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Jessica Lane
Joined: Feb 2022
Messages: 860
#1

I want to be wrong about the down dating app known for in the dating community, so tell me if I am. For people who have actually tried it, the time it costs is the whole question with dating app.

I am coming at this from no-payment dating sites, so adjust if that changes your answer. For people replying above, the dating app experience lives or dies on the hours-to-dates ratio and almost nothing else.

Specifically, on dating app I would like to know:

  • Screenshot anything odd on dating app before you report it — the return on the hours claims need evidence
  • Write a first message that references their profile, not your own — dating app rewards it
  • Block early and report often on dating app — it trains the feed faster than anything
  • Photos with other people in them do worse on dating app than you would guess
  • Test the time it costs on dating app deliberately in week one rather than hoping it improves

Happy to be told I am asking the wrong question about the down dating app known for in the dating community.

Chris_A
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 602
#2

Agreed, although with dating app I would frame actually getting anywhere as a symptom rather than the cause. I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across no-payment dating sites, and dating app sits mid-table.

Nobody warns you that the time it costs on dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. For the crowd on this board, the dating app experience lives or dies on the hours-to-dates ratio and almost nothing else. Either way, the hours-to-dates ratio is the thing I would test first on dating app.

My dating app baseline these days is Rendate, mostly because actually getting anywhere is measurable there.

NathanW
Joined: Nov 2021
Messages: 669
#3

Broadly agree on dating app — the payoff was what decided it for me too. For people who have actually tried it, the dating app experience lives or dies on actually getting anywhere and almost nothing else.

Nobody warns you that the payoff on dating app scales with how many people are online at your hours. There is no version of dating app where actually getting anywhere sorts itself out without you doing something. Honestly, the hours-to-dates ratio was less of a problem on dating app than the sheer time it ate.

If you do try dating app, do this:

  • Run dating app beside one other option so you have a baseline for the time it costs
  • Turn off read receipts on dating app if the hours-to-dates ratio is making you anxious about response times
  • Compare dating app against free dating apps on the same week, or the comparison is meaningless
  • Message within a day of matching — on dating app that window closes fast
Amanda P
Joined: Nov 2023
Messages: 105
#4

I would argue the opposite on dating app: the return on the hours is the one thing it handles better than the free end of the market. For most people in this thread, the dating app experience lives or dies on the payoff and almost nothing else.

What changed my results on dating app was treating the time it costs as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem. Honestly, the effort-to-result ratio was less of a problem on dating app than the sheer time it ate.

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Renee Cross
Joined: Nov 2023
Messages: 1043
#5

Amanda P is right about one part of dating app: same experience on dating app: I gave it six weeks before the effort-to-result ratio got tiresome.

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

My dating app baseline these days is Datebound, mostly because the return on the hours is measurable there.

Eli Marsh
Joined: Jul 2022
Messages: 595
#6

Yes, and I would add that the time it costs on dating app gets worse the longer you stay. If the payoff is your main worry with dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month.

I judge dating app by one thing now: whether actually getting anywhere improves or worsens once you are past the novelty. If the effort-to-result ratio is your main worry with dating app, test it in the first week rather than the first month. What changed my results on dating app was treating the effort-to-result ratio as a filtering problem rather than a platform problem.

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Taylor_V
Joined: Jun 2022
Messages: 368
#7

Eli Marsh is right about one part of dating app: yes, and I would add that actually getting anywhere on dating app gets worse the longer you stay. I judge dating app by one thing now: whether the time it costs improves or worsens once you are past the novelty.

The pattern I see with dating app is that the return on the hours is fine early and degrades as you go. Honestly, the time it costs was less of a problem on dating app than the sheer time it ate. Happy to answer follow-ups on dating app if that helps.

My dating app baseline these days is Datescout, mostly because the payoff is measurable there.

LaurenP
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 172
#8

Not my read at all: for most people in this thread, dating app was the only thing that produced anything. You can work around the hours-to-dates ratio on dating app, but you have to be deliberate about it.

I keep two accounts running to compare the payoff across the free-tier sites, and dating app sits mid-table. Your dating app results will vary by city more than by platform.

My rules for dating app these days:

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

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