This has been on my mind for a few weeks now — apps are best for young guys looking for older, specifically.
What I actually want to know about the big apps is what happens after you sign up.
Anyone who has dealt with apps are best for young guys looking for older recently, what would you do differently?
What was said above about phone apps is right, in my view.
With phone apps the thing that decided it for me was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
Everything about phone apps hinged on whether the match volume held up past the first week in the end.
What changed my mind on phone apps was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
What decides phone apps for most people is how many people locally are already on it, not the app itself.
Happy to be corrected on any of for older.
Counterpoint: I found EZHookups (ezhookups.online) slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.
Going to push back on the last post about dating apps — that's not what I found.
That is where I've landed on apps are best for young guys looking for older, at least for now.
Careful with dating apps, because the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Judging dating apps without knowing how wide you set the radius is close to meaningless.
My advice on dating apps: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
Results with dating apps depend enormously on how dense your area is.
Ask if you want detail on any part of for older.
I rotate between a couple of these and Datedesire, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
Datelink turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.
Whether swipe apps works comes down to how many people locally are already on it more than anything the marketing mentions.
Two people can have opposite experiences of swipe apps purely because of how many competing apps are active near you.
That is where I've landed on apps are best for young guys looking for older, at least for now.
Half the regulars here will tell you to look at Rendate as well.
I gave the app options a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
Worth doing early on the app options: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.
Before you commit to the app options, turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.
Careful with the app options, because moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Happy to be corrected on any of apps are best for young guys looking for older.
A friend of mine swears by datebie.online, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
That has not been true of dating apps in my area, for what it's worth.
Practical tip for dating apps: read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Others here will know more about for older than I do.
Used the big apps for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.
Be aware when using the big apps that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
The part nobody mentions about the big apps is how the moderation handled obvious spam.
The deciding detail with the big apps was how the site behaved on a phone browser.
Results with the big apps depend enormously on the day of the week you actually use it.
With the big apps it came down to how many people within reach were active that week, honestly.
Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of the big apps.
I gave matching apps a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
With matching apps the thing that decided it for me was how many people within reach were active that week.
Careful with matching apps, because anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
Still forming a view on apps are best for young guys looking for older, so take it lightly.
Seconding the post above on dating platforms — that lines up with what I saw.
One warning about dating platforms: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
The move with dating platforms is to finish the profile completely before you browse anything.
Interested to see what others say about for older.
A friend of mine swears by datenest.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
I had the opposite result with dating apps, so I'd take that with some salt.
If you are starting with dating apps, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
The deciding detail with dating apps was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
That is roughly where I sit on for older today.
One warning about app-based dating: location spoofing means 'nearby' isn't always nearby.
My advice on app-based dating: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
What changed my mind on app-based dating was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
The variable nobody controls for with app-based dating is how wide you set the radius.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with apps are best for young guys looking for older.