DateinAsia Review February 2024

Make sure that you have a working phone number with you when you create an account with DateinAsia. After you have entered your basic details such as your desired username, password, email address, birthday, location, and gender, you will be asked for your mobile phone number for a verification process.

SMS Activation

You need to pass the SMS activation step by giving the site your number. After entering your number, the site will message you a six-digit code which you will need to enter before you can use your account.

Before you receive your six-digit code, you will already receive an email asking you to verify your email address. Even if you do this, you will not be able to use your account unless you provide the code.

This added security feature helps make sure that only real people enter the site. However, you will have to wait for at least two hours before you receive a code from their system.

Sending messages and other forms of communication feature is available to everyone for free. However, you cannot send messages unless you upload a profile photo and have it approved. You can still explore the site, read messages, and lurk in chat rooms, but you will not be able to reply.

Chat Rooms

You cannot add new chat room topics as there are only default topics inside. These topics include Travel, Food, "Word Games," and other specialized topics such as "The Lobby" for general topics, "The Insomniacs" for the night owls, "Friendzone" for the singles, and "Selfies" where everyone sends in their selfies or link to YouTube videos for watching together.

DateinAsia has strict rules when it comes to the chat rooms which they call the "Shout" page in-site. The basic rules include staying polite and friendly, but members are never allowed to use profanities, and other offensive and sexually-charged language or topics. It is also explicitly stated in the chat rooms to only use the English language. Despite the high Asian populace, no Asian language is allowed in chat rooms.

Unique feature: "48 hours stats"

DateinAsia will give you an overview of the things you did inside the site within the last 48 hours. It will tell you how many likes you have sent and received, the number of messages you sent and received, and the number of profiles you visited.

On the left side of these numbers are semi-circle bars which indicate if you are hitting your daily targets. The number of targets for each category is set by the site. The site explains that reaching these daily targets will help you find someone.

Profile pages have multiple sections that are easily accessed for editing in the "Me myself" page. 

There is a section for personal information where you can put basic details such as your age, gender, and location. Other sections are customizable such as the "Hashtags" where you can add keywords you associate to your personality such as "cute," "straight," or "basketball."

Face Detector

The site uses software to detect the faces that are in every photo you upload. It will not accept your photo if it does not clearly show your face, there are too many faces on the photo, or if your face is too small to be used in the site. Photo rejection can happen if your face only occupies a small percentage of the total photo, even if your photo is of high resolution and quality.

You must have at least one photo inside your profile. Not having a single photo will restrict you from contacting other people. You can still read and receive new messages, but you will not be able to reply. Likewise, you can still enter chat rooms but you will not be able to join the discussion.