbians in my circle of friends; even if it's only on the interwebs.

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Pros

The forums on AfterEllen.com are among the best looking LGBT dating forums I've ever seen, and while there's certainly a bit more work required when hitting on women through a LGBT forum that tries to pass itself off not as a dating forum, but as a general forum for all other types of discussion, the tradeoff of a cleaner visual layout is almost an even one. It simply depends on how quickly I need to seal the deal, I suppose.
  
As I said, the fact that the forums act as a place where readers of After Ellen can have an intelligent discussion without having to worry about trolls posting gifs of Anne Heche showing the world her butthole in Gus Van Sant's Psycho remake, is a delight. I'm pretty sure some of the trolls think that Ellen has something to do with the site...
  
The membership size where it's at right now feels like it's close to where I would ideally like it to stay, but I'm sure that growth is coming soon, so if you're looking to join the AfterEllen.com forum before it explodes with people, I would suggest joining today while there's still a chance to keep track of all of the site's biggest users.
  
Being an older member will also work out to your advantage if you continue to use the forum to pick up, because you'll be able to show new cute users the ropes.

Cons

I've had a great time on the AE forum so far, and I imagine that my feelings aren't going to change any time soon. At least not until the forum becomes too popular for its own good.
  
When the forum does have its bump in popularity, I worry that it will become even more challenging to use the forum as an
. I've already experienced some younger members who aren't aware that LGBT forums are always also dating forums, whether official or not, scold me for hitting on them.
  
I think that the lack of dedicated sub-forum for dating and hookups is a bit of a blunder on the part of the site's creators. I actually wonder if at some point in the future, they won't add that to the forum, and perhaps even charge a membership fee for anyone who wants to use the forum's dating features. The quality of the membership right now is strong enough that I'd probably pay for that.
  
The other con that I'd mention is the lack of synergy between AfterEllen.com: The Blog and AfterEllen.com: The Forums. I understand why it's a challenge, but I also feel like it's something there must be a solution to.
  
I've really had a fantastic time using the forum though, and despite my minor issues with it, I see myself continuing to use it for a good while longer still. Hopefully the hookups remain as incredible as they've been so far.