Only partly agree. @ConnorP, the bit about local activity held for a fortnight then stopped.
The pattern I keep seeing is that for gay men, whether an account has been verified tends to decide response rate, though your area changes the picture completely.
The one change that worked was putting one specific interest in the bio — it got three actual meetings out of six weeks for gay men.
Luvdate came up in a similar thread — the profiles feel more current than most.
Open to being wrong on that side of it.
Does anyone know if that still holds with the sites?
On the sites, moving to a call early made the whole thing feel less like admin for men seeking men.
Something worth knowing: when sorting the shortlist is the issue, the size of the pool within ten miles counts for more than the marketing on the homepage.
Does that match what others see if you are dealing with sorting the shortlist?
For gay men, the willingness to suggest meeting early tends to decide the proportion of real accounts you see, though a friend had the reverse experience when it comes to most reliable gay chat websites for meeting locals? — niche & communit.
Luvdate came up in a similar thread and the activity level was better than I expected.
As far as I can tell, the honesty of the bio counts for more than how long you have had the account, although the platforms change constantly for gay men.
Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions if you're dealing with sorting the shortlist?
The part nobody warns you about is that the profile editor exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade, especially once sorting the shortlist comes into it.
On balance, on the sites, the willingness to suggest meeting early has a bigger effect on how satisfied you're after a month than the boost you paid for, and the sample size here is basically one where sorting the shortlist is concerned.
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