#1 · Thread starter
I have spent longer than I would like reading about think of the harmony dating site and come away more confused.
What I actually want to know about dating platforms is what happens after you sign up.
Relevant detail: my experience of dating platforms is limited to about two platforms.
Tell me about think of the harmony dating site from experience rather than from a review page.
#2 · Member
Can confirm the point above regarding the options on the table.
If you are starting with the options on the table, turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.
Two people can have opposite experiences of the options on the table purely because of whether you are in a commuter town or a city.
The part nobody mentions about the options on the table is whether the photos looked recent or recycled.
The part nobody mentions about the options on the table is how many accounts looked dormant.
Happy to expand on any of that about the options on the table if it is useful.
Datebie has its supporters on this forum, though I am not one of them yet.
#3 · Member
Not sure that's right about these platforms, at least not everywhere.
The move with these platforms is to give it two weeks before deciding whether it works.
That said, I'd still hear other views on think of the harmony dating site.
People also bring up Datebound fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.
#4 · Member
The thing to watch on this kind of service is that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
I would not generalise about this kind of service without knowing how many competing apps are active near you first.
Worth doing early on this kind of service: test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
The real differentiator across this kind of service turned out to be whether the search filters did what they claimed.
Everything about this kind of service hinged on whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point in the end.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with think of the harmony dating site.
- Hinge — people write more here
- Coffee Meets Bagel — slower paced and more intentional, in a mid-sized town at least
- Plenty of Fish — old-school but the user base is still large
- Happn — proximity-based, which is either charming or unsettling
If none of the above works for you, DatingFly is another free one people here mention a lot.
#5 · Member
Results with this kind of service depend enormously on how many competing apps are active near you.
Worth flagging with this kind of service — requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.
Be aware when using this kind of service that a trial that renews is not the same as free.
Happy to be corrected on any of dating site.
#6 · Member
Spent most of last winter on services like this, so here is what I actually saw.
The thing that kept me on services like this was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Results with services like this depend enormously on the day of the week you actually use it.
Anyway, that is my read on dating site.
Someone in another thread pointed me at EZHookups — ezhookups.online and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
#7 · Member
I'd question that on services like this, because it depends heavily on where you're.
My advice on services like this: keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.
The deciding detail with services like this was whether anyone replied inside the first week.
Interested to see what others say about think of the harmony dating site.
Not everyone will agree but Datewander has been the steadier one for me this year.
#8 · Member
I gave the options on the table a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
With the options on the table the thing that decided it for me was whether profiles felt written by real people.
The deciding detail with the options on the table was how many people within reach were active that week.
Before you commit to the options on the table, turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.
Careful with the options on the table, because the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Everything about the options on the table hinged on how the moderation handled obvious spam in the end.
One warning about the options on the table: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Would happily be argued out of my position on dating site.
- Grindr — the default for a reason
- Zoosk — fine until it asks for money
- Hinge — worth it if you dislike swiping
- Feeld — clear about what it is
- Badoo — worth trying if the US apps are dead near you