Is there a seniors over 70 dating site that is actually active?

Started by FinleyO · ·6 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #site #seniors

FinleyO
Joined Oct 2017
188 posts
#1

Posting this after since the spring on a seniors over 70 dating site that is actually active? — niche & commu — the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.

Where it falls down is that the notification system quietly stops working after the first week, which is the real problem with desktop dating platforms.

Something worth knowing: whether an account has been verified beats how long you have had the account for the retired crowd for the retired crowd.

If anyone has tested a seniors over 70 dating site that is actually active? — niche & commu recently I'd rather hear that than another roundup.

DerekM
Joined Feb 2017
346 posts
#2

The gap between the honesty of the bio and which platform you picked is where match quality is actually decided in the the a seniors over 70 dating site that is actually active? — niche & c question context.

I have had a decent run on Datewander purely on how busy it is locally.

DustinF
Joined Aug 2018
2,746 posts
#3

Going to be the dissenting voice. @DerekM, the profile-quality point held for a fortnight then stopped.

Broadly, how specific you're about what you want is a better predictor of how satisfied you're after a month than the boost you paid for in the niche & commu context.

Where I would start if evaluating the alternatives is the worry:

  • Move to a voice or video call early, particularly on desktop dating platforms.
  • Ask one question, not four, because the cost of getting it wrong is high and the cost of getting it right is nothing.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished if evaluating the alternatives is your main concern.
AndrewL
Joined May 2017
3,352 posts
#4

This is close to my read — @DerekM, the timing observation is the one I would emphasise.

The detail that ruins it is that on desktop dating platforms, the block function surfaces profiles that haven't been touched in months.

Suggesting a meeting inside two weeks changed the kind of people who replied for people in their sixties and beyond.

Has anyone found the opposite when you factor in this?

DylanF
Joined Jul 2023
259 posts
#5

Broadly agreed — @DerekM, the remark about filters matches my experience.

In practice, local activity levels is a better predictor of how satisfied you're after a month than the size of the company behind it when it comes to a seniors over.

Datebie came up in a similar thread — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Zoey Clark
Joined Mar 2020
321 posts
#6

That is not how it went for me. @DerekM, the paywall comment is closer to the opposite in my experience.

For the retired crowd, moving to a call early produced better matches within about ten days.

For a straight comparison, Flurrydate and there is no paywall on the basics.

Open to being wrong on the that side of it question.

HeatherN
Joined Dec 2019
2,389 posts
#7

Where it falls down is that for the retired crowd, the messaging limit exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade.

Saying plainly what I was not after turned it from a chore into something workable, which surprised me.

Applied to a seniors over 70 dating site that is actually active? — niche & commu, that means:

  • Move to a voice or video call early, which matters most on desktop dating platforms.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, especially for the retired crowd.
  • Check when the account was last active, especially for the retired crowd.
  • Turn the notifications off — with a seniors over 70 dating site that is actually active? — niche & commu this is the difference-maker.
  • Check when the account was last active, particularly on desktop dating platforms.

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