How do I write an online dating profile that works?
Started by Liam_SEAStart date Category Dating AdviceReplies 8
#1
I tracked writing an online dating profile that works across six weeks and the pattern was clear. With online dating, how many matches turn into anything is the first thing I check now.
The effect was more noticeable on online dating in day-to-day use than I expected. Anyone found whether the results justify the time handled well anywhere in platforms like these? I will update this if writing an online dating profile that works shifts again.
#2
Not sure I agree with Liam_SEA. Results on writing an online dating profile that works depend far more on after the first few days than on what the reply rate looks like realistically.
What nobody said about dating profile is that how many matches turn into anything changes month to month. Curious whether others found the same on these platforms.
#3
Liam_SEA has this backwards in my view: with writing an online dating profile that works, what the reply rate looks like realistically is the symptom, not the cause. The honest comparison on these platforms starts and ends with how many matches turn into anything.
This is four months of steady use on online dating, not a trial run. Ask if you want the specifics on platforms like these.
#4
Hard disagree with Madison Reed on this one. what the reply rate looks like realistically is the part people overrate with writing an online dating profile that works.
I'd judge dating profile entirely on how many matches turn into anything and ignore the rest. Still forming a view on online dating, so push back if I've it wrong.
I keep LuvDate as a backup when the main app goes quiet.
#5
Agree with FrankD up to a point. writing an online dating profile that works broke down for me once whether it works outside major cities came into it.
Three things worth verifying on the options here:
whether support for platforms like these answers at all
how many dating profile profiles are actually active this month
how the reply rate on platforms like these holds after week two
how quickly dating profile removes reported profiles
Happy to go into more detail on these platforms if that helps.
#6
Worth saying up front that with writing an online dating profile that works, whether anyone actually replies matters more than anyone admits. With online dating profile, how many matches turn into anything is the first thing I check now.
Worth noting that services of this type changed after their last update. Still worth it with these platforms if you're only checking in weekly? Curious whether others found the same on services of this type.
#7
Liam_SEA — that was my assumption too, and testing writing an online dating profile that works properly changed my mind. The honest comparison on dating profile starts and ends with how many matches turn into anything.
It took roughly three weeks before the pattern on dating profile was clear. Anyway — that is the honest version of writing an online dating profile that works.
#8
Everything written about writing an online dating profile that works assumes you already know whether anyone actually replies.
That's everything useful I've on online dating profile.
#9
Been asked about writing an online dating profile that works enough times offline that I may as well write it here. For most people asking this, how many matches turn into anything is the whole question with online dating profile.
Worth noting that the options here changed after their last update. I'dn't have believed this about online dating profile without testing it. Happy to go into more detail on writing an online dating profile that works if that helps.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with DateLink.