Is the meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces?

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#1 · Thread starter

Crowdsourcing this one: meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces is something I keep circling back to.

I care less about feature lists on the options on the table and more about whether anyone replies.

I am in my thirties, if that changes what people would recommend for meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces.

So — what has actually worked for you with meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces? Honest answers welcome.

#2 · Member

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

Half the arguments about this category would end if people mentioned the day of the week you actually use it up front.

Whether this category works comes down to whether your region got the app early or late more than anything the marketing mentions.

Not the last word on meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces by any means.

You could add Rendate to the shortlist, purely on how often it gets named here.

#3 · Member

Not sure that is right about these platforms, at least not everywhere.

That covers what I know about these platforms, at least.

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

#4 · Member

Careful with this kind of service, because screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

One warning about this kind of service: requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

One warning about this kind of service: moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

The part nobody mentions about this kind of service is how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.

The real differentiator across this kind of service turned out to be whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of this kind of service.

  • Grindr — location-first, for better or worse, though that may well be regional
  • Bumble — fewer matches but they tend to answer, as of this year
  • Plenty of Fish — worth a look outside big cities

Worth adding datingfly.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

#5 · Member

Judging these platforms without knowing local population age spread is close to meaningless.

If I had to name one factor in these platforms it would be whether anyone replied inside the first week.

Others here will know more about meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces than I do.

If none of the above works for you, datewander.site is another free one people here mention a lot.

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

#6 · Member

Tried the sites in question twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

Whether the sites in question works comes down to how dense your area is more than anything the marketing mentions.

Worth doing early on the sites in question: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

That said, I would still hear other views on meetup dating site model better than swiping on faces.

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