In the world of online dating, few platforms have garnered as much attention and controversy as Ashley Madison. Known for its tagline "Life is Short. Have an Affair.", this website has positioned itself as the go-to destination for individuals seeking extramarital relationships. With over 5 million active users, Ashley Madison promises a discreet and secure environment for those looking to spice up their love lives. In this review, we'll delve into the features, usability, security measures, and overall experience of using the Ashley Madison platform.
Ashley Madison stands out from the myriad of dating sites by specializing in extramarital connections. The site caters to married individuals and those in committed relationships who are seeking an affair. This niche focus has attracted a substantial user base of both men and women who are interested in exploring relationships outside their primary commitments.
The platform's main selling point is its promise of discretion. For many users, the allure of Ashley Madison lies in the ability to connect with like-minded individuals without the fear of being discovered. This emphasis on privacy is a key factor in the site's popularity.
As with any online platform, the user experience is paramount, and Ashley Madison has taken significant strides in ensuring that its interface is intuitive and user-friendly. The site is well-designed, featuring a clean and straightforward layout that makes navigation a breeze. From signing up to engaging with potential partners, users will find the process smooth and uncomplicated.
The registration process involves creating a profile, which can be done anonymously. This feature is particularly appealing to users who value privacy and wish to keep their real identities concealed. Once registered, users can browse through profiles, send messages, and utilize the site’s advanced search filters to find matches based on specific criteria.
Given the sensitive nature of the platform, Ashley Madison has implemented robust security measures to protect its users. The site uses SSL encryption to safeguard data and ensure secure communication. Furthermore, users have the option to blur their photos and engage in private chats to maintain anonymity.
Despite these measures, it's important to note that Ashley Madison faced a significant data breach in 2015, which exposed the personal information of millions of users. Since then, the platform has worked diligently to enhance its security protocols, regain user trust, and prevent future breaches.
One of the standout features of Ashley Madison is its vibrant and diverse community. With millions of users worldwide, the platform offers a plethora of potential matches for those seeking an affair. The community is active, with individuals open to exploring various types of relationships, from casual encounters to long-term affairs.
Users can take advantage of various communication tools, such as private messaging and chat rooms, to connect with others. The site also offers a travel feature, allowing users to arrange meetings with potential matches in different locations as they travel. This adds an exciting dimension for those looking to connect with people outside their local area.
Ashley Madison operates on a credit-based system rather than a subscription model. Users purchase credits to interact with others on the platform, with costs varying depending on the activity, such as sending messages or initiating a chat. This system allows users more flexibility and control over their spending, making it attractive for those who may not be frequent users.
There’s also a free account option that allows users to create a profile and browse others, but engaging in meaningful communication requires purchasing credits. This pay-as-you-go model ensures that users can tailor their experience based on their level of engagement and interest.
Ashley Madison offers a unique and enticing proposition for individuals seeking discreet, extramarital connections. Its well-designed interface, large user base, and focus on privacy make it an appealing choice for those looking to explore affairs outside their primary relationships. However, potential users should weigh the risks and remain cautious about their online privacy.
Despite its past challenges, the platform has bounced back and remains a popular choice among those who dare to explore the boundaries of their relationships. If you're considering joining Ashley Madison, approach it with an understanding of its niche focus and an awareness of the importance of maintaining your privacy. In doing so, you may find it to be a rewarding avenue for new and exciting experiences.
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Nobody real on this site
Nobody real, just bots
Had an affair with two women
I've been using AshleyMadison for three or four months and I have met several married women. I agree that it is not really easy and you can tell that there are at least ten times as many men as women. Having an affair can be quiet challenging. But I have used several other affair websites and even those with a better male-female ratio (for example Saphrina or other hook up sites like AFF) have more men than women.
I am not really sure if AshleyMadison is still the number one affair website. I prefer Saphrina but during the time I've used AshleyMadison I was able to have an affair with two women!! Obviously it is not a scam and works pretty damn well!
Pros
Many members
Cons
Bad maleto female ratio
Expensive
Good site, but I prefer NoStringsAffair, or similar (smaller sites) instead
Ashley Madison is the world's best known extra-marital affairs website. Most of its users are from Canada, USA and UK.
Sadly though it has recently been revealed that the site was hacked and millions of its members' details released publicly. Those members are rightly now concerned about their privacy.
To be honest, I always had an inclination that this may happen one day. I never really felt entirely safe using such a huge, popular site.
I also didn't feel that they were being entirely fair when I discovered that YOU HAVE TO PAY if you want them to delete all the data that they hold on you. Seriously? Pay upon joining and then pay when you leave?
