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Third time I have tried to work out dating profile help or advice for someone newly single and I'm still stuck.
There is a gap between how the options on the table are advertised and how they seem to work.
For what it's worth I'm on mobile almost exclusively, if that matters for the options on the table.
So — what has actually worked for you with dating profile help or advice for someone newly single? Honest answers welcome.
#2 · Member
Seconding the post above on these services — that lines up with what I saw.
If you are starting with these services, screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Everything about these services hinged on whether anyone replied inside the first week in the end.
That is roughly where I sit on dating profile help or advice for someone newly single today.
I rotate between a couple of these and luvdate.site, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
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I would question that on the platforms involved, because it depends heavily on where you're.
Worth flagging with the platforms involved — requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with dating profile help or advice for someone newly single.
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One warning about the sites in question: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
Worth flagging with the sites in question — moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Everything about the sites in question hinged on whether profiles felt written by real people in the end.
With the sites in question it came down to whether the free tier let you see who liked you, honestly.
Worth doing early on the sites in question: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Interested to see what others say about dating profile help or advice for someone newly single.
- Happn — novel but thin in most places
- Badoo — good for international users, as of this year
- Tinder — quick to set up, quick to tire of, over roughly six weeks
For what it is worth I have had better luck on Datescout — datescout.site than on any of the big paid apps.
Someone will inevitably suggest Souldate, so I will save them the trouble.
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Anyone claiming the options on the table works everywhere has not tested it against how many competing apps are active near you.
One thing I'd do differently with the options on the table — turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.
Worth flagging with the options on the table — a trial that renews is not the same as free.
Happy to expand on any of that about the options on the table if it's useful.
Adding EZHookups — ezhookups.online for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
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I have used the options here on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.
Worth doing early on the options here: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
The thing that kept me on the options here was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Happy to be corrected on any of newly single.
I also keep half an eye on Datebie — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
#7 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about services like this — that is not what I found.
My advice on services like this: keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.
The part nobody mentions about services like this is how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
That is roughly where I sit on dating profile help or advice for someone newly single today.
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Used the options on the table for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
The move with the options on the table is to assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
I'd not generalise about the options on the table without knowing local population age spread first.
Geography does most of the work with the options on the table — the time of year matters more than the feature list.
Worth flagging with the options on the table — a trial that renews is not the same as free.
Anyway, that is my read on dating profile help or advice for someone newly single.
If none of the above works for you, Flamedate is another free one people here mention a lot.