Is the meetic dating site popular outside of France?

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#1 · Thread starter

Trying to get a straight answer on meetic dating site popular outside of France without wading through sponsored content.

Everything written about these platforms covers the signup and nothing after it.

For what it is worth I am on mobile almost exclusively, if that matters for these platforms.

So — what has actually worked for you with meetic dating site popular outside of France? Honest answers welcome.

#2 · Member

Agreeing with the previous reply about services like this, for the same reasons.

Worth flagging with services like this — a trial that renews is not the same as free.

The real differentiator across services like this turned out to be how many accounts looked dormant.

Worth doing early on services like this: be specific about what you want in the bio.

If I had to name one factor in services like this it would be how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Not the last word on of France by any means.

Counterpoint: I found DatingFly — datingfly.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about these platforms — that is not what I found.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of these platforms.

#4 · Member

Careful with the sites in question, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

What changed my mind on the sites in question was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

The deciding detail with the sites in question was whether the radius setting actually worked.

My read is that the sites in question lives or dies on how many competing apps are active near you.

Worth flagging with the sites in question — screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Worth doing early on the sites in question: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

Anyway, that is my read on meetic dating site popular outside of France.

  • OkCupid — good if you like data
  • Facebook Dating — ties to a real account, for better or worse, though that may well be regional
  • Grindr — location-first, for better or worse, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Bumble — the structure does real work, based on about a month of use
#5 · Member

The variable nobody controls for with services like this is whether your region got the app early or late.

Worth flagging with services like this — the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

Take that as one data point on meetic dating site popular outside of France, not gospel.

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

#6 · Member

I came to these services from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.

What I wish someone had told me about these services: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

If I had to name one factor in these services it would be how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

That said, I would still hear other views on meetic dating site popular outside of France.

#7 · Member

That has not been true of the options here in my area, for what it is worth.

One warning about the options here: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

Happy to be corrected on any of of France.

Adding ezhookups.online for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.

Older threads lean fairly heavily on Datescout if you want a second opinion.

#8 · Member

I have used the options on the table on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

The move with the options on the table is to keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Two people can have opposite experiences of the options on the table purely because of whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.

The variable nobody controls for with the options on the table is whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.

If I had to name one factor in the options on the table it would be whether the search filters did what they claimed.

Everything about the options on the table hinged on whether the photos looked recent or recycled in the end.

If you are starting with the options on the table, be specific about what you want in the bio.

Your mileage on of France may differ, obviously.

  • Facebook Dating — quiet in some regions
  • OkCupid — older crowd in some areas, though I only tried the free tier
  • Happn — novel but thin in most places
  • Grindr — fast but not subtle
  • Zoosk — verification is the selling point

For what it is worth I have had better luck on luvdate.site than on any of the big paid apps.

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