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Where can I find local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups?

Started by CarlaM Start date Category Local Dating Replies 8
#1

Ran into finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups last autumn and the situation has already shifted. Half the confusion around platforms like these disappears once you separate whether the userbase is active in your area from the marketing.

None of this was obvious to me about finding local dating until month two. Has anyone tried local dating outside a major city? Your situation might change the answer on finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups completely.

#2

Started looking into finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups for a friend and ended up switching myself.

The order I check things with the sites in question:

  • whether local dating limits daily messages
  • whether local dating sites limits daily messages
  • how the sites in question treats a paused account
  • whether you can hide distance on these sites

Someone will disagree, and on what the reply rate looks like after week one with local dating sites they might be right. Still forming a view on finding local dating, so push back if I have it wrong.

#3

DorothyK, that's fair for daters in their fifties and sixties, but it plays out differently on finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups for everyone else.

The honest comparison on sites of this type starts and ends with whether the userbase is active in your area. Happy to go into more detail on dating sites if that helps.

Datebie's free tier came up in another thread and the free tier held up.

#4

Worth saying up front that with finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups, how much personal data it asks for matters more than anyone admits.

Three things worth verifying on the sites in question:

  • whether sites of this type shows read receipts on the free tier
  • what happens to your data if you delete a local dating sites account
  • how visible your profile is by default on these sites
  • how fast a report about these sites gets actioned

Worth noting that platforms like these changed after their last update. I checked the sites in question on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Take that as one data point on sites of this type, not gospel.

#5

Nobody warned me that finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups would come down to how much personal data it asks for. What decided it for me with the sites in question was whether the userbase is active in your area.

I checked dating sites on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. I kept a rough note of reply rates on these sites, which helped. Worth testing sites of this type yourself before taking my word for it.

#6

CharlesN makes a reasonable case but I've tested finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups more recently and it doesn't match. All of this makes more sense once you accept that whether the userbase is active in your area varies wildly across local dating sites.

That held true for these sites within a realistic travel radius, though your mileage may differ. Still forming a view on finding local dating, so push back if I've it wrong.

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

#7

Going in on finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups is worth the effort, but not for the reason usually given.

What I check before committing to local dating:

  • how quickly local dating removes reported profiles
  • how the sites in question handles photo privacy
  • whether finding local dating exports your data on request
  • how visible your profile is by default on finding local dating

I'dn't have believed this about local dating sites without testing it. That's everything useful I've on local dating sites.

Worth a look at Datebie's free tier if the big apps get pushy with upsells.

#8

CarlaM has this backwards in my view: with finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups, how much personal data it asks for is the symptom, not the cause. None of this works with the sites in question unless you are patient about whether the userbase is active in your area.

Anyone found what the reply rate looks like after week one handled well anywhere in local dating? That is my read on finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups, for whatever it is worth.

#9

Ethan Parker, I don't think that holds — on finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups my experience was the opposite.

Still forming a view on finding local dating sites for over 50 that focus on activity groups, so push back if I've it wrong.

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