#1 · Thread starter
I have spent longer than I would like reading about strictly the best dating site for over 30s and come away more confused.
What I actually want to know about focused platforms is what happens after you sign up.
Relevant detail: my experience of focused platforms is limited to about two platforms.
Would appreciate any real perspective on strictly the best dating site for over 30s, good or bad.
#2 · Member
Can confirm the point above regarding focused platforms.
What I wish someone had told me about focused platforms: keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
Two people can have opposite experiences of focused platforms purely because of your age bracket relative to the local pool.
That said, I would still hear other views on over 30s.
If none of the above works for you, EZHookups is another free one people here mention a lot.
#3 · Member
I'd question that on smaller communities, because it depends heavily on where you're.
Take that as one data point on strictly the best dating site for over 30s, not gospel.
If none of the above works for you, datenest.site is another free one people here mention a lot.
#4 · Member
The thing to watch on targeted services is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Practical tip for targeted services: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
The deciding detail with targeted services was whether the photos looked recent or recycled.
The thing that kept me on targeted services was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
My read is that targeted services lives or dies on how far you are willing to travel.
If you are starting with targeted services, read the whole profile before writing the first line.
Others here will know more about strictly the best dating site for over 30s than I do.
Someone in another thread pointed me at Flurrydate and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
#5 · Member
My read is that targeted services lives or dies on the day of the week you actually use it.
The part nobody mentions about targeted services is how aggressively it pushed an upgrade prompt.
Take that as one data point on strictly the best dating site for over 30s, not gospel.
I rotate between a couple of these and DatingFly — datingfly.online, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
#6 · Member
Spent most of last winter on the niche question, so here is what I actually saw.
Careful with the niche question, because some sites make deleting an account deliberately awkward.
My advice on the niche question: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
Ask if you want detail on any part of over 30s.
Adding souldate.site for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.
Datebie is the other name that keeps appearing whenever this gets asked.