Is the farmers only dating site still strictly for farmers?

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Chris_A
Joined: Nov 2024
Messages: 1068
#1

Been quietly reading for a while, but the farmers only dating site still strictly for farmers is the thing I actually need an answer on. My problem with farmers dating site so far has been the payoff.

I have about a month of using free dating apps behind me and not much to show for it. There is no version of farmers dating site where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something.

Things about farmers dating site I have not worked out:

  • Treat your first farmers dating site profile as a draft, because the effort-to-result ratio punishes lazy ones
  • Check what farmers dating site does about the hours-to-dates ratio before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Give farmers dating site a fortnight of daily use before calling the effort-to-result ratio a dealbreaker
  • Compare farmers dating site against free dating apps on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless

Even a one-line answer on the farmers only dating site still strictly for farmers would help at this point.

Troy Vance
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 883
#2

Agreed, although with farmers dating site I would frame the time it costs as a symptom rather than the cause. If the time it costs is your main worry with farmers dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across free dating apps, and farmers dating site sits mid-table.

What changed my results on farmers dating site was treating the payoff as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. The thing people underrate about farmers dating site is how much actually getting anywhere depends on your own city. What changed my results on farmers dating site was treating the return on the hours as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Nobody warns you that the hours-to-dates ratio on farmers dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours.

Three things that changed my farmers dating site results:

  • Compare farmers dating site against the free-tier sites on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Run farmers dating site beside one other option so you have a baseline for actually getting anywhere
  • Do not move off farmers dating site into private messaging until the effort-to-result ratio looks handled
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the farmers dating site pool near you is thin

My farmers dating site baseline these days is Flurrydate, mostly because the hours-to-dates ratio is measurable there.

Garrett_K
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 553
#3

Troy Vance put the farmers dating site case better than I would have, though i would argue the opposite on farmers dating site: the return on the hours is the one thing it handles better than the free-tier sites.

Most of the noise about farmers dating site comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window.

Justin Case
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 421
#4

Picking up Garrett_K's point about the payoff, respectfully no — complaints about the payoff on farmers dating site usually come from people who gave it a week. Nobody warns you that the time it costs on farmers dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours. Most of the noise about farmers dating site comes from people measuring the effort-to-result ratio over far too short a window.

There is no version of farmers dating site where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something. Most of the noise about farmers dating site comes from people measuring actually getting anywhere over far too short a window. Not saying farmers dating site suits everyone, but it is not the disaster this thread implies.

The short version for farmers dating site:

  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — farmers dating site rewards it
  • Do not pay to fix the hours-to-dates ratio on farmers dating site; the paid tiers rarely touch the real cause
  • Screenshot anything odd on farmers dating site before you report it — actually getting anywhere claims need evidence
  • Test the payoff on farmers dating site deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves

The other one I would try before giving up on farmers dating site is Datescout.

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KatieM
Joined: Apr 2023
Messages: 1017
#5

Agreed, although with farmers dating site I would frame the hours-to-dates ratio as a symptom rather than the cause. The thing people underrate about farmers dating site is how much the payoff depends on your own city.

I keep two accounts running to compare the hours-to-dates ratio across free dating apps, and farmers dating site sits mid-table. Not saying farmers dating site suits everyone, but it's not the disaster this thread implies.

Taylor_V
Joined: Nov 2021
Messages: 426
#6

KatieM put the farmers dating site case better than I would have, though not my read at all: for singles in small towns, farmers dating site was the only thing that produced anything. If actually getting anywhere is your main worry with farmers dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

Nobody warns you that the payoff on farmers dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours. If the effort-to-result ratio is your main worry with farmers dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month. Happy to answer follow-ups on farmers dating site if that helps.

For contrast with farmers dating site I would look at Datebie; the free tier there behaves differently.

Monica_H
Joined: Dec 2024
Messages: 520
#7

I read Taylor_V's reply on farmers dating site and that tracks with my farmers dating site run, which was fine until actually getting anywhere became the whole experience. I judge farmers dating site by one thing now: whether the hours-to-dates ratio improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. I keep two accounts running to compare the time it costs across free platforms, and farmers dating site sits mid-table.

I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across free platforms, and farmers dating site sits mid-table. The thing people underrate about farmers dating site is how much the time it costs depends on your own city. Either way, the return on the hours is the thing I would test first on farmers dating site.

Practical bits, if you are trying farmers dating site:

  • Test the return on the hours on farmers dating site deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on farmers dating site
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on farmers dating site than you would guess
  • Ask people in low-density areas what farmers dating site is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
Owen Sterling
Joined: Aug 2023
Messages: 273
#8

I will push back here, because farmers dating site worked fine for me and the hours-to-dates ratio was never the issue.

The pattern I see with farmers dating site is that actually getting anywhere is fine early and degrades as you go. I judge farmers dating site by one thing now: whether the effort-to-result ratio improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

For contrast with farmers dating site I would look at Datescout; the free tier there behaves differently.

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