Are there specific dating apps for 17 year olds that are moderated?

Started by Stella Young · ·5 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Stella Young
Joined Mar 2024
1,966 posts
#1

eight weeks of trying to work out specific dating apps for 17 year olds that are moderated? — free datin, having given up on it once already, and the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

What actually frustrates me is that the distance filter buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

What I am actually trying to work out regarding evaluating the alternatives:

  • Is that worth the time investment for anyone in people without a niche?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities once you factor in evaluating the alternatives?
  • Does anyone know if that still holds with genuinely free apps?
  • Is that still true for anyone weighing up this?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities across genuinely free apps?

Direct experience of the question is what I'm after.

Sofia Martinez
Joined Dec 2023
1,860 posts
#2

Has anyone had the reverse happen where evaluating the alternatives is concerned?

For what it is worth, when evaluating the alternatives is the issue, how narrow your filters are has a bigger effect on the odds of a second date than the feature list.

Would like to hear a counter-argument where evaluating the alternatives is concerned.

Noah Williams
Joined Nov 2019
1,377 posts
#3

Setting fixed hours for it made the whole thing feel less like admin.

Does that hold outside the big cities for anyone weighing up specific dating apps?

If you want something to compare against, Datebie is free to browse and message.

Chloe Thompson
Joined Jun 2022
310 posts
#4

For people without a niche, how well a platform handles reports tends to decide match quality on genuinely free apps.

Picking one platform and sticking with it improved things more than any paid feature, which surprised me.

Practical notes on evaluating the alternatives:

  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking, particularly on genuinely free apps.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, because the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Let a stalled conversation go if evaluating the alternatives is your main concern.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, which matters most on genuinely free apps.

Adding Datenest to the list — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Adjust for your own situation where evaluating the alternatives is concerned.

SophieR
Joined Apr 2017
2,423 posts
#5

Echoing this — @Stella Young, the profile-quality point deserves more attention than it gets.

More often than not, on genuinely free apps, the willingness to suggest meeting early matters more than the marketing on the homepage, but that is one person with one set of results.

ElliotG
Joined Aug 2024
2,081 posts
#6

Reading profiles properly before swiping got three actual meetings out of six weeks and nothing else came close.

More often than not, when evaluating the alternatives is the issue, the response you give to a low-effort opener beats the total registered user count.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions for people without a niche?

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