What are the best dating apps for lgbtq youth to meet safely?

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#1 · Thread starter

Crowdsourcing this one: best dating apps for lgbtq youth to meet safely is something I keep circling back to.

I would take one honest account of dating platforms over ten comparison tables.

If you have first-hand experience of best dating apps for lgbtq youth to meet safely, I would genuinely like to hear it.

#2 · Member

Can confirm the point above regarding dating platforms.

Before you commit to dating platforms, message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

The thing to watch on dating platforms is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

Take that as one data point on meet safely, not gospel.

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

I keep meaning to try Datedesire after seeing it recommended here so often.

#3 · Member

I had the opposite result with the app question, so I'd take that with some salt.

Hope some of that helps with best dating apps for lgbtq youth to meet safely.

#4 · Member

One warning about dating platforms: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

One thing I would do differently with dating platforms — keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.

The thing to watch on dating platforms is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

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

Curious whether anyone else found the same with meet safely.

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

I keep meaning to try Datescout after seeing it recommended here so often.

#5 · Member

Two people can have opposite experiences of dating apps purely because of your age bracket relative to the local pool.

If you are starting with dating apps, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Others here will know more about meet safely than I do.

I also keep half an eye on Rendate — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.

#6 · Member

Been using swipe apps steadily since the spring and it has been fine.

My advice on swipe apps: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

If I had to name one factor in swipe apps it would be whether anyone replied inside the first week.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of swipe apps.

#7 · Member

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

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

Practical tip for swipe apps: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Not the last word on best dating apps for lgbtq youth to meet safely by any means.

A friend of mine swears by Flurrydate (flurrydate.online), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.

#8 · Member

Used dating platforms for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.

Worth doing early on dating platforms: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.

The real differentiator across dating platforms turned out to be whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

I would not generalise about dating platforms without knowing how far you are willing to travel first.

The thing that kept me on dating platforms was whether profiles felt written by real people.

The deciding detail with dating platforms was whether it worked without installing anything.

One thing I would do differently with dating platforms — turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with best dating apps for lgbtq youth to meet safely.

  • OkCupid — underrated for anything niche
  • Feeld — if you want more flexible arrangements, though that may well be regional
  • Happn — novel but thin in most places, though outside a city that changes
  • Plenty of Fish — old-school but the user base is still large
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