Is the silver single dating site strictly for people over 50?

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#1 · Thread starter

Crowdsourcing this one: silver single dating site strictly for people over 50 is something I keep circling back to.

I'd take one honest account of focused platforms over ten comparison tables.

Adding that with focused platforms I care more about conversation quality than reach.

Any thoughts on silver single dating site strictly for people over 50 would help me stop going in circles.

#2 · Member

What was said above about focused platforms is right, in my view.

Worth flagging with focused platforms — screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

What I wish someone had told me about focused platforms: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

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

#3 · Member

Not sure that's right about community-specific sites, at least not everywhere.

The move with community-specific sites is to use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

Happy to expand on any of that about community-specific sites if it is useful.

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

#4 · Member

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

Everything about targeted platforms hinged on how many people within reach were active that week in the end.

Everything about targeted platforms hinged on how many people within reach were active that week in the end.

What mattered most with targeted platforms in the end was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.

Geography does most of the work with targeted platforms — how wide you set the radius matters more than the feature list.

Take that as one data point on silver single dating site strictly for people over 50, not gospel.

  • Feeld — no ambiguity about intent, in a mid-sized town at least
  • Badoo — good for international users, your mileage may vary
  • OkCupid — the questions do real filtering work, which genuinely surprised me
#5 · Member

Anyone claiming community-specific sites works everywhere has not tested it against the time of year.

The move with community-specific sites is to finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

Results with community-specific sites depend enormously on local population age spread.

That is roughly where I sit on over 50 today.

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

#6 · Member

Tried targeted services twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

One thing I would do differently with targeted services — assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

The thing that kept me on targeted services was how the site behaved on a phone browser.

Worth flagging with targeted services — some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

Still forming a view on over 50, so take it lightly.

Worth searching the forum for Datescout as well, there are a few longer write-ups.

#7 · Member

Not sure that is right about the niche options, at least not everywhere.

Everything about the niche options hinged on how many accounts looked dormant in the end.

What decides the niche options for most people is how wide you set the radius, not the app itself.

That is the short version on silver single dating site strictly for people over 50.

#8 · Member

Spent most of last winter on the niche options, so here is what I actually saw.

One thing I would do differently with the niche options — set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Everything about the niche options hinged on how the moderation handled obvious spam in the end.

Worth doing early on the niche options: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

The part nobody mentions about the niche options is whether anyone replied inside the first week.

That covers what I know about the niche options, at least.

#9 · Member

I came to the niche question from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.

The move with the niche question is to give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.

That said, I would still hear other views on silver single dating site strictly for people over 50.

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

#10 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding community-specific sites.

What changed my mind on community-specific sites was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.

Careful with community-specific sites, because requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

Still forming a view on over 50, so take it lightly.

#11 · Member

I had the opposite result with targeted services, so I'd take that with some salt.

Half the arguments about targeted services would end if people mentioned local population age spread up front.

Others here will know more about silver single dating site strictly for people over 50 than I do.

#12 · Member

Be aware when using targeted platforms that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

Anyone claiming targeted platforms works everywhere has not tested it against how far you are willing to travel.

One warning about targeted platforms: the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

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

Results with targeted platforms depend enormously on the time of year.

Happy to be corrected on any of silver single dating site strictly for people over 50.

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

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