Which are the most active live dating sites?

Started by MarcusT · ·8 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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MarcusT
Joined Jun 2022
1,753 posts
#1

an embarrassing amount of time in, after reading far too many roundups, and the picture is messier than people admit.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that for the general run of people, the photo verification step makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones.

For what it is worth, how consistently you show up counts for more than the number of photos you upload for the general run of people.

The parts of most active live I cannot resolve on my own:

  • Does that hold outside the big cities across zero-cost platforms?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities once you factor in the which-one question?
  • Is there a way to check before signing up if you are dealing with the which-one question?

Picking one platform and sticking with it stopped the conversations dying at day two on zero-cost platforms.

If you have opinions on most active live, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

DominicA
Joined Sep 2020
1,775 posts
#2

Pretty much this — @MarcusT, the paywall comment deserves more attention than it gets.

The thing I didn't expect was that the account activity indicator resets every time the app updates — and nobody mentions it when they talk about the which-one question.

Lucas Miller
Joined May 2022
2,628 posts
#3

The one change that worked was putting one specific interest in the bio — it got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

ValerieP
Joined Oct 2021
2,114 posts
#4

On balance, the gap between the effort in the opening line and the price of the subscription is where the odds of a second date is actually decided for the general run of people.

The detail that ruins it is that the block function surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months, which is the real problem with zero-cost platforms.

Leading with something slightly odd was the only change that showed up in the numbers, which surprised me on zero-cost platforms.

Where I would start if the which-one question is the worry:

  • Never move money under any framing — with most active live this is the difference-maker.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific — it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Read the profile before you send anything — with most active live this is the difference-maker.
  • Tell a friend where you're going, which matters most on zero-cost platforms.
HaleyD
Joined Jul 2023
1,713 posts
#5

More often than not, the gap between the honesty of the bio and the price of the subscription is where the proportion of real accounts you see is actually decided.

What wore me down was that the support inbox rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest.

Adding Datebound to the list — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

Ben1989
Joined Jan 2017
351 posts
#6

For the general run of people, answering within a day roughly doubled the reply rate.

If you take three things from this about most active live:

  • Tell a friend where you're going — with this whole area this is the difference-maker.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it — with that side of it this is the difference-maker.
  • Ask one question, not four — with most active live dating sites? — free dating & apps | datingfly commun this is the difference-maker.

Datescout is another to throw in the mix if you're testing a few at once.

AvaMeetups
Joined Sep 2021
385 posts
#7

Broadly agreed — @Ben1989, the timing observation held up in my case too.

On balance, how consistently you show up is a better predictor of the odds of a second date than the total registered user count, but that was months ago and things move.

Shortening the bio by half roughly doubled the reply rate, which surprised me with most active live.

Try Datenest alongside whatever else you're testing and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Has anyone had the reverse happen with zero-cost platforms?

MadisonLoves
Joined Jul 2017
3,023 posts
#8

What actually frustrates me is that the profile editor shows the same faces on a loop.

Putting one specific interest in the bio made a bigger difference than switching platforms and nothing else came close.

As far as I can tell, on zero-cost platforms, how recently a profile was active outweighs the boost you paid for in the | datingfly commun context.

Aaron Hall
Joined Apr 2023
1,491 posts
#9

Picking one platform and sticking with it changed the kind of people who replied and nothing else came close for the broad user base.

Has anyone had the reverse happen on zero-cost platforms?

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