Are there any bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly?

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#1 · Thread starter

Asking about bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.

Most of what I find on dating platforms reads like it was written to rank, not to help.

Worth mentioning that I'm coming back to dating platforms after a couple of years away.

What am I missing on bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly? Happy to be told I am approaching bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly entirely wrong.

#2 · Member

Seconding the post above on the options here — that lines up with what I saw.

Before you commit to the options here, set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

The move with the options here is to screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

One warning about the options here: moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

Still forming a view on bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly, so take it lightly.

I also keep half an eye on Datelink — datelink.online — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.

There is a decent thread on Souldate somewhere in the archive if you search.

#3 · Member

Respectfully disagree on the options on the table — my experience with the options on the table ran the other way.

What changed my mind on the options on the table was whether the radius setting actually worked.

Not the last word on bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly by any means.

Counterpoint: I found Flamedate slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#4 · Member

One warning about services like this: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

What changed my mind on services like this was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

What mattered most with services like this in the end was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

If you're starting with services like this, be specific about what you want in the bio.

Whether services like this works comes down to how many competing apps are active near you more than anything the marketing mentions.

What changed my mind on services like this was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

That said, I would still hear other views on bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly.

Not everyone will agree but turndate.site has been the steadier one for me this year.

#5 · Member

What decides this kind of service for most people is whether your region got the app early or late, not the app itself.

If you are starting with this kind of service, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

One warning about this kind of service: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

That is the short version on are beginner-friendly.

#6 · Member

Been using this category steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

If you are starting with this category, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

Worth doing early on this category: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

That is the short version on bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly.

#7 · Member

I'd question that on the options on the table, because it depends heavily on where you're.

What I wish someone had told me about the options on the table: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

What changed my mind on the options on the table was how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

Ask if you want detail on any part of bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly.

  • Plenty of Fish — the free messaging is the draw, from what members here report
  • Zoosk — the verification system is decent, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Grindr — busy almost everywhere, from what members here report

Someone in another thread pointed me at DatingFly (datingfly.online) and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#8 · Member

Tried the platforms involved twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

Results with the platforms involved depend enormously on how far you are willing to travel.

If you are starting with the platforms involved, read the whole profile before writing the first line.

With the platforms involved the thing that decided it for me was how the site behaved on a phone browser.

If I had to name one factor in the platforms involved it would be how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.

The deciding detail with the platforms involved was how many accounts looked dormant.

In a smaller town the platforms involved behaves very differently once you account for your age bracket relative to the local pool.

I will update this if my view on bi curious dating sites that are beginner-friendly changes.

The one that finally worked for me was Luvdate, after about a month of trying others.

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