I personally prefer using smaller sites to find someone to have a discrete affair with. I just have a feeling that this kind of site is not such a significant target for hackers, willing to disclose someone's personal details. I tried quite a few of them and the one I really like was NoStringsAffair.com. There are plenty of members in my area and I had sex with a gorgeous woman I met on the site already! We have had our first date in a restaurant to get to know each other a little bit, but when we met up the second time we booked a room in a hotel and had the most amazing night ;)
The great thing about NoStringsAffair.com is the 'no strings' aspect. We continued to have an affair and both of us were cool about it staying that way. We would just meet up and have sex together and no obligation to turn it into a serious relationship. Would recommend it.
Best site I found
I was looking for a relationship outside my marriage and over a year or so used several sites including AshleyMadison, AffairLInk, SweetDicreet, GoHookUp, XXXMatch and Lonely Housewives. I had multiple contacts with real women looking for affairs on AshleyMadison. I am currently involved with one of those women and we are having a great time...I was very frustrated with the other sites. Most appeared to be funnels for paid video chat/sex....particularly xxxmatch, SweetDiscreet. Havent been on AL or GHU as long, but they look like the same. I did meet what appeared to be several real women on Lonely Housewives but both were too far away to meet up with. Fun to talk to though.
Pros
Real women looking to hookup.....most missing passion at home. Some dubious contacts, but sort through them.
Cons
Does take some $ to get through the process but like the guy said above....if you really want to hook up, its gonna cost ya in hotel bills anyway so be realistic! Ive spent $$$ over the past several months at hotels, meeting once a week and splitting the bills!
Your way off
I have had that box unchecked since day one. Is this like the fox watching the hen house you write about? You may police the site but you also have ringers too!\\r\\n\\r\\nStill waiting for customer support to answer this question, it's been a month now and no reply.\\r\\n\\r\\nWait until you have 5 credits left, you will get a collect message from a ringer.
Pros
I did finally after 3 months meet someone.
Cons
The collect messages, there should be a box to allow you to receive collect messages. Like allow collect message from othe profiles to be delivere to your mail box. Check here.
About those "fake" messages, winks, and so on
There are some reviews that state there are "fake users" or women sending winks, collect messages, chat and so on. The answer is to go into "Manage Profile" and UN-Check the box that says "Market Research." If this box is checked, then you're asking for it. See the section below, that is straight out of the AM Terms of Use Agreement:
"From time to time the Service may include, offer, initiate or send winks, virtual gifts, collect messages, instant chat and/or replies from individuals or programs ("Market Research") for market research and/or customer experience and/or quality control and/or compliance purposes. Market Research information is used to provide analysis, feedback, trends, patterns, social commentary and information in the aggregate and aides in the process of monitoring our system for compliance with our operating standards. Market Research will NOT be conspicuously identified as such. Any interaction or communication with Market Research is independent of, and separate from, our general database of Member's seeking personal or physical or other kinds of encounters or introductions. If you do not wish to continue to receive Market Research, to which the receipt of such messages you hereby consent, go to "Manage Profile" and click on "Profile Options", in "Profile Options" select "Check this box if you do not wish to by contacted by Market Research." Then click on "UPDATE."
Women, be very very afraid. . . . and go elsewhere! Or just have fun and lurk.
I'm one of those women who gave up on dating sites but very much wants to continue having sex with lusty men. AM is perfect since it's full of unavailable men who won't want to come home to meet the kids or mom & dad. They all want what I want: Sex. Women, it's important to be honest on your profiles. If you want one guy, be truthful about yourself. What do you want? Kinky stuff? Conservative stuff? Post your real weight, your real age. Have a real picture (a flattering one, but within the last year) in your private showcase or be ready to talk on e-mail (which guys will want to do in order to avoid charges from AM). Don't sent the picture until you trust that the guy isn't your next-door neighbor or a PI sent by your husband or boss.
The problem is, 99% of these guys lie, compulsively. Even more than you might imagine, the pictures are OLD, the weights and ages are wrong (sometimes in an attempt to lead any suspicious spouses away from one's profile), and even though they say they want "only one," they know that's what women want to hear.
My solution is to create half a dozen profiles: A few "real" ones and four decoys that try to lure these "only one" guys into having sex. The decoys protect me. In two cases where I really thought guys wanted me for their exclusive sex/affair partner, they set up a sex date, sight unseen, with one of my decoys the very next day. Dummies. For girls like me who are serious about safe and clean guys who aren't with a bunch of other women at the same time, we'll do whatever it takes to guarantee our own safety. I have no problem with that though the guys were livid with the "entrapment." Tough.
