In your opinion, what is the best online dating for over 50 right now?

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

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BlakeSr
Joined Oct 2024
645 posts
#1

Right — in your opinion, what is the best online dating for over 50 right now?. a few weeks in, most of what I had read didn't hold up.

What wore me down was that the free tier shows the same faces on a loop — and nobody mentions it when they talk about the comparison problem.

My working theory is that how often you open the app counts for more than the boost you paid for in the in your opinion, what is the best online dating for over 50 right now? context.

The parts of in your opinion, what is the best online dating for over 50 right now? I cannot resolve on my own:

  • Does anyone know if that still holds once you factor in the comparison problem?
  • Has anyone had the reverse happen when the comparison problem is the main worry?
  • Has that changed since the last update if you are dealing with the comparison problem?

On mobile dating apps, setting fixed hours for it cut the wasted time by more than half.

Happy to hear dissenting views on 50 right now? — that is partly why I am asking.

ColbyR
Joined Apr 2022
2,943 posts
#2

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions for the over-50s?

As far as I can tell, the quality of your first message explains more of the odds of a second date than the size of the company behind it ever did where the comparison problem is concerned.

Jack Martin
Joined Nov 2019
385 posts
#3

Broadly, how quickly you reply explains more of how satisfied you are after a month than the price of the subscription ever did.

Where I would start if the comparison problem is the worry:

  • Set a daily time limit, especially for the over-50s.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, and doubly so for the over-50s.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on — with in your opinion, this is the difference-maker.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on — with in your opinion, what is the best online dating for over 50 right now? this is the difference-maker.
  • Tell a friend where you are going, and doubly so for the over-50s.
DerekM
Joined Feb 2017
346 posts
#4

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions in wherever you happen to live?

More often than not, when the comparison problem is the issue, the willingness to suggest meeting early predicts how long a conversation lasts better than the number of photos you upload, although the platforms change constantly.

Deleting everything and starting over roughly doubled the reply rate with 50 right now?.

Has anyone found the opposite with mobile dating apps?

GarrettO
Joined Jun 2017
1,254 posts
#5

Similar story on my end — @BlakeSr, the advice about calling early is the whole thing really.

As far as I can tell, nothing changes the proportion of real accounts you see as much as local activity levels on mobile dating apps.

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

Take what is useful and leave the rest where the comparison problem is concerned.

Evelyn Moore
Joined Jan 2025
1,941 posts
#6

Putting one specific interest in the bio roughly doubled the reply rate, which surprised me for the over-50s.

My working theory is that for daters in their fifties, the quality of your first message tends to decide how satisfied you are after a month in the 50 right now? context.

For daters in their fifties, the shortlist:

  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Read the profile before you send anything — with in your opinion, what is the best online dating for over 50 right now? this is the difference-maker.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific if the comparison problem is your main concern.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, because the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#7

On balance, how consistently you show up predicts how satisfied you're after a month better than the app's star rating for the over-50s.

My sticking point is that the onboarding boost quietly stops working after the first week, which is the real problem with mobile dating apps.

Is that a regional thing in wherever you happen to live?

Datebound came up in a similar thread and was worth the time.

Elizabeth Thomas
Joined Jan 2021
1,080 posts
#8

On mobile dating apps, moving to a call early cut the wasted time by more than half for the over-50s.

Still working it out given how fast mobile dating apps change.

Does that hold outside the big cities once you factor in the comparison problem?

The other one people keep naming here is Datenest.

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