Why are dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love?
Started by CindyRStart date Category Dating AppsReplies 8
#1
The short answer on dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love is no, and here is the part that matters.
Different providers handle these apps inconsistently, mostly because of what happens when you try to cancel. Would be interested to hear whether dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love behaved differently for anyone else.
#2
Not sure I agree with CindyR. Results on dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love depend far more on once you're actually using it than on whether verification is enforced. With platforms like these, what happens when you try to cancel is the first thing I check now.
I've no stake in platforms like these — this is just what I observed. Would be interested to hear whether dating apps behaved differently for anyone else.
#3
Nothing I read about dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love prepared me for how the moderation actually behaves. None of this works with dating apps unless you're patient about what happens when you try to cancel.
The effect was more noticeable on the apps in question in day-to-day use than I expected. I'dn't have believed this about dating apps without testing it. Still forming a view on the apps in question, so push back if I've it wrong.
#4
The reason people keep asking about dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love is that you are choosing a userbase, not choosing an app.
The order I check things with apps of this type:
whether the dating apps userbase is real inside your radius
whether the apps of this type userbase is real inside your radius
whether support for dating apps answers at all
I checked dating apps on both mobile and desktop and got the same result. Happy to go into more detail on the apps in question if that helps.
#5
ColbyF has this backwards in my view: with dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love, whether verification is enforced is the symptom, not the cause. Different providers handle platforms like these inconsistently, mostly because of what happens when you try to cancel.
That held true for apps of this type in day-to-day use, though your mileage may differ. Would be interested to hear whether these apps behaved differently for anyone else.
#6
I did the boring version of researching dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love so nobody else has to.
My short checklist for platforms like these:
how platforms like these treats a paused account
how visible your profile is by default on these apps
how many the apps in question profiles are actually active this month
Happy to go into more detail on these apps if that helps.
#7
There is a version of dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love that works and a version that wastes your time. The real gap on these apps comes down to what happens when you try to cancel.
I've no stake in the apps in question — this is just what I observed. Happy to go into more detail on dating apps if that helps.
CindyR, that's fair for people in this situation, but it plays out differently on dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love for everyone else. What nobody said about apps of this type is that what happens when you try to cancel changes month to month.
Anyone compared apps of this type against the paid alternatives properly? That's where I landed on dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love after actually trying it.
#9
Building on what GaryT said — dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love improved for me for exactly that reason.
My rule with apps of this type is simple — check what happens when you try to cancel before you register. Worth testing dating apps best for finding casual fun rather than love yourself before taking my word for it.