Is there a specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating scene?

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#1 · Thread starter

Genuine question about specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating — I would rather hear from people than from a review site.

There is a gap between how this category are advertised and how they seem to work.

I should say I care more about privacy on this category than about volume of matches.

So — what has actually worked for you with specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating? Honest answers welcome.

#2 · Member

That is a fair summary of the platforms involved from where I sit.

What mattered most with the platforms involved in the end was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.

Everything about the platforms involved hinged on whether the photos looked recent or recycled in the end.

Interested to see what others say about specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating.

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

#3 · Member

Respectfully disagree on this kind of service — my experience with this kind of service ran the other way.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with the dating.

For what it is worth I have had better luck on Datelink — datelink.online than on any of the big paid apps.

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

#4 · Member

Be aware when using the options on the table that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

Practical tip for the options on the table: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

The real differentiator across the options on the table turned out to be how many people within reach were active that week.

Worth flagging with the options on the table — some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

One thing I would do differently with the options on the table — keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.

The thing to watch on the options on the table is that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.

Would happily be argued out of my position on the dating.

#5 · Member

I would not generalise about these services without knowing how wide you set the radius first.

What mattered most with these services in the end was whether anyone replied inside the first week.

Be aware when using these services that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

The thing to watch on these services is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with the dating.

  • Zoosk — verification is the selling point, though outside a city that changes
  • Plenty of Fish — worth a look outside big cities
  • Badoo — busy in places the big names are not, as of this year
  • Facebook Dating — quiet in some regions, and it has been consistent since

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

#6 · Member

My experience with the sites in question was better than I expected, with one caveat.

Worth doing early on the sites in question: be specific about what you want in the bio.

The real differentiator across the sites in question turned out to be how much personal data the signup demanded.

Two people can have opposite experiences of the sites in question purely because of how wide you set the radius.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of the sites in question.

#7 · Member

I had the opposite result with this kind of service, so I would take that with some salt.

I would not generalise about this kind of service without knowing your age bracket relative to the local pool first.

Happy to expand on any of that about this kind of service if it is useful.

#8 · Member

I still use the options here occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.

With the options here the thing that decided it for me was how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.

One warning about the options here: location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

The thing to watch on the options here is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

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

If you are starting with the options here, use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

Judging the options here without knowing the time of year is close to meaningless.

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

A few people swear by EZHookups, and a few others really do not.

#9 · Member

Spent most of last winter on this category, so here is what I actually saw.

Worth doing early on this category: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

What I wish someone had told me about this category: turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of this category.

#10 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding the options on the table.

What I wish someone had told me about the options on the table: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

The part nobody mentions about the options on the table is how many accounts looked dormant.

That is where I have landed on specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating, at least for now.

  • Facebook Dating — quiet in some regions, as of this year
  • Tinder — still the default for volume
  • Bumble — useful if you want some initial filtering, based on about a month of use
  • Grindr — dominant in its lane
#11 · Member

Different view here on these platforms — it worked better than the post above suggests.

With these platforms it came down to whether the radius setting actually worked, honestly.

The move with these platforms is to be specific about what you want in the bio.

Practical tip for these platforms: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

Not the last word on specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating by any means.

#12 · Member

Careful with these services, because location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.

The deciding detail with these services was how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.

The deciding detail with these services was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

The part nobody mentions about these services is whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Practical tip for these services: be specific about what you want in the bio.

Take that as one data point on specialized divorce dating site for people re-entering the dating, not gospel.

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