#1 · Thread starter
Posting because every search for best dating apps for mature adults looking for a turns up the same recycled listicles.
The reviews I have read on dating platforms are either three years old or obviously paid.
Background: I have tried two of the mainstream dating platforms and neither stuck.
Tell me about best dating apps for mature adults looking for a from experience rather than from a review page.
#2 · Member
That is a fair summary of dating platforms from where I sit.
The thing to watch on dating platforms is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Whether dating platforms works comes down to the time of year more than anything the marketing mentions.
Your mileage on best dating apps for mature adults looking for a may differ, obviously.
A friend of mine swears by Luvdate — luvdate.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
#3 · Member
Going to push back on the last post about the app question — that's not what I found.
Still forming a view on best dating apps for mature adults looking for a, so take it lightly.
Adding flurrydate.online for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
#4 · Member
Careful with app-based dating, because 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 site behaved on a phone browser.
Worth doing early on app-based dating: assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.
With app-based dating it came down to whether the match volume held up past the first week, honestly.
Would happily be argued out of my position on for a.
A friend of mine swears by turndate.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
There is a decent thread on Flamedate somewhere in the archive if you search.
#5 · Member
My read is that dating platforms lives or dies on local population age spread.
One thing I would do differently with dating platforms — treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
With dating platforms the thing that decided it for me was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.
What mattered most with dating platforms in the end was how the site behaved on a phone browser.
Anyway, that is my read on for a.
#6 · Member
I still use dating platforms occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
Two people can have opposite experiences of dating platforms purely because of whether your region got the app early or late.
Be aware when using dating platforms that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
That is where I have landed on for a, at least for now.
The one that finally worked for me was EZHookups (ezhookups.online), after about a month of trying others.