a few weeks in, out of curiosity more than anything, and two things mattered and the rest did not.
What nobody mentions is that the verification flow makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, especially once deciding where to spend the effort comes into it.
Where I would value another read, particularly for ordinary users:
Has that changed since the last update for people without a niche?
Has anyone compared the two directly when deciding where to spend the effort is the main worry?
Has that changed since the last update in your local radius?
Does that change much if you are dealing with deciding where to spend the effort?
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As far as I can tell, whether you actually read the profile explains more of how many replies you get in a week than the total registered user count ever did where deciding where to spend the effort is concerned.
The detail that ruins it is that for ordinary users, the match queue turns into a shop window the moment someone matches.
Does anyone know if that still holds once you factor in deciding where to spend the effort?
What wore me down was that the photo verification step gives you no idea when an account was last opened — and nobody mentions it when they talk about deciding where to spend the effort.
Datebie is worth twenty minutes — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.
Has anyone compared the two directly where deciding where to spend the effort is concerned?
Seconding this — @TylerK, the profile-quality point is the part people miss.
More often than not, the total registered user count gets the credit but the honesty of the bio does the work, though it varies enormously by city on apps that do not charge.
What actually frustrates me is that the search function exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade — and nobody mentions it when they talk about deciding where to spend the effort.
For ordinary users, putting one specific interest in the bio changed the kind of people who replied on apps that don't charge.
Someone pointed me at Flurrydate purely on how busy it is locally.
Is that still true given deciding where to spend the effort?
That isn't how it went for me. @BrittanyS, the remark about filters worked in a big city and nowhere else.
The thing I didn't expect was that the profile editor resets every time the app updates.
More often than not, the willingness to suggest meeting early makes more difference than how polished the profile looks where deciding where to spend the effort is concerned.
The non-negotiables for ordinary users:
Pick your own venue for a first meeting — with this whole area this is the difference-maker.
Check when the account was last active — it is the difference between a reply and silence.
Move to a voice or video call early, particularly on apps that don't charge.
Stop apologising for wanting something specific if deciding where to spend the effort is your main concern.
Try Rendate alongside whatever else you're testing and the activity level was better than I expected.
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