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What are the different dating sites you use for different goals?

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

Two years on the website side of this and different dating sites you use for different goals still catches me out. I stopped comparing feature lists on the sites in question and started comparing whether the userbase is active in your area.

I've no stake in different dating sites — this is just what I observed. Ask if you want the specifics on different dating sites you use for different goals.

#2

Agree with Liam_SEA up to a point. different dating sites you use for different goals broke down for me once how much of it's usable before you pay came into it.

For sites of this type I look at:

  • whether verification on dating sites is enforced or merely offered
  • how many different dating sites accounts look dormant
  • how blocking works on the sites in question
  • how the different dating feed changes after the first week

Anyone compared different dating against the paid alternatives properly? Worth testing platforms like these yourself before taking my word for it.

#3

I would frame different dating sites you use for different goals differently to how the question is worded.

I rate different dating sites on whether the userbase is active in your area and nothing else, once you are actually using it. That is my read on different dating sites you use for different goals, for whatever it is worth.

Worth a look at Turndate if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

#4

Spent about a month testing different dating sites you use for different goals properly, so here is what I found.

I stopped comparing feature lists on sites of this type and started comparing whether the userbase is active in your area. That's my read on different dating sites you use for different goals, for whatever it's worth.

#5

Everything written about different dating sites you use for different goals assumes you already know what the reply rate looks like after week one.

I stopped comparing feature lists on dating sites and started comparing whether the userbase is active in your area. Take that as one data point on different dating, not gospel.

#6

Same as CindyR, except different dating sites you use for different goals took considerably longer than a week for me.

Different providers handle dating sites inconsistently, mostly because of whether the userbase is active in your area. Worth testing different dating yourself before taking my word for it.

#7

That's the standard answer, CindyR, and I think different dating sites you use for different goals sits outside it.

You can ignore most of the marketing around different dating sites and just check whether the userbase is active in your area. Worth testing dating sites yourself before taking my word for it.

#8

BrookeW is right about how much of it is usable before you pay, though I would add that different dating sites you use for different goals still varies by platform.

The order I check things with platforms like these:

  • whether dating sites shows read receipts on the free tier
  • whether the sites in question lets you filter by intent
  • how many dating sites accounts look dormant
  • how different dating sites handles photo privacy

I kept a rough note of reply rates on the sites in question, which helped. Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on different dating.

For comparison, DatingFly handles the same thing differently.

#9

My experience with different dating sites you use for different goals was not what the reviews suggested. With different dating, whether the userbase is active in your area is the first thing I check now.

Two other people here reported the same thing about the sites in question. Happy to go into more detail on different dating sites you use for different goals if that helps.

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

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

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