Where is the best place for online dating chat?

Started by CassandraW · ·4 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#compare #free #general

CassandraW
Joined May 2019
1,862 posts
#1

Posting this after a solid three months on best place for online dating chat? — free dating & apps | datingfly co — most of what I had read didn't hold up.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the notification system throttles how many people can actually see you — and nobody mentions it when they talk about evaluating the alternatives.

My working theory is that the gap between how narrow your filters are and how many matches you accumulate is where how many conversations survive past day three is actually decided.

Direct experience of current experience with best place for online dating chat? — free dating & apps | datingfl is what I am after.

Grace Martin
Joined Jun 2017
1,272 posts
#2

Pretty much this — @CassandraW, the paywall comment is the one I would emphasise.

In practice, the effort in the opening line is a better predictor of response rate than which platform you picked, which may say more about how I use them for the average user.

The detail that ruins it is that the distance filter turns into a shop window the moment someone matches, which is the real problem with apps that don't charge.

Would that apply in a smaller town for the average user?

Ellie Allen
Joined Jul 2022
2,949 posts
#3

My working theory is that whether you actually read the profile outweighs the number of photos you upload for the general run of people, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

HunterV
Joined Nov 2020
1,873 posts
#4

Is that still true where evaluating the alternatives is concerned?

Broadly, on apps that do not charge, how consistently you show up makes more difference than the app's star rating where evaluating the alternatives is concerned.

On apps that don't charge, rewriting the opener stopped the conversations dying at day two once evaluating the alternatives was the priority.

For a straight comparison, try Luvdate as well.

GarrettO
Joined Jun 2017
1,254 posts
#5

This is close to my read — @Ellie Allen, the paywall comment matches my experience.

What actually frustrates me is that for the general run of people, the support inbox quietly stops working after the first week.

More often than not, on apps that don't charge, the willingness to suggest meeting early predicts how many replies you get in a week better than which tier you're on when it comes to the best place for online dating chat? — free dating & apps | datingfl question.

On apps that don't charge, setting fixed hours for it stopped the conversations dying at day two.

I've had a decent run on Rendate if you're testing a few at once.

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