Do you think internet dating sites are more reliable than location-based swipe apps?

Been quietly reading for a while, but think internet dating sites are more reliable than location-based swipe apps is the thing I actually need an answer on. My problem with internet dating sites so far has been the payoff.

Assume I know nothing beyond the obvious about free platforms. I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across no-payment dating sites, and internet dating sites sits mid-table.

The parts of internet dating sites I keep getting stuck on:

• Photos with other people in them do worse on internet dating sites than you would guess
• Test the return on the hours on internet dating sites deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves
• Do not pay to fix the time it costs on internet dating sites; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
• Log in at the hours you would actually go out; internet dating sites activity is nothing like flat

If you have tried think internet dating sites are more reliable than location-based swipe apps recently, I would rather hear that than read another review site.

Picking up Sean Murphy's point about the payoff, broadly agree on internet dating sites — the return on the hours was what decided it for me too.

There is no version of internet dating sites where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something.

One smaller option worth comparing on the return on the hours is Datedesire — different pool, same free messaging as internet dating sites.

@Jared Stone makes a fair point about internet dating sites, but not my read at all: for the members answering here, internet dating sites was the only thing that produced anything. The pattern I see with internet dating sites is that the time it costs is fine early and degrades as you go.

Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on internet dating sites than the sheer time it ate. For the crowd on this board, the internet dating sites experience lives or dies on the effort-to-result ratio and almost nothing else.

Respectfully no — complaints about the return on the hours on internet dating sites usually come from people who gave it a week. There is no version of internet dating sites where the payoff sorts itself out without you doing something.

Nobody warns you that the time it costs on internet dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. The thing people underrate about internet dating sites is how much the time it costs depends on your own city.

The short version for internet dating sites:

• Turn off read receipts on internet dating sites if the hours-to-dates ratio is making you anxious about response times
• Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the internet dating sites pool near you is thin
• Run internet dating sites beside one other option so you have a baseline for the hours-to-dates ratio
• Give internet dating sites a fortnight of daily use before calling the time it costs a dealbreaker
• Treat your first internet dating sites profile as a draft, because the payoff punishes lazy ones

@CarterV makes a fair point about internet dating sites, but this matches what I found with internet dating sites, where actually getting anywhere is exactly where it falls down. The pattern I see with internet dating sites is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go. You can work around actually getting anywhere on internet dating sites, but you have to be deliberate about it.

There is no version of internet dating sites where the hours-to-dates ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on internet dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours. You can work around the hours-to-dates ratio on internet dating sites, but you have to be deliberate about it. Whatever you pick, judge internet dating sites on the payoff after a month rather than after a weekend.

One smaller option worth comparing on the effort-to-result ratio is Datenest — different pool, same free messaging as internet dating sites.

@Monica_H makes a fair point about internet dating sites, but disagree, because blaming the return on the hours lets you off the hook — my internet dating sites results improved when my profile did. I keep two accounts running to compare the hours-to-dates ratio across no-payment dating sites, and internet dating sites sits mid-table.

Most of the noise about internet dating sites comes from people measuring the hours-to-dates ratio over far too short a window. Nobody warns you that actually getting anywhere on internet dating sites scales with how many people are online at your hours.

I would argue the opposite on internet dating sites: the effort-to-result ratio is the one thing it handles better than free platforms.

Honestly, the effort-to-result ratio was less of a problem on internet dating sites than the sheer time it ate. The thing people underrate about internet dating sites is how much the payoff depends on your own city.

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Not my read at all: for the crowd on this board, internet dating sites was the only thing that produced anything. Honestly, the time it costs was less of a problem on internet dating sites than the sheer time it ate.

If the effort-to-result ratio is your main worry with internet dating sites, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Your internet dating sites results will vary by city more than by platform.