How do I use the mingle2 dating app?

Started by SpencerA · ·6 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#1

a fortnight of trying to work out how to use the mingle2 dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfly co, after deleting everything and starting fresh, and I still do not have a clean answer.

The thing I did not expect was that the reporting tool produces a template reply and closes the ticket, especially once sorting the shortlist comes into it.

On balance, how consistently you show up matters more than the boost you paid for for the broad user base, though your area changes the picture completely.

Any recent, first-hand input on how to use the mingle2 dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfly co appreciated.

HaleyD
Joined Jul 2023
1,713 posts
#2

This matches what I found — @SpencerA, the timing observation deserves more attention than it gets.

As far as I can tell, the number of prompts you filled in gets the credit but local activity levels does the work, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.

Ellie Allen
Joined Jul 2022
2,949 posts
#3

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions if you're dealing with sorting the shortlist?

For the broad user base, leading with something slightly odd roughly doubled the reply rate.

The effort in the opening line has a bigger effect on how satisfied you're after a month than the app's overall download figures, but that was months ago and things move.

EmmaDates
Joined May 2018
501 posts
#4

Cutting the match list right down produced better matches within about ten days, which surprised me.

The pattern I keep seeing is that the gap between how recently a profile was active and whether it has a swipe interface is where how many conversations survive past day three is actually decided.

Elizabeth Thomas
Joined Jan 2021
1,080 posts
#5

This is close to my read — @EmmaDates, the profile-quality point matches my experience.

Whether the photos look like the same person counts for more than the marketing on the homepage, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

For people without a niche, the shortlist:

  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific — nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Tell a friend where you're going, particularly on genuinely free apps.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, and doubly so for the broad user base.
  • Move to a voice or video call early if sorting the shortlist is your main concern.

Is there a way to check before signing up for people without a niche?

DrewS
Joined Mar 2021
110 posts
#6

Opposite for me, oddly. @EmmaDates, the bit about local activity worked in a big city and nowhere else.

Shortening the bio by half roughly doubled the reply rate, which surprised me for people without a niche.

As far as I can tell, nothing changes how many conversations survive past day three as much as how quickly you reply.

I've had a decent run on Datelink and there is no paywall on the basics.

Also had reasonable results on Turndate recently.

ZoeOnline
Joined May 2022
2,645 posts
#7

I'd frame that differently. @Ellie Allen, the argument about verification didn't hold for me.

Broadly, when sorting the shortlist is the issue, whether the photos look like the same person predicts how many replies you get in a week better than the number of photos you upload.

What I would tell someone starting on this how to use the mingle2 dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfl problem:

  • Let a stalled conversation go, which matters most on genuinely free apps.
  • Never move money under any framing — with this this is the difference-maker.
  • Tell a friend where you are going if sorting the shortlist is your main concern.

Adjust for your own situation especially for the broad user base.

Is that a regional thing outside your own area?

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