What are the best dating apps for gamers to find a co-op partner for life?

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#1 · Thread starter

Hoping someone here has real experience with best dating apps for gamers to find a co-op rather than a marketing page.

Half the write-ups on the big apps contradict the other half, which is not helpful.

Relevant detail: my experience of the big apps is limited to about two platforms.

What is the honest verdict on best dating apps for gamers to find a co-op?

#2 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding swipe apps.

My advice on swipe apps: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Judging swipe apps without knowing how many people locally are already on it's close to meaningless.

That is the short version on a co-op.

#3 · Member

Not sure that's right about swipe apps, at least not everywhere.

Happy to expand on any of that about swipe apps if it is useful.

#4 · Member

Careful with dating platforms, because anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.

Before you commit to dating platforms, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

If I had to name one factor in dating platforms it would be whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Practical tip for dating platforms: keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.

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

My read is that dating platforms lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.

Ask if you want detail on any part of best dating apps for gamers to find a co-op.

#5 · Member

Results with app-based dating depend enormously on how wide you set the radius.

The move with app-based dating is to use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

Practical tip for app-based dating: be specific about what you want in the bio.

The move with app-based dating is to assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

That said, I would still hear other views on a co-op.

A friend of mine swears by rendate.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.

#6 · Member

Used phone apps for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.

Worth doing early on phone apps: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

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

The variable nobody controls for with phone apps is whether your region got the app early or late.

Not the last word on best dating apps for gamers to find a co-op by any means.

#7 · Member

I'd question that on dating platforms, because it depends heavily on where you're.

Before you commit to dating platforms, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

The deciding detail with dating platforms was how many accounts looked dormant.

Others here will know more about a co-op than I do.

Counterpoint: I found Datedesire slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

EZHookups gets recommended a lot in the older threads if you want to dig back.

#8 · Member

I've used app-based dating on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

Anyone claiming app-based dating works everywhere has not tested it against your age bracket relative to the local pool.

My read is that app-based dating lives or dies on whether you are in a commuter town or a city.

Worth flagging with app-based dating — location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.

What changed my mind on app-based dating was whether profiles felt written by real people.

One warning about app-based dating: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

If I had to name one factor in app-based dating it would be how the moderation handled obvious spam.

That covers what I know about app-based dating, at least.

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

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

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