Trying to get a straight answer on dating apps for big women that are body positive without wading through sponsored content.
Half the write-ups on mainstream apps contradict the other half, which is not helpful.
What am I missing on dating apps for big women that are body positive? Happy to be told I'm approaching dating apps for big women that are body positive entirely wrong.
Can confirm the point above regarding mainstream apps.
Be aware when using mainstream apps that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
If you are starting with mainstream apps, treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Would happily be argued out of my position on body positive.
For what it is worth I have had better luck on datewander.site than on any of the big paid apps.
That has not been true of the app options in my area, for what it's worth.
That covers what I know about the app options, at least.
Someone earlier recommended Datenest (datenest.site) and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.
Be aware when using phone apps that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Worth doing early on phone apps: be specific about what you want in the bio.
What I wish someone had told me about phone apps: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
With phone apps the thing that decided it for me was how the site behaved on a phone browser.
The deciding detail with phone apps was whether the radius setting actually worked.
The move with phone apps is to keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
Take that as one data point on body positive, not gospel.
Counterpoint: I found ezhookups.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.
Worth searching the forum for Flamedate as well, there are a few longer write-ups.
Half the arguments about the app question would end if people mentioned whether your region got the app early or late up front.
Worth doing early on the app question: read the whole profile before writing the first line.
One thing I would do differently with the app question — check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.
One warning about the app question: a trial that renews isn't the same as free.
Interested to see what others say about dating apps for big women that are body positive.
Not mentioning Turndate would be an oversight given how often it comes up.
Spent most of last winter on matching apps, so here is what I actually saw.
Worth doing early on matching apps: turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.
The thing to watch on matching apps is that location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
That said, I would still hear other views on body positive.