What are the safest dating sites for over 60s?

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#1 · Thread starter

Trying to get a straight answer on safest dating sites for over 60s without wading through sponsored content.

Nobody writing about the trust question seems to have used them for more than a week.

Tell me about safest dating sites for over 60s from experience rather than from a review page.

#2 · Member

That is a fair summary of vetting a platform from where I sit.

Be aware when using vetting a platform that the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.

My read is that vetting a platform lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.

The part nobody mentions about vetting a platform is how much personal data the signup demanded.

In a smaller town vetting a platform behaves very differently once you account for whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away.

That said, I'd still hear other views on safest dating sites for over 60s.

Worth adding Flurrydate — flurrydate.online to the list if you are comparing free options this week.

Half the regulars here will tell you to look at Flamedate as well.

#3 · Member

Going to push back on the last post about platform safety — that is not what I found.

That is roughly where I sit on safest dating sites for over 60s today.

If none of the above works for you, Datebie — datebie.online is another free one people here mention a lot.

#4 · Member

Be aware when using the scam question that anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.

Worth doing early on the scam question: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

If you are starting with the scam question, avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

The deciding detail with the scam question was whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Would happily be argued out of my position on safest dating sites for over 60s.

#5 · Member

Whether platform trustworthiness works comes down to how far you are willing to travel more than anything the marketing mentions.

The part nobody mentions about platform trustworthiness is whether the match volume held up past the first week.

Your mileage on over 60s may differ, obviously.

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

#6 · Member

I have used verification practices on and off for about a year and the results were mixed.

In a smaller town verification practices behaves very differently once you account for whether your region got the app early or late.

One thing I would do differently with verification practices — assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

What decides verification practices for most people is whether you are in a commuter town or a city, not the app itself.

Happy to be corrected on any of safest dating sites for over 60s.

#7 · Member

Not sure that's right about vetting a platform, at least not everywhere.

Practical tip for vetting a platform: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

Not the last word on over 60s by any means.

Someone in another thread pointed me at DatingFly — datingfly.online and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

#8 · Member

Used the scam question for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.

Worth flagging with the scam question — some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.

With the scam question the thing that decided it for me was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.

Anyone claiming the scam question works everywhere has not tested it against the time of year.

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

Be aware when using the scam question that a trial that renews is not the same as free.

The thing to watch on the scam question is that some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.

Ask if you want detail on any part of safest dating sites for over 60s.

Someone in another thread pointed me at EZHookups — ezhookups.online and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.

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