What are the best dating sites for introverted men?

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Lauren_B
Joined: May 2022
Messages: 1294
#1

Signed up specifically to ask about the best dating sites for introverted men. Hoping for something on introverted more useful than a top-ten list. actually getting anywhere is what makes or breaks introverted for me.

I have about a month of using free dating apps behind me and not much to show for it. I keep two accounts running to compare the effort-to-result ratio across the free end of the market, and introverted sits mid-table.

The open questions I have on introverted:

  • Log in at the hours you would actually go out; introverted activity is nothing like flat
  • Ask introverted daters what introverted is like where they actually live, not where you wish you lived
  • Fill the prompts in properly; blank profiles get skipped on introverted
  • Screenshot anything odd on introverted before you report it — the return on the hours claims need evidence
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — introverted rewards it

Tell me what actually happened with the best dating sites for introverted men rather than what should happen.

Brent Olson
Joined: Jun 2024
Messages: 224
#2

Agreed, although with introverted I would frame the payoff as a symptom rather than the cause. Nobody warns you that the return on the hours on introverted scales with how many people are online at your hours.

I keep two accounts running to compare actually getting anywhere across the free-tier sites, and introverted sits mid-table. Honestly, actually getting anywhere was less of a problem on introverted than the sheer time it ate. That is my read on introverted, and others here clearly disagree.

For contrast with introverted I would look at Datenest; the free tier there behaves differently.

Jake_NYC
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 1138
#3

That tracks with my introverted run, which was fine until the payoff became the whole experience.

Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on introverted than the sheer time it ate.

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Cassie_W
Joined: Oct 2021
Messages: 752
#4

Broadly agree on introverted — the return on the hours was what decided it for me too. You can work around actually getting anywhere on introverted, but you have to be deliberate about it.

The thing people underrate about introverted is how much the return on the hours depends on your own city. The thing people underrate about introverted is how much the effort-to-result ratio depends on your own city. Most of the noise about introverted comes from people measuring the time it costs over far too short a window.

What worked for me on introverted:

  • Turn off read receipts on introverted if actually getting anywhere is making you anxious about response times
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the introverted pool near you is thin
  • Run introverted beside one other option so you have a baseline for the return on the hours

I keep Datenest open as a control while testing introverted — useful for judging the return on the hours honestly.

NathanW
Joined: Apr 2023
Messages: 1124
#5

Yes, and I would add that actually getting anywhere on introverted gets worse the longer you stay.

For the less outgoing crowd, the introverted experience lives or dies on the payoff and almost nothing else.

Ian Palmer
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 811
#6

Building on what NathanW said about introverted, disagree, because blaming the return on the hours lets you off the hook — my introverted results improved when my profile did.

The thing people underrate about introverted is how much the payoff depends on your own city. If the return on the hours is your main worry with introverted, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

For contrast with introverted I would look at DatingFly; the free tier there behaves differently.

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