Guys, just tell the truth, will you? If you are interested in one-night stands, tell the girl that you can't promise anything after one night. Otherwise, if you tell her you want to try each other out for an exclusive gig, you'll just piss her off.
So, here's the thing. You might get lucky. I did. After kissing a couple of really awful frogs (a psycho old dude I describe below under "cons," a sex addict who I swear had herpes sores on the picture of his penis that he insisted on texting me, a guy who was 12 years older than what his profile said who told me I was the only one he wanted and then made a sex date with my decoy only two hours later. . .. ) I found an incredible, sexy, passionate man who taught me more than I could ever dream of knowing about sex. But I consider this crazy luck, NOT due to AM itself.
I can't really say "no" to AM but I can't enthusiastically endorse it, either. Were it not for the incredible lover--unavailable married lover, just my style--who I finally met, I would say "NO." But we are incredibly happy, having more sex in the last 6 months than I had in 15 years of marriage.
Pros
1. There really are some great guys who are sincere in their desire for an exclusive sexual relationship outside of their marriage. Sounds strange, but it's true. They aren't "players." These guys are worth it. But they are VERY few and far between. I finally met one after meeting hundreds and messaging around 80.
2. It's fun. Gives you something to do. Flattering too! However, you need to ignore 90% of the messages in order to have fun.
3. Some of the nude pictures are worth the price of admission (which is free for women). Be sure to check "accept rated photos" in your preferences. Request private showcase photos from men (even from other countries) who look frisky. They are usually happy to comply.
Cons
1. Guys lie. They will say they want exclusivity, but then they say the same thing to 10 other girls. Your dummy profiles will catch these and protect you.
2. The guys who don't have "AM" beside their name are "free" members and are either transients hanging out at the library, cheap guys hoping to get lucky, high school students in study hall, or psych 101 students doing a research project. It's a waste of time even responding to these dudes.
3. I met a few of the most psycho men I've ever imagined on this site. One was a 260-pound 65-year-old guy on heart medicine who said (on his profile) he was 55 and 170#. His picture was 30 years old. He stopped his meds 2 days before so he could get it up for our meeting. He almost blacked out on me and then went into a flying rage the next day. Total psycho.
4. Prepare yourself for some criticism unless you're perfect. If you have a wonderful body, you will have NO trouble getting yourself a f**k buddy immediately. If you are older or heavier than the norm, you will get a reaction that will call your self-esteem into doubt. For example, I am a bit heavier than the norm. I had a good four days of chat with a guy--a police officer, in fact. He sent his pic. I sent mine. He told me, point blank, that I was heavier than he thought and he wasn't attracted. That stung and I felt better after letting him know that I wasn't into shallow guys.
Scammers
Yes, they have personnel on the payroll who send collect messages and use fake profiles.
Who stays on line 24/7 for weeks on end? A dead give away!
Pros
Nothing, even the real profiles are scary.
Cons
Collect messages....Don't be fooled.
Ashley Madison is the real deal...
as I have been on and off of it for the last few years. There are absolutley more women then men by a large ratio but if you work hard, write a decent profile, post some good pictures you can and will meet women. I have met several over the years and have had a great time.
Have also tried AFF and Fling with very poor results. AFF is great if you are a couple or single woman as it has evolved into almost exclusively a swinger site. Fling.com has been worthless, lots of fakes with attractive photos, lots of not so attractive women that appear to be real.
AM has plenty of hot women, is discreet and absolutely works!
Pros
Lots of attractive women looking to have fun. The key concept allows privacy for both the women and men to share pictures.
Cons
The ratio is of men to women is the typcial adult dating 10 to 1 so you need to have some game!
Just beware!!!!
I've just changed this review to travel at your own risk.You have to pay to really find out what this site is about.
Pros
Don't know!
Cons
Don't know.
This site is the real deal
I have seen lots of scams that prey on men who are either lonely or frustrated in the marriage, but Ashley Madison is the real deal. I have been using it for almost 18 months, and I have had three lengthy affairs with beautiful women in my age category (34 - 50), and have had a dozen other dates, one night stands and sexual encounters. There are a good number of fake profiles that pop up, but they are both obvious and not tolerated - they are taken down usually within a day. I have also used the site in London and Sydney, Australia via their Traveling Man feature, which lets you send multiple messages in a single, cost effective way. There are also escorts and women looking for sugar daddies, but all in all the site is real, with real women looking for real affairs. I am deeply grateful for AM and a huge proponent! Thanks AM!
