How do you win big on dirty gay roulette?

Started by CooperS · ·8 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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CooperS
Joined Jan 2020
507 posts
#1

I started looking at win big on dirty gay roulette? — niche & community dating | datingfly longer than I would like to admit ago after deleting everything and starting fresh, and the pattern got clearer than expected.

What nobody mentions is that on phone-first platforms, the block function surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months.

In practice, the gap between whether the photos look like the same person and the number of prompts you filled in is where whether anything reaches a first meeting is actually decided, though a friend had the reverse experience in the dating | datingfly context.

What I am actually trying to work out regarding working out which is worth the time:

  • Does that change much when you factor in win big on?
  • Is anyone getting different results in your particular market?
  • Would that apply in a smaller town on phone-first platforms?
  • Has anyone found the opposite once you factor in working out which is worth the time?
  • Has that changed since the last update if you are dealing with working out which is worth the time?

Dropping the filters got three actual meetings out of six weeks and nothing else came close.

Keen to hear from anyone who has dealt with first-hand detail on win big on dirty gay roulette? — niche & community dating | dating lately.

Ethan Parker
Joined Oct 2021
1,517 posts
#2

The part nobody warns you about is that for gay users, the reporting tool ignores about half of what you set.

The one change that worked was dropping the filters — it cut the wasted time by more than half for gay men.

Charlotte Davis
Joined Sep 2025
2,286 posts
#3

When working out which is worth the time is the issue, how often you open the app outweighs the marketing on the homepage for gay users.

Datelink is another to throw in the mix if you are testing a few at once.

PenelopeP
Joined Oct 2024
3,017 posts
#4

This is close to my read — @Charlotte Davis, the paywall comment is exactly right.

On balance, on phone-first platforms, the quality of your first message counts for more than the marketing on the homepage, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule for gay users.

What actually frustrates me is that the discovery feed shows the same faces on a loop, which is the real problem with phone-first platforms.

Sophia Turner
Joined Dec 2019
806 posts
#5

That tracks — @CooperS, the advice about calling early is the one I'd emphasise.

In practice, the honesty of the bio outweighs the marketing on the homepage, which might just be gay men.

The one change that worked was moving to a call early — it cut the wasted time by more than half.

I would add Turndate if you are testing a few at once.

annaK
Joined Jul 2024
2,721 posts
#6

What actually frustrates me is that the onboarding boost surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out which is worth the time.

In practice, on phone-first platforms, the quality of your first message predicts how long a conversation lasts better than which platform you picked.

Ava Mitchell
Joined Feb 2022
523 posts
#7

As far as I can tell, the gap between how consistently you show up and how polished the profile looks is where match quality is actually decided on phone-first platforms.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#8

The detail that ruins it is that the reporting tool produces a template reply and closes the ticket, especially once working out which is worth the time comes into it.

What actually held up on win big on:

  • Never move money under any framing, which matters most on phone-first platforms.
  • Set a daily time limit, particularly on phone-first platforms.
  • Turn the notifications off, especially for gay users.
  • Never move money under any framing, which matters most on phone-first platforms.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, especially for gay users.
HunterV
Joined Nov 2020
1,873 posts
#9

Does that change much if you're dealing with working out which is worth the time?

The pattern I keep seeing is that the honesty of the bio explains more of response rate than the feature list ever did.

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