Are there any chubby dating apps with a supportive community?

Started by ZachW · ·10 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #app #plussize

ZachW
Joined Dec 2023
2,056 posts
#1

I started looking at any chubby dating apps with a supportive community? — niche & communit about four months ago after reading far too many roundups, and I'm less certain than when I started.

Where it falls down is that the reporting tool shows the same faces on a loop, especially once choosing between platforms comes into it.

The pattern I keep seeing is that how often you open the app matters more than the app's star rating, which may say more about how I use them.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with this any chubby dating apps with a supportive community? — niche & comm problem:

  • Is anyone getting different results with mobile dating apps?
  • Has anyone found the opposite with mobile dating apps?
  • Is that a regional thing if you are dealing with choosing between platforms?
  • Is anyone getting different results for curvy daters?
  • Is anyone getting different results where choosing between platforms is concerned?

Dropping the filters made conversations last past the first exchange, which surprised me.

Happy to hear dissenting views on this — that is partly why I'm asking.

DakotaN
Joined Jul 2018
1,680 posts
#2

My working theory is that nothing changes whether anything reaches a first meeting as much as whether the photos look like the same person where choosing between platforms is concerned.

Putting one specific interest in the bio cut the wasted time by more than half.

Riley Robinson
Joined Jan 2021
527 posts
#3

Broadly agreed — @DakotaN, the argument about verification is the part people miss.

In practice, on mobile dating apps, the amount of detail in a bio has a bigger effect on the odds of a second date than which tier you're on, but that is one person with one set of results.

Is there a way to check before signing up when you factor in any chubby dating apps with a supportive community? — niche & communit?

ChrisT
Joined May 2018
184 posts
#4

On balance, how often you open the app counts for more than the boost you paid for.

On mobile dating apps, swapping the main photo made conversations last past the first exchange.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the distance filter collapses once you move outside a major city — and nobody mentions it when they talk about choosing between platforms.

Someone pointed me at Datescout if you want something to compare against.

Emily Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
872 posts
#5

Not sure I agree. @Riley Robinson, the note on mobile dating apps didn't hold for me.

For what it is worth, which tier you're on gets the credit but the amount of detail in a bio does the work in the any chubby dating context.

Practical notes on choosing between platforms:

  • Let a stalled conversation go — with niche & communit this is the difference-maker.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it if choosing between platforms is your main concern.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, particularly on mobile dating apps.

Has that changed since the last update when choosing between platforms is the main worry?

ReedC
Joined Jun 2018
133 posts
#6

More often than not, the size of the company behind it gets the credit but whether you actually read the profile does the work, which may say more about how I use them where choosing between platforms is concerned.

The thing I didn't expect was that on mobile dating apps, the account activity indicator rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#7

Similar story on my end — @Emily Anderson, the point about choosing between platforms held up in my case too.

What wore me down was that on mobile dating apps, the search function throttles how many people can actually see you.

In practice, when choosing between platforms is the issue, the amount of detail in a bio makes more difference than the boost you paid for.

Adding Flamedate to the list — it doesn't gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

ZachW
Joined Dec 2023
2,056 posts
#8

Strongly agree — @ChrisT, the bit about local activity held up in my case too.

Saying plainly what I wasn't after was the only change that showed up in the numbers and nothing else came close for curvy daters.

Turndate is worth twenty minutes and there is no paywall on the basics.

DakotaN
Joined Jul 2018
1,680 posts
#9

More often than not, on mobile dating apps, how narrow your filters are does more for response rate than the boost you paid for in the any chubby dating apps with a supportive community? — niche & communit context.

On that point, Datenest and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Riley Robinson
Joined Jan 2021
527 posts
#10

The effort in the opening line is a better predictor of match quality than which tier you're on when it comes to any chubby dating apps with a supportive community? — niche & communit.

Saying plainly what I wasn't after made the whole thing feel less like admin on mobile dating apps.

The parts that transfer across mobile dating apps:

  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, and doubly so for curvy daters.
  • Let a stalled conversation go if choosing between platforms is your main concern.
  • Turn the notifications off, which matters most on mobile dating apps.

Open to being wrong on any chubby dating apps with a supportive community? — niche & communit.

ChrisT
Joined May 2018
184 posts
#11

Broadly agreed — @ChrisT, the advice about calling early deserves more attention than it gets.

Where it falls down is that the recommendation engine turns into a shop window the moment someone matches, especially once choosing between platforms comes into it.

Does that change much for plus-size users?

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