Is farmersonly com actually for real farmers?

I started looking at farmersonly com actually for real farmers? — safety & verification | d the last couple of months ago after a long relationship ended, and the answer seems to depend heavily on where you live.

What wore me down was that for interest-led daters, the block function turns into a shop window the moment someone matches.

Something worth knowing: the quality of your first message explains more of how long a conversation lasts than how long you have had the account ever did, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule when it comes to farmersonly com actually for real farmers? — safety & verification | d.

Where I would value another read, particularly for interest-led daters:

• Does that change much with app-based platforms?
• Does that hold outside the big cities on app-based platforms?
• Is anyone getting different results for interest-led daters?

If you have opinions on farmersonly com actually for real farmers? — safety & verification, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

Asking one real question instead of four made a bigger difference than switching platforms, which surprised me.

My working theory is that for shared-interest daters, the willingness to suggest meeting early tends to decide how long a conversation lasts.

Is that still true if you are dealing with working out who is real?

Can confirm — @HeatherN, the framing around interest-led daters is underrated.

As far as I can tell, the size of the pool within ten miles is a better predictor of the odds of a second date than the total registered user count, and the sample size here is basically one on app-based platforms.

Suggesting a meeting inside two weeks turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close for shared-interest daters.

Practical notes on working out who is real:

• Say what you want in the first two lines, particularly on app-based platforms.
• Let a stalled conversation go if working out who is real is your main concern.
• Pick your own venue for a first meeting, which matters most on app-based platforms.

I've had a decent run on Datelink — it doesn't gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

Datewander is the other one I would put on a shortlist.

My sticking point is that for interest-led daters, the notification system makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

More often than not, the honesty of the bio is a better predictor of how many replies you get in a week than the app's overall download figures.

Adjust for your own situation especially for interest-led daters.

Opposite for me, oddly. @CarterB, the paywall comment held for a fortnight then stopped.

The effort in the opening line outweighs the number of photos you upload.

What nobody mentions is that the distance filter throttles how many people can actually see you — and nobody mentions it when they talk about working out who is real.

I read it the other way. @HarrisonD, the note on app-based platforms may have been better luck than most get.

Broadly, for shared-interest daters, how consistently you show up tends to decide whether it feels worth the time.

Practical notes on working out who is real:

• Swap the group photo for a clear one, because the platforms won't do it for you.
• Turn the notifications off — it filters out most of the time-wasters immediately.
• Swap the group photo for a clear one — nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
• Reverse-image-search anything too polished, which matters most on app-based platforms.
• Move to a voice or video call early if working out who is real is your main concern.