Pros
- Lots of real women looking for real affairs
- Do not tolerate fake profiles
- Wide variety of women
- Traveling Man feature lets you seek an affair while on business travel
- Global
Cons
- Expensive - but it works
No comment.
I've changed this review to no comment.I'm just being fair due to the fact that you would have to pay for the membership to really check this site out.
Pros
Don't know.
Cons
Don't know.
AM Sucks
The same profiles always there for months.
Very few replies
they seem to be looking for basketball players or sugar daddies
Pros
Sounds like a nice idea
Cons
Just another way to extract money
Guess I'm lucky
I just fucked my 10th woman from AM. It has taken about 3 years and about 4 credit updates ($280). There are a lot of fake profiles on the site and you just have to blow them off. But there are plenty of women wanting to fuck like bunnies. I was surprised at how many ladies are looking for cock on the side. Of course, the real spending comes when you have to get hotel rooms. And there are a lot of women looking for sugar daddies. Just avoid them, be patient, and don't post naked pics. Women seem to hate that. Be aggressive but nor overly aggressive. I fucked up a chance at a hot number 11 because I thought I needed to get her attention quickly before other guys beat me to it. Just be cool. If one woman doesn't work, there are plenty of others. Also, be wary of profiles with no photos and no feedback.
Pros
Some women really want to get laid!
Cons
Lots of fake profiles.
Definitely Maybe
I've been on AM for almost a year now. I've gotten a few messages, but no actual dates.
Not all the members are out to cheat. There are a few single women, but most of them are looking for sugar daddy's.
The first woman who contacted me trying to cheat on her husband seem pretty bitter after he cheated on her first. If that's you're thing great.
If adultry is your thing, go for it.
Pros
Very few fake looking profiles. The messages I do get do not appear robotically generated. The women all seem very real.
Cons
For us guys, it takes lots of time and patience before you will meet anyone.
Total waste of time and money
I was a full member for more than a month and it was just a waste of time and money, is very expensive, and most of the profiles are fake, it is easy to identify them since they are always online but you cannot chat with the person. I end up giving up the last credits I had on the site.
Also the site has some sort of problem that makes you lose the session every 5 minutes or so, so you need to login again, very anoying.
I wont recommend it at all.
Pros
Nothing
Cons
Too expensive
Many fake profiles
Fake profiles
The women seem real. They aren't too pretty but not butt ugly. However, I'm sure their employees send fake emails. Most of there files aren't real and it is pretty much a waste of money and time.
Pros
None
Cons
Fake emails and profiles
Ashley Madison is better than most but not good enough
I have been a paid member of AM for around 3 years.
Pros
Credits do not expire. There seem to be more women in my local area actively using the service than most other similar sites. They seem to be real.
Cons
Only met 1 woman after all of this time. Very few women respond to contacts. Sometimes gay men pose as women on the site. If you are super tall, dark and handsome you might have a really great time.
Not too bad
Now, I was looking for a sugar daddy which you can find plenty of them on here. You don't have to pay (as a woman, not sure about men) to contact other people which is great. Hard to find someone to actually date though.
Pros
Free, Easy to contact people, Not hard to find your way around the site.
Cons
Some time wasters
Read the Fine Print
It's difficult to get a grip on Ashley Madison because they have a huge publicity machine that saturates the internet review site with guys claiming to have met women there. Yet I have met many guys in real life who have tried Ashley Madison. Not one has ever obtained a face-to-face contact, much less had an affair. They exchange emails (which the men pay for) and chat online (which the men pay for), but invariably the women break off contact without ever meeting.
Why is this? Be sure to read their Legal Notices and Disclaimers:
"From time to time this service may include, offer, or initiate winks, collect messages or instant chat from Market Researchers (Online Hosts) simulating attached or single men or women. These efforts are conducted for market research and/or customer experience . . . Market Researchers (Online Hosts) will NOT be conspicuously identified."
And that pretty much explains it all.
Pros
None.
Cons
You have a better chance walking by the seaside with a net, waiting for a mermaid to jump in.
DGA2010
When you go to Ashley Madison just be careful. You have to buy credits in large somewhat expensive "lumps". These credits are used when contacting other members. They also have a "wink" you can send for free, the idea being if the person you winked at is interested in you they will send an email (which you pay for). In 3 cases, when I sent a wink an email came back asking if I was online. Being new I didn't know how to respond and because I thought the response showed interest, I sent each a legitimate email (10 credits each) which they never bothered to respond to. So there ARE people on there who sole purpose is to dwindle your credits. If you get an email asking if you "are online" do not respond and you should be fine.
Pros
Can't think of many.
Cons
A LOT of "members" haven't been there for over 3 months and are not contactable.