Is there a friendship and dating site for people over 50?

Started by ChloeC · ·5 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #friendship #over50

ChloeC
Joined Feb 2021
322 posts
#1

a solid three months in, mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, and the useful part surprised me.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that on platonic connection apps, the notification system buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

More often than not, nothing changes response rate as much as how narrow your filters are.

Where I would value another read, particularly for the fifty-plus group:

  • Is that still true across platonic connection apps?
  • Has anyone tested this recently outside your local radius?
  • Has anyone compared the two directly for the fifty-plus group?

If you have opinions on a friendship and dating site for people over 50? — niche & community d, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

HannahB
Joined Sep 2025
1,370 posts
#2

Is that still true if you're dealing with deciding where to spend the effort?

The pattern I keep seeing is that how often you open the app predicts how satisfied you're after a month better than how many matches you accumulate for the fifty-plus group, but that was months ago and things move in the a friendship and context.

Is that still true with platonic connection apps?

For a straight comparison, try Flamedate as well.

HaleyD
Joined Jul 2023
1,713 posts
#3

In practice, how specific you're about what you want is a better predictor of how long a conversation lasts than the feature list.

For the over-50s, the shortlist:

  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking, which matters most on platonic connection apps.
  • Tell a friend where you are going — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.
  • Never move money under any framing — it is the single strongest signal you control.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, because the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting if deciding where to spend the effort is your main concern.
BrendanK
Joined Nov 2023
2,920 posts
#4

In practice, the effort in the opening line does more for response rate than the app's star rating for the fifty-plus group, but that was months ago and things move where deciding where to spend the effort is concerned.

Curious what others found at least on the deciding where to spend the effort side.

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions for the fifty-plus group?

AubreyA
Joined Jun 2019
2,226 posts
#5

For the fifty-plus group, reading profiles properly before swiping produced better matches within about ten days.

On platonic connection apps, the response you give to a low-effort opener has a bigger effect on how long a conversation lasts than the marketing on the homepage.

Someone pointed me at EZHookups if you're testing a few at once.

Layla Walker
Joined Feb 2019
2,920 posts
#6

My working theory is that the effort in the opening line does more for how many replies you get in a week than the number of photos you upload.

On platonic connection apps, leading with something slightly odd improved things more than any paid feature.

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