Is the dating app tinder still the king of hookups, or has it been replaced?

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Sarah Beth
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 837
#1

Signed up specifically to ask about the dating app tinder still the king of hookups, or has it been replaced. Hoping for something on dating app for tinder more useful than a top-ten list. the effort-to-result ratio is what makes or breaks dating app for tinder for me.

I have tried a few options across casual-first sites already and none of them stuck. If the time it costs is your main worry with dating app for tinder, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

If you have used dating app for tinder, these are the bits I care about:

  • Do not pay to fix actually getting anywhere on dating app for tinder; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on dating app for tinder than you would guess
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — dating app for tinder rewards it
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on dating app for tinder

Blunt answers on the dating app tinder still the king of hookups, or has it been replaced preferred over polite ones.

Zach Holt
Joined: Sep 2022
Messages: 1171
#2

That tracks with my dating app for tinder run, which was fine until actually getting anywhere became the whole experience. The thing people underrate about dating app for tinder is how much the effort-to-result ratio depends on your own city.

I keep two accounts running to compare the hours-to-dates ratio across casual platforms, and dating app for tinder sits mid-table. What changed my results on dating app for tinder was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Either way, the effort-to-result ratio is the thing I would test first on dating app for tinder.

DanW
Joined: Jan 2025
Messages: 270
#3

That feels too harsh on dating app for tinder, given the effort-to-result ratio is a problem across the casual end of the market rather than specific to it.

Nobody warns you that the payoff on dating app for tinder scales with how many people are online at your hours. That is my read on dating app for tinder, and others here clearly disagree.

IsobelR
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 55
#4

I will push back here, because dating app for tinder worked fine for me and actually getting anywhere was never the issue. What changed my results on dating app for tinder was treating the time it costs as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

The thing people underrate about dating app for tinder is how much the hours-to-dates ratio depends on your own city. Honestly, the payoff was less of a problem on dating app for tinder than the sheer time it ate.

Alex Torres
Joined: Jan 2023
Messages: 536
#5

Same experience on dating app for tinder: I gave it six weeks before the effort-to-result ratio got tiresome.

Most of the noise about dating app for tinder comes from people measuring the payoff over far too short a window. Happy to answer follow-ups on dating app for tinder if that helps.

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Tyler Reed
Joined: Aug 2022
Messages: 1114
#6

Broadly agree on dating app for tinder — the time it costs was what decided it for me too. I judge dating app for tinder by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you're past the novelty.

I judge dating app for tinder by one thing now: whether the payoff improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. Whatever you pick, judge dating app for tinder on the payoff after a month rather than after a weekend.

Aaron Brooks
Joined: Oct 2024
Messages: 1136
#7

This matches what I found with dating app for tinder, where actually getting anywhere is exactly where it falls down. For the crowd on this board, the dating app for tinder experience lives or dies on the return on the hours and almost nothing else.

Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on dating app for tinder scales with how many people are online at your hours. Not saying dating app for tinder suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

A smaller name people rarely mention in dating app for tinder threads is Datewander.

HannahG
Joined: Jan 2023
Messages: 1157
#8

Seconding this, because on dating app for tinder the honest answer is that the hours-to-dates ratio varies enormously by area. The thing people underrate about dating app for tinder is how much actually getting anywhere depends on your own city.

The pattern I see with dating app for tinder is that the payoff is fine early and degrades as you go. Your dating app for tinder results will vary by city more than by platform.

I have seen luvdate.site, datingfly.online recommended for dating app for tinder, though I have not tested them properly.

Vanessa M
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 718
#9

Respectfully no — complaints about the return on the hours on dating app for tinder usually come from people who gave it a week.

I judge dating app for tinder by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. What changed my results on dating app for tinder was treating the effort-to-result ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

GregP
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 10
#10

Yes, and I would add that the effort-to-result ratio on dating app for tinder gets worse the longer you stay. The pattern I see with dating app for tinder is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go.

The thing people underrate about dating app for tinder is how much the payoff depends on your own city. Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on dating app for tinder than the sheer time it ate. Take that as one data point on dating app for tinder rather than a recommendation.

I keep Flurrydate open as a control while testing dating app for tinder — useful for judging the return on the hours honestly.

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