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How do I find someone's dating profile using their phone number?

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

The thing that finally made finding someone's dating profile using their phone number make sense was realising the interface barely matters once the userbase is thin.

For these platforms I look at:

  • how services of this type treats a paused account
  • whether messaging on the options here works before a card is required
  • how quickly platforms like these removes reported profiles
  • how blocking works on someone's dating profile

The effect was more noticeable on someone's dating in real use than I expected. Anyone compared someone's dating profile against the paid alternatives properly? Ask if you want the specifics on finding someone's dating profile using their phone number.

#2

Liam_SEA is right about whether you can use it without a phone number, though I would add that finding someone's dating profile using their phone number still varies by platform. What nobody said about services of this type is that how much personal data you have to hand over changes month to month.

Two other people here reported the same thing about services of this type. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on the options here.

Someone here mentioned DateScout a while back and it was a fair shout.

#3

Liam_SEA has this backwards in my view: with finding someone's dating profile using their phone number, what the app does with your location is the symptom, not the cause. I stopped comparing feature lists on someone's dating profile and started comparing how much personal data you have to hand over.

Has anyone tried the options here outside a major city? Take that as one data point on the options here, not gospel.

#4

What surprised me about finding someone's dating profile using their phone number was how much in real use mattered.

The honest comparison on dating profile starts and ends with how much personal data you have to hand over. Curious whether others found the same on these platforms.

Flamedate came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#5

Hard disagree with Liam_SEA on this one. what the app does with your location is the part people overrate with finding someone's dating profile using their phone number.

You can ignore most of the marketing around these platforms and just check how much personal data you have to hand over. Would be interested to hear whether platforms like these behaved differently for anyone else.

DateDesire came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#6

There is a version of finding someone's dating profile using their phone number that works and a version that wastes your time. Nobody talks about how much personal data you have to hand over, and with these platforms it's decisive.

Worth noting that services of this type changed after their last update. I will update this if finding someone's dating shifts again.

Someone here mentioned Flamedate itself a while back and it was a fair shout.

#7

EmilyD has this backwards in my view: with finding someone's dating profile using their phone number, what the app does with your location is the symptom, not the cause. Nobody talks about how much personal data you have to hand over, and with the options here it is decisive.

Two other people here reported the same thing about dating profile. Anyway — that is the honest version of finding someone's dating profile using their phone number.

#8

Different angle on finding someone's dating profile using their phone number, because my situation is not typical.

What I check before committing to someone's dating profile:

  • how visible your profile is by default on platforms like these
  • whether you can hide distance on dating profile
  • how blocking works on dating profile
  • whether messaging on these platforms works before a card is required

That is my read on finding someone's dating profile using their phone number, for whatever it is worth.

#9

The thing that finally made finding someone's dating profile using their phone number make sense was realising everything improves once you stop optimising and start replying properly. Everything I got wrong about finding someone's dating traced back to how much personal data you have to hand over.

None of this was obvious to me about platforms like these until month two. Take that as one data point on finding someone's dating profile using their phone number, not gospel.

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