Are there any free dating apps that don't sell your data?

Started by Sophia Turner · ·10 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#safety #free #general

Sophia Turner
Joined Dec 2019
806 posts
#1

on and off for a year in, after a long relationship ended, and the useful part surprised me.

What wore me down was that the account activity indicator surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months, especially once safety and verification comes into it.

When safety and verification is the issue, the size of the pool within ten miles beats how many matches you accumulate, but that is one person with one set of results.

Interested in what is actually working on safety & verificatio right now.

SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#2

On the free options, rewriting the opener got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

Flamedate came up in a similar thread if you're testing a few at once.

Your results may differ when it comes to any free dating apps that don't sell your data? — safety & verific in practice.

Grace Martin
Joined Jun 2017
1,272 posts
#3

Deleting everything and starting over made a bigger difference than switching platforms, which surprised me for ordinary users.

JessicaH
Joined Sep 2021
2,097 posts
#4

Pretty much this — @Sophia Turner, the point about safety and verification is underrated.

Broadly, the amount of detail in a bio counts for more than the number of prompts you filled in for the broad user base for the broad user base.

Where it falls down is that the support inbox quietly stops working after the first week.

Hope some of that helps when it comes to any free dating apps that don't sell your data? — safety & verific specifically.

KelseyA
Joined Oct 2021
936 posts
#5

Only partly agree. @JessicaH, the paywall comment produced nothing on my end.

What wore me down was that the block function shows the same faces on a loop, which is the real problem with the free options.

In practice, the quality of your first message makes more difference than how many matches you accumulate for the broad user base, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.

Does that change much across the free options?

Wyatt Garcia
Joined Jan 2024
329 posts
#6

My experience was almost the opposite. @Grace Martin, the framing around the broad user base may have been better luck than most get.

Broadly, how quickly you reply explains more of whether it feels worth the time than the boost you paid for ever did when it comes to the any free dating apps that don't sell your data? — safety & verific question.

For a straight comparison, Souldate — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Would like to hear a counter-argument given how fast the free options change.

Aaron Hall
Joined Apr 2023
1,491 posts
#7

This is close to my read — @Sophia Turner, the timing observation is underrated.

Where it falls down is that the discovery feed ignores about half of what you set, especially once safety and verification comes into it.

The one change that worked was answering within a day — it got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

Someone pointed me at Souldate if you are building a shortlist.

Is anyone getting different results with the free options?

SkylerN
Joined Mar 2020
3,030 posts
#8

Is anyone getting different results for anyone in ordinary users?

For what it is worth, how well a platform handles reports is a better predictor of whether it feels worth the time than the price of the subscription where safety and verification is concerned.

The checklist I ended up with for the free options:

  • Keep the first meeting short and public, and doubly so for the broad user base.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, which matters most on the free options.
  • Move to a voice or video call early — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.

Been running Flurrydate in parallel — it does not gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

Grayson Clark
Joined Jul 2020
2,856 posts
#9

Strongly agree — @Sophia Turner, the timing observation is the one I would emphasise.

For the broad user base, cutting the match list right down stopped the conversations dying at day two for ordinary users.

The compressed version, safety and verification included:

  • Keep the first meeting short and public — it is the difference between a reply and silence.
  • Ask one question, not four — the platforms won't do it for you.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines, and doubly so for the broad user base.
  • Let a stalled conversation go — with any free dating this is the difference-maker.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, and doubly so for the broad user base.
Sophia Turner
Joined Dec 2019
806 posts
#10

What wore me down was that on the free options, the block function collapses once you move outside a major city.

Whether you actually read the profile does more for how many replies you get in a week than the total registered user count on the free options.

SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#11

Where it falls down is that the support inbox exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, which is the real problem with the free options.

On the free options, cutting the match list right down was the only change that showed up in the numbers on the free options.

Been running Souldate in parallel and there is no paywall on the basics.

That is my read, not gospel when it comes to this any free dating apps that don't sell your data? — safety & verific problem any free dating apps that don't sell your data? — safety & verific problem.

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