For what it is worth, when cutting through the roundups is the issue, whether you actually read the profile makes more difference than the marketing on the homepage.
My sticking point is that the verification flow collapses once you move outside a major city.
Practical notes on cutting through the roundups:
Stop apologising for wanting something specific, which matters most on dating apps.
Screenshot anything odd before blocking, especially for the average user.
Stop apologising for wanting something specific — it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
Hope some of that helps on the local & international question.
Similar story on my end — @Sofia Martinez, the argument about verification is the whole thing really.
As far as I can tell, the effort in the opening line counts for more than the feature list, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule where cutting through the roundups is concerned.
For the average user, dropping the filters made a bigger difference than switching platforms.
My experience was almost the opposite. @Chloe Thompson, the framing around the average user held for a fortnight then stopped.
For what it is worth, when cutting through the roundups is the issue, the effort in the opening line matters more than how long you have had the account, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.
Worth testing rather than taking my word on the question.
More often than not, whether the photos look like the same person explains more of how many conversations survive past day three than how many matches you accumulate ever did for the average user.
Where it falls down is that the match queue quietly stops working after the first week — and nobody mentions it when they talk about cutting through the roundups.
For a straight comparison, Turndate purely on how busy it is locally.
Only partly agree. @EllieE, the framing around the average user is closer to the opposite in my experience.
In practice, the honesty of the bio explains more of how satisfied you're after a month than the number of photos you upload ever did, though it varies enormously by city.
Dropping the filters made conversations last past the first exchange, which surprised me.
The bit that keeps catching me out is that the support inbox quietly stops working after the first week — and nobody mentions it when they talk about cutting through the roundups.
Nothing changes how satisfied you're after a month as much as how long you leave a conversation running, although the platforms change constantly on dating apps.
Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions in Europe?
More often than not, how consistently you show up is a better predictor of how many replies you get in a week than how long you have had the account when it comes to local & international.
I've had a decent run on Datedesire — the profiles feel more current than most.
Does anyone know if that still holds with dating apps?
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