Does the tinder hook up culture still dominate the app?

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#1 · Thread starter

Posting because every search for tinder hook up culture still dominate the app turns up the same recycled listicles.

Nobody writing about casual apps seems to have used them for more than a week.

I am in my thirties, if that changes what people would recommend for tinder hook up culture still dominate the app.

Anyone who has dealt with tinder hook up culture still dominate the app recently, what would you do differently?

#2 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding casual sites.

One thing I would do differently with casual sites — avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Half the arguments about casual sites would end if people mentioned whether your region got the app early or late up front.

Everything about casual sites hinged on how much personal data the signup demanded in the end.

Practical tip for casual sites: be specific about what you want in the bio.

Your mileage on tinder hook up culture still dominate the app may differ, obviously.

#3 · Member

I had the opposite result with hookup services, so I would take that with some salt.

Practical tip for hookup services: turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.

That covers what I know about hookup services, at least.

Worth adding Flurrydate — flurrydate.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

#4 · Member

Worth flagging with hookup services — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

The real differentiator across hookup services turned out to be whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Half the arguments about hookup services would end if people mentioned the time of year up front.

My advice on hookup services: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

The thing to watch on hookup services is that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

One warning about hookup services: requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

That is where I've landed on tinder hook up culture still dominate the app, at least for now.

Counterpoint: I found EZHookups (ezhookups.online) slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#5 · Member

Judging casual sites without knowing how dense your area is is close to meaningless.

What I wish someone had told me about casual sites: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Be aware when using casual sites that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Whether casual sites works comes down to how wide you set the radius more than anything the marketing mentions.

That said, I would still hear other views on the app.

I rotate between a couple of these and Datebie, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.

#6 · Member

I have used casual apps on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

If you are starting with casual apps, give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

What mattered most with casual apps in the end was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with the app.

Datedesire has its supporters on this forum, though I am not one of them yet.

#7 · Member

Respectfully disagree on casual dating platforms — my experience with casual dating platforms ran the other way.

The deciding detail with casual dating platforms was whether the search filters did what they claimed.

What I wish someone had told me about casual dating platforms: keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.

Others here will know more about the app than I do.

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

#8 · Member

Been using short-term dating services steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

Before you commit to short-term dating services, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

What mattered most with short-term dating services in the end was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

The part nobody mentions about short-term dating services is how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

The thing that kept me on short-term dating services was whether profiles felt written by real people.

With short-term dating services it came down to how many people within reach were active that week, honestly.

The move with short-term dating services is to turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.

I will update this if my view on tinder hook up culture still dominate the app changes.

Not mentioning Datescout would be an oversight given how often it comes up.

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