What happened to the craigslist dating site section?

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Dave_SoCal
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 888
#1

Trying to settle happened to the craigslist dating site section for myself and the reviews are useless. What I care about with craigslist dating site is the effort-to-result ratio more than anything else.

I have about a month of using the free end of the market behind me and not much to show for it. There is no version of craigslist dating site where the return on the hours sorts itself out without you doing something.

The open questions I have on craigslist dating site:

  • Do not move off craigslist dating site into private messaging until the hours-to-dates ratio looks handled
  • Compare craigslist dating site against no-payment dating sites on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Check what craigslist dating site does about actually getting anywhere before you upload anything you would not want indexed
  • Turn off read receipts on craigslist dating site if the time it costs is making you anxious about response times
  • Set the radius wider than feels comfortable if the craigslist dating site pool near you is thin

Any first-hand experience with happened to the craigslist dating site section is welcome, good or bad.

Taylor_V
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 826
#2

Yes, and I would add that the effort-to-result ratio on craigslist dating site gets worse the longer you stay. Nobody warns you that the return on the hours on craigslist dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours. If the time it costs is your main worry with craigslist dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

What changed my results on craigslist dating site was treating actually getting anywhere as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. There is no version of craigslist dating site where the hours-to-dates ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. The pattern I see with craigslist dating site is that the effort-to-result ratio is fine early and degrades as you go.

Sam_B
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 828
#3

Reading this back, my craigslist dating site notes say almost the same thing about the return on the hours. I judge craigslist dating site by one thing now: whether the time it costs improves or worsens once you're past the novelty. There is no version of craigslist dating site where the time it costs sorts itself out without you doing something.

Nobody warns you that the payoff on craigslist dating site scales with how many people are online at your hours. Honestly, the effort-to-result ratio was less of a problem on craigslist dating site than the sheer time it ate. Either way, the payoff is the thing I would test first on craigslist dating site.

Vanessa M
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 920
#4

Agreed, although with craigslist dating site I would frame the time it costs as a symptom rather than the cause.

Most of the noise about craigslist dating site comes from people measuring the effort-to-result ratio over far too short a window.

Ian Palmer
Joined: Jul 2021
Messages: 567
#5

Vanessa M and I've clearly used craigslist dating site differently, because i would argue the opposite on craigslist dating site: the hours-to-dates ratio is the one thing it handles better than no-payment dating sites.

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

TiffanyR
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 376
#6

This matches what I found with craigslist dating site, where the hours-to-dates ratio is exactly where it falls down. I keep two accounts running to compare the time it costs across the free end of the market, and craigslist dating site sits mid-table.

You can work around the hours-to-dates ratio on craigslist dating site, but you have to be deliberate about it. There is no version of craigslist dating site where the effort-to-result ratio sorts itself out without you doing something. What changed my results on craigslist dating site was treating the return on the hours as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

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StaceyR
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 303
#7

Reading this back, my craigslist dating site notes say almost the same thing about the payoff.

If the hours-to-dates ratio is your main worry with craigslist dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month. For the crowd on this board, the craigslist dating site experience lives or dies on actually getting anywhere and almost nothing else.

Kelsey_NY
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 556
#8

@StaceyR makes a fair point about craigslist dating site, but broadly agree on craigslist dating site — actually getting anywhere was what decided it for me too.

The pattern I see with craigslist dating site is that the payoff is fine early and degrades as you go. Honestly, the payoff was less of a problem on craigslist dating site than the sheer time it ate.

Anyone comparing craigslist dating site on the return on the hours should probably add Turndate to the list.

Adrian Cross
Joined: Sep 2021
Messages: 582
#9

That tracks with my craigslist dating site run, which was fine until the time it costs became the whole experience.

What changed my results on craigslist dating site was treating the time it costs as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. That is my read on craigslist dating site, and others here clearly disagree.

My rules for craigslist dating site these days:

  • Give craigslist dating site a fortnight of daily use before calling the time it costs a dealbreaker
  • Treat your first craigslist dating site profile as a draft, because actually getting anywhere punishes lazy ones
  • Message within a day of matching — on craigslist dating site that window closes fast
  • Do not move off craigslist dating site into private messaging until the payoff looks handled
Nicole_TX
Joined: Jan 2022
Messages: 837
#10

I will push back here, because craigslist dating site worked fine for me and the return on the hours was never the issue. I keep two accounts running to compare the return on the hours across free platforms, and craigslist dating site sits mid-table. Honestly, the time it costs was less of a problem on craigslist dating site than the sheer time it ate.

The thing people underrate about craigslist dating site is how much the hours-to-dates ratio depends on your own city. If the return on the hours is your main worry with craigslist dating site, test it in the first week rather than the first month. The thing people underrate about craigslist dating site is how much the return on the hours depends on your own city. Whatever you pick, judge craigslist dating site on the return on the hours after a month rather than after a weekend.

What worked for me on craigslist dating site:

  • Screenshot anything odd on craigslist dating site before you report it — the time it costs claims need evidence
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — craigslist dating site rewards it
  • Block early and report often on craigslist dating site — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on craigslist dating site than you would guess
RebeccaT
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 480
#11

Different experience on craigslist dating site, where the effort-to-result ratio turned out to be manageable once I changed how I used it.

What changed my results on craigslist dating site was treating the hours-to-dates ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Whatever you pick, judge craigslist dating site on the hours-to-dates ratio after a month rather than after a weekend.

The other one I would try before giving up on craigslist dating site is Datewander.

Jenny_K
Joined: May 2023
Messages: 22
#12

RebeccaT and I have clearly used craigslist dating site differently, because that has not been my experience of craigslist dating site, and I have used it longer than most people in this thread. For regulars here, the craigslist dating site experience lives or dies on the time it costs and almost nothing else.

I judge craigslist dating site by one thing now: whether the time it costs improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. The thing people underrate about craigslist dating site is how much the payoff depends on your own city.

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