Are there specific dating apps over 60 for finding marriage?

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Zach Holt
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 677
#1

Putting specific dating apps over 60 for finding marriage to the board because search results on it are almost entirely marketing. Everything I have read about specific dating apps skips straight past the return on the hours.

Most of my experience is with the free end of the market, which may be why I am stuck. What changed my results on specific dating apps was treating the time it costs as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

Specifically, on specific dating apps I would like to know:

  • Turn off read receipts on specific dating apps if the effort-to-result ratio is making you anxious about response times
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the specific dating apps pool near you is thin
  • Run specific dating apps beside one other option so you have a baseline for actually getting anywhere

Even a one-line answer on specific dating apps over 60 for finding marriage would help at this point.

Jordan Wells
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 658
#2

Building on what Zach Holt said about specific dating apps, seconding this, because on specific dating apps the honest answer is that the time it costs varies enormously by area. What changed my results on specific dating apps was treating the hours-to-dates ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

There is no version of specific dating apps where the payoff sorts itself out without you doing something. There is no version of specific dating apps where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something. Nobody warns you that the return on the hours on specific dating apps scales with how many people are online at your hours.

Ray Hudson
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 751
#3

Jordan Wells and I have clearly used specific dating apps differently, because this matches what I found with specific dating apps, where the hours-to-dates ratio is exactly where it falls down.

You can work around actually getting anywhere on specific dating apps, but you have to be deliberate about it. Most of the noise about specific dating apps comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window.

What worked for me on specific dating apps:

  • Screenshot anything odd on specific dating apps before you report it — actually getting anywhere claims need evidence
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — specific dating apps rewards it
  • Block early and report often on specific dating apps — it trains the feed faster than anything

For contrast with specific dating apps I would look at Datebound; the free tier there behaves differently.

SophieR
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 268
#4

Ray Hudson is right about one part of specific dating apps: i would argue the opposite on specific dating apps: the hours-to-dates ratio is the one thing it handles better than free platforms. What changed my results on specific dating apps was treating the effort-to-result ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. If actually getting anywhere is your main worry with specific dating apps, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

I judge specific dating apps by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. I judge specific dating apps by one thing now: whether the return on the hours improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. Take that as one data point on specific dating apps rather than a recommendation.

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Madison Reed
Joined: Jul 2024
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#5

Where I differ from SophieR on specific dating apps: respectfully no — complaints about the return on the hours on specific dating apps usually come from people who gave it a week. I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across the free-tier sites, and specific dating apps sits mid-table.

I judge specific dating apps by one thing now: whether the time it costs improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across free platforms, and specific dating apps sits mid-table. Happy to answer follow-ups on specific dating apps if that helps.

I keep Datelink open as a control while testing specific dating apps — useful for judging the payoff honestly.

Lauren_B
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 493
#6

I would argue the opposite on specific dating apps: the payoff is the one thing it handles better than the free end of the market.

Honestly, the effort-to-result ratio was less of a problem on specific dating apps than the sheer time it ate. That is my read on specific dating apps, and others here clearly disagree.

LiamJ
Joined: Apr 2024
Messages: 93
#7

That has not been my experience of specific dating apps, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. You can work around the return on the hours on specific dating apps, but you have to be deliberate about it.

There is no version of specific dating apps where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something. The pattern I see with specific dating apps is that the effort-to-result ratio is fine early and degrades as you go.

My rules for specific dating apps these days:

  • Check what specific dating apps does about the return on the hours before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Do not move off specific dating apps into private messaging until the effort-to-result ratio looks handled
  • Treat your first specific dating apps profile as a draft, because the hours-to-dates ratio punishes lazy ones
Dave_SoCal
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 750
#8

Broadly agree on specific dating apps — the return on the hours was what decided it for me too.

You can work around the effort-to-result ratio on specific dating apps, but you have to be deliberate about it. Either way, actually getting anywhere is the thing I would test first on specific dating apps.

The other one I would try before giving up on specific dating apps is Datedesire.

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