How do I use the facebook dating site free feature?

Started by Avery Jackson · ·5 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

#compare #free #general

Avery Jackson
Joined Feb 2022
3,005 posts
#1

Came to how to use the facebook dating site free feature? — free dating & apps having given up on it once already, gave it a solid three months, and I still don't have a clean answer.

The detail that ruins it is that the discovery feed buries you the moment you stop checking daily.

More often than not, which tier you're on gets the credit but the response you give to a low-effort opener does the work for the general run of people.

The questions I keep coming back to about this how to use the facebook dating site free feature? — free dating & problem:

  • Has anyone tested this recently for anyone weighing up dating & apps?
  • