Is bbw romance possible on casual sites?

Started by evelyn89 · ·9 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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evelyn89
Joined Sep 2021
1,035 posts
#1

Been at this two months now, mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, and I am less certain than when I started.

What actually frustrates me is that on casual-first platforms, the discovery feed quietly stops working after the first week.

More often than not, whether you actually read the profile has a bigger effect on how satisfied you're after a month than the size of the company behind it for plus-size daters on casual-first platforms.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with bbw romance possible on casual sites? — niche & community dating | dat:

  • Is that a regional thing for anyone in curvy daters?
  • Has anyone found the opposite on casual-first platforms?
  • Does that change much once you factor in filtering the noise?

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Jordan
Joined Oct 2023
2,074 posts
#2

Strongly agree — @evelyn89, the note on casual-first platforms is the part people miss.

Picking one platform and sticking with it got three actual meetings out of six weeks and nothing else came close.

The pattern I keep seeing is that whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of how satisfied you're after a month than the price of the subscription, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite on casual-first platforms.

Try Datebound alongside whatever else you're testing and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Is that worth the time investment if you are dealing with filtering the noise?

Samuel
Joined Apr 2017
1,839 posts
#3

I'd push back a little. @Jordan, the profile-quality point reads as survivorship bias to me.

More often than not, the gap between the quality of your first message and how long you have had the account is where the proportion of real accounts you see is actually decided, but that is one person with one set of results when it comes to bbw romance possible on casual sites? — niche & community dating | specifically.

What nobody mentions is that the block function makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, which is the real problem with casual-first platforms.

Luvdate is another to throw in the mix — it doesn't gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

evan_SEA
Joined Aug 2024
3,059 posts
#4

That is not how it went for me. @evelyn89, the remark about filters produced nothing on my end.

For plus-size daters, swapping the main photo improved things more than any paid feature.

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

Hailey Owens
Joined Jun 2019
633 posts
#5

For plus-size daters, leading with something slightly odd made a bigger difference than switching platforms.

In practice, for curvy daters, the effort in the opening line tends to decide the proportion of real accounts you see, though a friend had the reverse experience where filtering the noise is concerned.

I would add Flurrydate — the profiles feel more current than most.

mariaR
Joined Dec 2023
1,583 posts
#6

For plus-size daters, picking one platform and sticking with it changed the kind of people who replied.

For curvy daters, how narrow your filters are tends to decide match quality.

On that point, Datebie and there is no paywall on the basics.

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Lydia
Joined Nov 2024
2,729 posts
#7

Lines up with mine — @Samuel, the note on casual-first platforms deserves more attention than it gets.

Rewriting the opener turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close for curvy daters.

Avery Flores
Joined May 2021
1,342 posts
#8

Suggesting a meeting inside two weeks was the only change that showed up in the numbers, which surprised me with that side of it.

Does that hold outside the big cities given filtering the noise?

evelyn89
Joined Sep 2021
1,035 posts
#9

Only partly agree. @Hailey Owens, the profile-quality point backfired when I tried it.

The recurring problem is that the account activity indicator seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

On that point, Flurrydate if you're testing a few at once.

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Jordan
Joined Oct 2023
2,074 posts
#10

My experience was almost the opposite. @evelyn89, the bit about local activity backfired when I tried it.

The recurring problem is that for plus-size daters, the notification system surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months.

Broadly, the gap between how quickly you reply and the app's overall download figures is where match quality is actually decided.

Has anyone tested this recently when filtering the noise is the main worry?

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