What is friendfinder x?

Started by leah90 · ·7 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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leah90
Joined Sep 2019
1,548 posts
#1

Right — friendfinder x? — free dating & apps | datingfly community. about four months in, the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

Where it falls down is that for the general run of people, the search function quietly stops working after the first week.

Something worth knowing: on apps that do not charge, the honesty of the bio beats the app's overall download figures.

What I am actually trying to work out regarding deciding where to spend the effort:

  • Is that a regional thing in a mid-sized city?
  • Has anyone compared the two directly when deciding where to spend the effort is the main worry?
  • Has that changed since the last update for anyone starting out?

Interested in what is actually working on friendfinder x? — free dating & apps | datingfly community right now.

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#2

Saying plainly what I wasn't after roughly doubled the reply rate, which surprised me.

Carter Simmons
Joined Sep 2019
2,953 posts
#3

This matches what I found — @leah90, the point about deciding where to spend the effort is underrated.

For what it is worth, how specific you're about what you want does more for how many conversations survive past day three than how polished the profile looks, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule on apps that don't charge.

Alexander Collins
Joined Aug 2023
3,265 posts
#4

Asking one real question instead of four was the only change that showed up in the numbers and nothing else came close with this.

The checklist I ended up with for apps that do not charge:

  • Never move money under any framing, which matters most on apps that don't charge.
  • Ask one question, not four, which matters most on apps that don't charge.
  • Set a daily time limit, and doubly so for the general run of people.
  • Set a daily time limit, especially for the general run of people.
  • Check when the account was last active, and doubly so for the general run of people.

Luvdate is another to throw in the mix if you are building a shortlist.

Your results may differ where deciding where to spend the effort is concerned.

milesR
Joined Jun 2020
2,264 posts
#5

Strongly agree — @Carter Simmons, the argument about verification is the part people miss.

As far as I can tell, how many matches you accumulate gets the credit but the effort in the opening line does the work, but that is one person with one set of results.

Hannah Brown
Joined Jul 2017
835 posts
#6

That tracks — @Carter Simmons, the argument about verification deserves more attention than it gets.

For what it is worth, how quickly you reply explains more of how many replies you get in a week than the feature list ever did.

Happy to be argued with on the friendfinder x? — free dating & apps | datingfly community question.

leah90
Joined Sep 2019
1,548 posts
#7

As far as I can tell, local activity levels makes more difference than the app's star rating, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule for the general run of people.

Leading with something slightly odd made the whole thing feel less like admin for the general run of people.

Applied to friendfinder x? — free dating & apps | datingfly community, that means:

  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, particularly on apps that do not charge.
  • Move to a voice or video call early — it filters out most of the time-wasters immediately.
  • Ask one question, not four, and doubly so for the general run of people.
Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#8

This matches what I found — @milesR, the timing observation matches my experience.

The one change that worked was saying plainly what I wasn't after — it produced better matches within about ten days.

Something worth knowing: local activity levels counts for more than the app's star rating for the general run of people, which may say more about how I use them in the friendfinder x? — free dating & apps | datingfly community in practice context.

Adding Flurrydate to the list — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Has anyone had the reverse happen for the general run of people?

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