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Has anyone tried a blind date website?

Started by Liam_SEA Start date Category Dating Advice Replies 8
#1

I want to separate two things that get conflated in tried a blind date website. Things improved for me on blind date website the moment I took how the search filters behave in practice seriously.

Support confirmed part of this about sites of this type when I asked. Did anyone else find what happens when you try to cancel got worse recently on sites of this type? That is where I landed on tried a blind date website after actually trying it.

#2

Not sure I agree with Liam_SEA. Results on tried a blind date website depend far more on after the first few days than on how the moderation actually behaves. Half the confusion around the sites in question disappears once you separate how the search filters behave in practice from the marketing.

Someone will disagree, and on how much personal data it asks for with these sites they might be right. That is my read on tried a blind date website, for whatever it is worth.

#3

Tried a blind date website turned out to be a much narrower question than I assumed. Different providers handle these sites inconsistently, mostly because of how the search filters behave in practice.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on these sites, which helped. Did anyone else find what happens when you try to cancel got worse recently on the sites in question? That is my read on tried a blind date website, for whatever it is worth.

#4

My take on tried a blind date website is unpopular here but it held up. Half the confusion around platforms like these disappears once you separate how the search filters behave in practice from the marketing.

Tested sites of this type in day-to-day use and the difference showed within days. Someone will disagree, and on how quickly reports get handled with sites of this type they might be right. I will update this if date website shifts again.

#5

Going to disagree with JoshK here. For me, none of tried a blind date website came down to how the moderation actually behaves at all.

All of this makes more sense once you accept that how the search filters behave in practice varies wildly across these sites. That is everything useful I have on blind date website.

#6

I would frame tried a blind date website differently to how the question is worded.

Worth testing platforms like these yourself before taking my word for it.

I keep DateScout as a backup when the main app goes quiet.

#7

Short version on tried a blind date website: the reply rate tells you more than the match count ever will. Everything I got wrong about platforms like these traced back to how the search filters behave in practice.

How long did the sites in question take before anyone here got a real reply? That is everything useful I have on the sites in question.

#8

Haley_James's point about how much personal data it asks for matches what I saw with tried a blind date website almost exactly.

The order I check things with the sites in question:

  • whether sites of this type exports your data on request
  • whether date website limits daily messages
  • how visible your profile is by default on blind date website

I would not have believed this about the sites in question without testing it. Worth noting that date website changed after their last update. Still forming a view on these sites, so push back if I have it wrong.

Someone pointed me at over on EZHookups for this and the free tier held up fine.

#9

Going to push back slightly on how tried a blind date website usually gets described. The real gap on date website comes down to how the search filters behave in practice.

I kept a rough note of reply rates on sites of this type, which helped. How long did blind date website take before anyone here got a real reply? I will update this if tried a blind date website shifts again.

If you want a lighter-weight option, Turndate is worth a look.

The only way to settle tried a blind date website is to try it — and trying it costs nothing.

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