Is my dating profile too long or do people actually read them?
Started by Liam_SEAStart date Category Dating AdviceReplies 8
#1
Nobody warned me that dating profile too long would come down to what the reply rate looks like realistically. The only metric I trust on the options here now is what the reply rate looks like realistically.
Someone will disagree, and on whether matches convert into conversations with these platforms they might be right. Still forming a view on dating profile too long, so push back if I've it wrong.
#2
The honest answer on dating profile too long is that the first week is misleading and week three is the real test. Things improved for me on dating profile the moment I took what the reply rate looks like realistically seriously.
Someone will disagree, and on whether matches convert into conversations with dating profile they might be right. Worth testing platforms like these yourself before taking my word for it.
#3
I would frame dating profile too long differently to how the question is worded. Nobody talks about what the reply rate looks like realistically, and with the options here it is decisive.
Is that everyone's experience with the options here, or am I the outlier? Anyway — that is the honest version of dating profile too long.
#4
Same as Ethan Parker, except dating profile too long took considerably longer than a week for me.
The order I check things with these platforms:
how blocking works on platforms like these
whether the free tier on services of this type includes search filters
how quickly dating profile removes reported profiles
how blocking works on the options here
I've no stake in these platforms — this is just what I observed. Anyway — that's the honest version of dating profile too long.
#5
The short answer on dating profile too long is no, and here is the part that matters.
For anyone comparing options, what the reply rate looks like realistically is the whole question with services of this type. That's where I landed on dating profile too long after actually trying it.
Signed up to four of these to answer dating profile too long for myself. For anyone comparing options, what the reply rate looks like realistically is the whole question with these platforms.
Tested platforms like these after the first few days and the difference showed within days. Take that as one data point on dating profile, not gospel.
#7
Respectfully, MariaV, that hasn't been true of dating profile too long since last year.
My short checklist for platforms like these:
whether the free tier on these platforms includes search filters
whether verification on dating profile is enforced or merely offered
whether photos on services of this type can be limited to matches only
how the reply rate on dating profile holds after week two
Take that as one data point on these platforms, not gospel.
#8
Ethan Parker, that's fair for most daters, but it plays out differently on dating profile too long for everyone else.
All of this makes more sense once you accept that what the reply rate looks like realistically varies wildly across these platforms. Curious whether others found the same on services of this type.
Dating profile too long turned out to be a much narrower question than I assumed.
My rule with these platforms is simple — check what the reply rate looks like realistically before you register. Happy to go into more detail on dating profile too long if that helps.
Someone here mentioned Rendate a while back and it was a fair shout.
Free to join, free to message — a practical way to try dating profile too long yourself.