What is the best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees?

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#1 · Thread starter

Hoping someone here has real experience with best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees rather than a marketing page.

Nobody writing about specialised services seems to have used them for more than a week.

I'm not looking to spend money, so free tiers of specialised services only for now.

What am I missing on best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees? Happy to be told I'm approaching best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees entirely wrong.

#2 · Member

What was said above about specialised services is right, in my view.

Everything about specialised services hinged on how the site behaved on a phone browser in the end.

What I wish someone had told me about specialised services: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.

Your mileage on for divorcees may differ, obviously.

  • Badoo — strong outside the US
  • Plenty of Fish — rough interface, real people
  • Tinder — works best in dense areas, as of this year

A friend of mine swears by datenest.site, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.

Flamedate turns up in these discussions regularly enough to be worth a search.

#3 · Member

That has not been true of the niche question in my area, for what it is worth.

One warning about the niche question: profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.

That is the short version on for divorcees.

Someone earlier recommended Luvdate and I ended up sticking with it longer than expected.

#4 · Member

Be aware when using the niche options that requests for money at any stage are a hard stop.

With the niche options the thing that decided it for me was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.

Whether the niche options works comes down to local population age spread more than anything the marketing mentions.

One thing I'd do differently with the niche options — set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

My advice on the niche options: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

Take that as one data point on best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees, not gospel.

#5 · Member

Judging the niche question without knowing your age bracket relative to the local pool is close to meaningless.

Whether the niche question works comes down to your age bracket relative to the local pool more than anything the marketing mentions.

With the niche question it came down to whether it worked without installing anything, honestly.

One thing I would do differently with the niche question — screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.

Curious whether anyone else found the same with best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees.

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

#6 · Member

Used community-specific sites for about six weeks, which is long enough to have an opinion.

My advice on community-specific sites: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Judging community-specific sites without knowing how many people locally are already on it is close to meaningless.

My advice on community-specific sites: read the whole profile before writing the first line.

Happy to be corrected on any of best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees.

The one that finally worked for me was EZHookups — ezhookups.online, after about a month of trying others.

#7 · Member

Not sure that is right about focused platforms, at least not everywhere.

What changed my mind on focused platforms was how much personal data the signup demanded.

Worth doing early on focused platforms: set your radius tight first and widen it only if it goes quiet.

I will update this if my view on best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees changes.

Datelink is the other name that keeps appearing whenever this gets asked.

#8 · Member

I still use specialist sites occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.

Two people can have opposite experiences of specialist sites purely because of whether your region got the app early or late.

Before you commit to specialist sites, assume the first three conversations will go nowhere.

Everything about specialist sites hinged on how much personal data the signup demanded in the end.

What mattered most with specialist sites in the end was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

What I wish someone had told me about specialist sites: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.

With specialist sites the thing that decided it for me was how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.

Not the last word on best online dating over 50 platform for divorcees by any means.

For what it is worth I have had better luck on Turndate (turndate.site) than on any of the big paid apps.

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