What are the dating sites for serious relationships?

Started by JessicaH · ·9 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#compare #serious #general

JessicaH
Joined Sep 2021
2,097 posts
#1

Came to dating sites for serious relationships? — free dating & apps | datingf after deleting everything and starting fresh, gave it two months, and the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

What wore me down was that on serious dating platforms, the account activity indicator produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

When choosing between platforms is the issue, the quality of your first message has a bigger effect on how satisfied you are after a month than the app's star rating where choosing between platforms is concerned.

Asking one real question instead of four improved things more than any paid feature, which surprised me for people in the middle of the pack.

One honest account of dating sites for serious relationships? — free dating & apps | dat beats ten listicles.

DerekM
Joined Feb 2017
346 posts
#2

For the typical user, reading profiles properly before swiping changed the kind of people who replied for the typical user.

Curious what others found especially for the typical user.

AdamV
Joined Oct 2019
1,397 posts
#3

Seconding this — @DerekM, the point about choosing between platforms matches my experience.

The thing I didn't expect was that the photo verification step produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

Lucas Miller
Joined May 2022
2,628 posts
#4

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the recommendation engine turns into a shop window the moment someone matches, especially once choosing between platforms comes into it.

BrittanyS
Joined Apr 2022
2,405 posts
#5

Seconding this — @DerekM, the advice about calling early held up in my case too.

What actually frustrates me is that the support inbox turns into a shop window the moment someone matches, which is the real problem with serious dating platforms.

WyattB
Joined Dec 2024
3,087 posts
#6

My working theory is that the app's overall download figures gets the credit but the quality of your first message does the work when it comes to dating sites for serious relationships? — free dating & apps | datingf.

Flamedate has been the steadier of the ones I run — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

JulianM
Joined Oct 2022
2,787 posts
#7

Same experience here — @WyattB, the profile-quality point is exactly right.

Moving to a call early cut the wasted time by more than half on serious dating platforms.

Something worth knowing: the size of the pool within ten miles is a better predictor of whether it feels worth the time than the boost you paid for for people in the middle of the pack.

Interested if others landed elsewhere especially for the typical user.

Stella Young
Joined Mar 2024
1,966 posts
#8

This matches what I found — @WyattB, the remark about filters is the one I'd emphasise.

Asking one real question instead of four turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close.

Interested if others landed elsewhere for anyone in people in the middle of the pack.

SkylerN
Joined Mar 2020
3,030 posts
#9

The part nobody warns you about is that the free tier treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion — and nobody mentions it when they talk about choosing between platforms.

Short version for the typical user:

  • Swap the group photo for a clear one — with dating sites for serious relationships? — free dating & apps | datingf this is the difference-maker.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, particularly on serious dating platforms.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, and doubly so for the typical user.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, and doubly so for the typical user.
  • Turn the notifications off — with the question this is the difference-maker.

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

Abigail Taylor
Joined Jun 2017
1,910 posts
#10

Shortening the bio by half turned it from a chore into something workable, which surprised me.

That is my read, not gospel when it comes to dating sites for serious relationships? — free dating & apps | datingf.

Has anyone had the reverse happen on serious dating platforms?

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