Why did the official reddit dating site project never take off?

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#1 · Thread starter

I have spent longer than I would like reading about official reddit dating site project never take off and come away more confused.

The marketing around services like this tells you nothing useful about day-to-day use.

What am I missing on official reddit dating site project never take off? Happy to be told I am approaching official reddit dating site project never take off entirely wrong.

#2 · Member

What was said above about the options on the table is right, in my view.

What changed my mind on the options on the table was how the moderation handled obvious spam.

Judging the options on the table without knowing how many competing apps are active near you is close to meaningless.

With the options on the table it came down to whether it worked without installing anything, honestly.

I would not generalise about the options on the table without knowing whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away first.

Anyway, that's my read on take off.

Counterpoint: I found flurrydate.online slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#3 · Member

Different view here on services like this — it worked better than the post above suggests.

What decides services like this for most people is how dense your area is, not the app itself.

Would happily be argued out of my position on official reddit dating site project never take off.

#4 · Member

One warning about these services: moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.

One warning about these services: screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.

The move with these services is to avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

Worth doing early on these services: check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

Before you commit to these services, keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.

That covers what I know about these services, at least.

  • Badoo — busy in places the big names are not
  • Coffee Meets Bagel — suits people who hate endless swiping, from what members here report
  • Plenty of Fish — unglamorous and still busy, from what members here report

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

People also bring up Datelink fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.

#5 · Member

My read is that the options on the table lives or dies on whether your region got the app early or late.

Results with the options on the table depend enormously on how far you are willing to travel.

With the options on the table the thing that decided it for me was how many people within reach were active that week.

Hope some of that helps with official reddit dating site project never take off.

Counterpoint: I found EZHookups (ezhookups.online) slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.

#6 · Member

My run with this category lasted longer than any of the alternatives I tried.

If you're starting with this category, keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.

What I wish someone had told me about this category: avoid syncing anything to your social accounts.

If you are starting with this category, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.

Your mileage on official reddit dating site project never take off may differ, obviously.

Not mentioning Datedesire would be an oversight given how often it comes up.

#7 · Member

Not sure that is right about this category, at least not everywhere.

What I wish someone had told me about this category: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.

Worth hearing from someone with longer experience of this category.

The one that finally worked for me was DatingFly (datingfly.online), after about a month of trying others.

#8 · Member

Tried the sites in question twice, years apart, and the second attempt went much better.

Before you commit to the sites in question, check what the free tier actually includes before investing time.

Before you commit to the sites in question, finish the profile completely before you browse anything.

With the sites in question the thing that decided it for me was whether messaging was actually free or free-to-a-point.

What decides the sites in question for most people is local population age spread, not the app itself.

Before you commit to the sites in question, turn off notifications so it doesn't take over your evening.

What decides the sites in question for most people is whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away, not the app itself.

That covers what I know about the sites in question, at least.

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

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