Has anyone tried the bustr dating app? What's the user base like?

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NathanW
Joined: Mar 2021
Messages: 1117
#1

Signed up specifically to ask about anyone tried the bustr dating app? What's the user base like. Hoping for something on bustr dating app more useful than a top-ten list. the hours-to-dates ratio is what makes or breaks bustr dating app for me.

I have tried a few options across free platforms already and none of them stuck. There is no version of bustr dating app where the hours-to-dates ratio sorts itself out without you doing something.

Specifically, on bustr dating app I would like to know:

  • Test the return on the hours on bustr dating app deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on bustr dating app
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on bustr dating app than you would guess
  • Ask the members answering here what bustr dating app is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived

Tell me what actually happened with anyone tried the bustr dating app? What's the user base like rather than what should happen.

NinaB
Joined: Apr 2021
Messages: 619
#2

Picking up NathanW's point about the payoff, i would argue the opposite on bustr dating app: the time it costs is the one thing it handles better than free dating apps. Most of the noise about bustr dating app comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window.

Nobody warns you that the return on the hours on bustr dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on bustr dating app than the sheer time it ate. Not saying bustr dating app suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

Scott_NY
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 76
#3

Picking up NinaB's point about the effort-to-result ratio, seconding this, because on bustr dating app the honest answer is that the payoff varies enormously by area. There is no version of bustr dating app where the effort-to-result ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. I judge bustr dating app by one thing now: whether the time it costs improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

Nobody warns you that actually getting anywhere on bustr dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. Honestly, the return on the hours was less of a problem on bustr dating app than the sheer time it ate. Either way, the payoff is the thing I would test first on bustr dating app.

Things I wish somebody had told me about bustr dating app:

  • Do not move off bustr dating app into private messaging until the hours-to-dates ratio looks handled
  • Compare bustr dating app against free platforms on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Check what bustr dating app does about actually getting anywhere before you upload anything you would not want indexed

The usual bustr dating app alternatives people list are ezhookups.online, souldate.site, datebound.site.

Brent Olson
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 730
#4

Scott_NY put the bustr dating app case better than I would have, though same experience on bustr dating app: I gave it six weeks before the hours-to-dates ratio got tiresome.

Honestly, the effort-to-result ratio was less of a problem on bustr dating app than the sheer time it ate. Happy to answer follow-ups on bustr dating app if that helps.

Somebody in another bustr dating app thread pointed me at Luvdate and it held up better than expected on actually getting anywhere.

TomC
Joined: Feb 2022
Messages: 27
#5

This matches what I found with bustr dating app, where the return on the hours is exactly where it falls down.

The thing people underrate about bustr dating app is how much the hours-to-dates ratio depends on your own city.

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AnnaK
Joined: Jul 2023
Messages: 367
#6

Seconding this, because on bustr dating app the honest answer is that the hours-to-dates ratio varies enormously by area.

You can work around the return on the hours on bustr dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it. You can work around the hours-to-dates ratio on bustr dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it.

How I would approach bustr dating app from scratch:

  • Check what bustr dating app does about the return on the hours before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Do not move off bustr dating app into private messaging until the effort-to-result ratio looks handled
  • Treat your first bustr dating app profile as a draft, because the time it costs punishes lazy ones
CindyLou
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 18
#7

AnnaK and I've clearly used bustr dating app differently, because different experience on bustr dating app, where the payoff turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it.

There is no version of bustr dating app where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something. If actually getting anywhere is your main worry with bustr dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Chris_A
Joined: May 2021
Messages: 288
#8

I read CindyLou's reply on bustr dating app and seconding this, because on bustr dating app the honest answer is that the return on the hours varies enormously by area. If the effort-to-result ratio is your main worry with bustr dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

The pattern I see with bustr dating app is that the payoff is fine early and degrades as you go. Either way, actually getting anywhere is the thing I would test first on bustr dating app.

KirraC
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 270
#9

Yes, and I would add that the payoff on bustr dating app gets worse the longer you stay.

I judge bustr dating app by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Take that as one data point on bustr dating app rather than a recommendation.

I keep Datebie open as a control while testing bustr dating app — useful for judging the time it costs honestly.

LaurenP
Joined: Oct 2023
Messages: 428
#10

I read KirraC's reply on bustr dating app and that tracks with my bustr dating app run, which was fine until the hours-to-dates ratio became the whole experience.

I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across the free-tier sites, and bustr dating app sits mid-table. If the hours-to-dates ratio is your main worry with bustr dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

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