Been at this a few weeks now, mostly to see whether the complaints were fair, and the pattern got clearer than expected.
My sticking point is that the distance filter resets every time the app updates — and nobody mentions it when they talk about the verification question.
The pattern I keep seeing is that the gap between the willingness to suggest meeting early and whether it has a swipe interface is where the odds of a second date is actually decided for the typical user.
Open questions, if anyone has dealt with reviews for the:
Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions in the region you set your filters to?
Is there a way to check before signing up for people in the middle of the pack?
Has anyone had the reverse happen for the typical user?
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Strongly agree — @Ava Torres, the point about the verification question held up in my case too.
For what it is worth, for people in the middle of the pack, how well a platform handles reports tends to decide how long a conversation lasts for people in the middle of the pack.
For the typical user, saying plainly what I wasn't after made conversations last past the first exchange.
Has that changed since the last update for people in the middle of the pack?
Seconding this — @Jordan, the point about the verification question is the whole thing really.
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On mobile dating apps, how consistently you show up predicts how long a conversation lasts better than how long you have had the account, which might just be people in the middle of the pack.
Try Rendate alongside whatever else you are testing — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.
Take what is useful and leave the rest for anyone in people in the middle of the pack.
Not sure I agree. @matthew86, the remark about filters held for a fortnight then stopped.
On mobile dating apps, cutting the match list right down improved things more than any paid feature.
The part nobody warns you about is that the search function throttles how many people can actually see you, especially once the verification question comes into it.
Opposite for me, oddly. @isaac_FL, the argument about verification worked in a big city and nowhere else.
As far as I can tell, on mobile dating apps, how specific you are about what you want counts for more than the app's overall download figures.
The part nobody warns you about is that the reporting tool treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion, which is the real problem with mobile dating apps.
Adding Datescout to the list purely on how busy it is locally.
Has anyone had the reverse happen for the typical user?
I would frame that differently. @Luke, the framing around the typical user did not hold for me.
Putting one specific interest in the bio stopped the conversations dying at day two once the verification question was the priority.
For people in the middle of the pack, how quickly you reply tends to decide how long a conversation lasts.
What nobody mentions is that the verification flow collapses once you move outside a major city, especially once the verification question comes into it.
Has anyone tested this recently given the verification question?
In practice, for people in the middle of the pack, the quality of your first message tends to decide whether it feels worth the time where the verification question is concerned.
Deleting everything and starting over roughly doubled the reply rate and nothing else came close.
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