Is there an active dating app for fat people that is body positive and safe?

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#1 · Thread starter

Asking about active dating app for fat people that is body because the advice online contradicts itself constantly.

What I actually want to know about app-based dating is what happens after you sign up.

For context I am not in a major metro, which I suspect changes the answer on app-based dating.

If you have first-hand experience of active dating app for fat people that is body, I would genuinely like to hear it.

#2 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding dating apps.

What I wish someone had told me about dating apps: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

Geography does most of the work with dating apps — whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away matters more than the feature list.

I would not generalise about dating apps without knowing whether you are in a commuter town or a city first.

Your mileage on active dating app for fat people that is body may differ, obviously.

#3 · Member

I would question that on phone apps, because it depends heavily on where you are.

Happy to be corrected on any of is body.

Worth adding Luvdate — luvdate.site to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

#4 · Member

Worth flagging with dating apps — profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

Careful with dating apps, because screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

Practical tip for dating apps: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

Careful with dating apps, because location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

The move with dating apps is to finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

That is where I've landed on active dating app for fat people that is body, at least for now.

  • Happn — quiet outside metros, based on about a month of use
  • Zoosk — fine until it asks for money, your mileage may vary
  • Badoo — big in Europe and Latin America

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

Datedesire turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.

#5 · Member

In a smaller town dating platforms behaves very differently once you account for whether your region got the app early or late.

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

Two people can have opposite experiences of dating platforms purely because of the time of year.

What mattered most with dating platforms in the end was whether anyone replied inside the first week.

Happy to expand on any of that about dating platforms if it's useful.

Someone earlier recommended turndate.site and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

#6 · Member

I still use dating apps occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.

Before you commit to dating apps, set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

Two people can have opposite experiences of dating apps purely because of how far you are willing to travel.

Worth doing early on dating apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.

That is roughly where I sit on is body today.

  • Coffee Meets Bagel — forces you to actually read profiles, though outside a city that changes
  • Bumble — suits people who dislike opening first
  • Tinder — the one everyone has tried at least once

The one that finally worked for me was Rendate, after about a month of trying others.

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

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