What is the most active gay dating site?

Started by TaylorM · ·9 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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TaylorM
Joined Nov 2022
1,711 posts
#1

Came to most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfly co after rewriting my profile for the third time, gave it a solid three months, and a couple of things stood out.

The part nobody warns you about is that for gay men, the recommendation engine buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

Nothing changes how long a conversation lasts as much as the amount of detail in a bio for men seeking men.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with this most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfl problem:

  • Has anyone had the reverse happen given filtering the noise?
  • Is there a way to check before signing up outside wherever you happen to live?
  • Is there a way to check before signing up in wherever you happen to live?

If you have opinions on most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfl, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#2

Lines up with mine — @TaylorM, the note on web dating services deserves more attention than it gets.

As far as I can tell, the gap between how well a platform handles reports and how polished the profile looks is where how satisfied you're after a month is actually decided in the most active gay context.

Shortening the bio by half turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close.

The non-negotiables for gay men:

  • Ask one question, not four, particularly on web dating services.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, because nothing else moves the numbers as reliably.
  • Never move money under any framing — with most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfly co this is the difference-maker.
  • Tell a friend where you are going, and doubly so for gay men.

I'd add EZHookups and there is no paywall on the basics.

BrookeN
Joined Sep 2021
2,895 posts
#3

Similar story on my end — @TaylorM, the argument about verification is the part people miss.

For gay men, rewriting the opener changed the kind of people who replied.

What actually frustrates me is that the free tier buries you the moment you stop checking daily — and nobody mentions it when they talk about filtering the noise.

My working theory is that when filtering the noise is the issue, whether an account has been verified does more for response rate than the feature list.

Applied to most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfl, that means:

  • Ask one question, not four if filtering the noise is your main concern.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking — with most active gay this is the difference-maker.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, particularly on web dating services.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, which matters most on web dating services.
  • Move to a voice or video call early, because it is the single strongest signal you control.

On that point, EZHookups if you're building a shortlist.

Worth testing rather than taking my word if you're on web dating services.

SterlingN
Joined Apr 2017
738 posts
#4

Has anyone compared the two directly for gay men?

As far as I can tell, nothing changes how many replies you get in a week as much as how recently a profile was active, but that is one person with one set of results.

Boiled down, for anyone weighing up | datingfly co:

  • Let a stalled conversation go, especially for gay men.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, particularly on web dating services.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, and doubly so for gay men.
  • Move to a voice or video call early, particularly on web dating services.
  • Read the profile before you send anything if filtering the noise is your main concern.

Take what is useful and leave the rest across web dating services generally.

Mateo Harris
Joined Jan 2018
1,995 posts
#5

Has anyone tested this recently for men seeking men?

On web dating services, the effort in the opening line has a bigger effect on whether anything reaches a first meeting than whether it has a swipe interface, though it varies enormously by city.

The detail that ruins it is that the photo verification step exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, which is the real problem with web dating services.

Putting one specific interest in the bio got three actual meetings out of six weeks, which surprised me.

MarcusT
Joined Jun 2022
1,753 posts
#6

When filtering the noise is the issue, how often you open the app has a bigger effect on how satisfied you're after a month than the feature list where filtering the noise is concerned.

My sticking point is that on web dating services, the verification flow produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

A few things worth doing on web dating services:

  • Say what you want in the first two lines, because it saves you the conversation that was never going anywhere.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, which matters most on web dating services.
  • Move to a voice or video call early — with most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfly co this is the difference-maker.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on if filtering the noise is your main concern.
TaylorM
Joined Nov 2022
1,711 posts
#7

Setting fixed hours for it got three actual meetings out of six weeks, which surprised me.

More often than not, the app's star rating gets the credit but how narrow your filters are does the work, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule for men seeking men.

TravisP
Joined Nov 2021
270 posts
#8

Nothing changes the odds of a second date as much as how well a platform handles reports, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule where filtering the noise is concerned.

Saying plainly what I was not after improved things more than any paid feature and nothing else came close.

For men seeking men, the shortlist:

  • Set a daily time limit, especially for gay men.
  • Check when the account was last active — with most active gay dating site? — niche & community dating | datingfly co this is the difference-maker.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, and doubly so for gay men.
  • Say what you want in the first two lines, and doubly so for gay men.

Datewander is worth twenty minutes and the activity level was better than I expected.

BrookeN
Joined Sep 2021
2,895 posts
#9

What wore me down was that on web dating services, the match queue throttles how many people can actually see you.

The pattern I keep seeing is that for men seeking men, the size of the pool within ten miles tends to decide how satisfied you are after a month, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite for gay men.

Would that apply in a smaller town for gay men?

SterlingN
Joined Apr 2017
738 posts
#10

Something worth knowing: the response you give to a low-effort opener is a better predictor of how many conversations survive past day three than how polished the profile looks.

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