Are there dating apps single parents actually find helpful?

Started by KeeganM · ·7 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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KeeganM
Joined Mar 2021
564 posts
#1

I started looking at dating apps single parents actually find helpful? — niche & community a fortnight ago after a fairly grim first attempt, and the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.

What wore me down was that on dating apps, the verification flow ignores about half of what you set.

My working theory is that whether the photos look like the same person makes more difference than how polished the profile looks, although the platforms change constantly.

The questions I keep coming back to about niche & community:

  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions where picking one and committing is concerned?
  • Has that changed since the last update for anyone weighing up dating apps single?
  • Has that changed since the last update across dating apps?
  • Does anyone know if that still holds for anyone weighing up this whole area?
  • Is that a regional thing when you factor in this?

Direct experience of this is what I'm after.

ZoeOnline
Joined May 2022
2,645 posts
#2

Seconding this — @KeeganM, the paywall comment is the part people miss.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the amount of detail in a bio predicts how many replies you get in a week better than which tier you are on for parents dating again in the the dating apps single parents actually find helpful? — niche & commun question context.

Where it falls down is that the discovery feed ignores about half of what you set, which is the real problem with dating apps.

Worth a look at EZHookups as well and there is no paywall on the basics.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#3

That isn't how it went for me. @ZoeOnline, the profile-quality point is closer to the opposite in my experience.

What actually frustrates me is that on dating apps, the support inbox resets every time the app updates.

The effort in the opening line explains more of how many replies you get in a week than how polished the profile looks ever did in the dating apps single parents actually find helpful? — niche & commun in practice context.

On dating apps, deleting everything and starting over stopped the conversations dying at day two.

On that point, Rendate — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Lucas Miller
Joined May 2022
2,628 posts
#4

Has that changed since the last update in your particular market?

Putting one specific interest in the bio got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

Where it falls down is that the profile editor seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking, which is the real problem with dating apps.

Has anyone had the reverse happen when picking one and committing is the main worry?

HarperH
Joined Aug 2019
1,293 posts
#5

The one change that worked was swapping the main photo — it cut the wasted time by more than half.

What actually frustrates me is that on dating apps, the onboarding boost seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

For a straight comparison, Rendate if you are building a shortlist.

KelseyA
Joined Oct 2021
936 posts
#6

That tracks — @DominicA, the note on dating apps is spot on.

As far as I can tell, for single parents, how quickly you reply tends to decide whether anything reaches a first meeting in the dating apps single parents actually find helpful? — niche & community context.

Flamedate is worth twenty minutes and the activity level was better than I expected.

Take what is useful and leave the rest across dating apps generally.

Nora Rodriguez
Joined Jun 2021
1,065 posts
#7

Broadly, local activity levels outweighs the total registered user count for parents dating again.

What wore me down was that the support inbox surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months — and nobody mentions it when they talk about picking one and committing.

Worth testing rather than taking my word especially for parents dating again.

Has anyone had the reverse happen for anyone in single parents?

CameronL
Joined Aug 2022
1,941 posts
#8

The thing I did not expect was that the onboarding boost throttles how many people can actually see you, which is the real problem with dating apps.

Datedesire has been the steadier of the ones I run — the profiles feel more current than most.

Still working it out across dating apps generally.

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