About this site
HSV Dating Guide exists because the information people need after a diagnosis is scattered between clinical fact sheets that don't mention dating and forum threads that don't cite anything.
What we publish
Practical guidance on disclosure, transmission risk, and dating with HSV, plus honest comparisons of the platforms people use to meet each other. Every statistic is attributed to a named source — CDC surveillance data, or peer-reviewed research in journals like the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Where the evidence is thin or contested, the page says so rather than rounding to a confident number.
What we are not
Not a clinic, and not a substitute for one. Nobody here can diagnose you, prescribe for you, or tell you what your own test results mean. Suppressive therapy, testing decisions, and anything about your specific body belong to a conversation with a clinician who can examine you. The medical disclaimer spells this out in full.
How the site makes money
Through affiliate links. When a page links to a dating platform and you go on to subscribe, this site may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. That relationship is disclosed on every page that carries such a link, and in the footer sitewide.
It also shapes what we refuse to do. Reviews name what each platform does badly, including the ones that pay — a review that only praises is worthless to you and, over time, worthless to us. We don't rank by commission rate, we don't invent testimonials, and we don't publish user stories that didn't happen. If a platform is the wrong fit for your situation, the page says that.
Corrections
If something here is factually wrong — a number, a citation, a claim about a platform's pricing or policy — it gets fixed and the page's review date changes. Accuracy in this subject matters more than looking consistent.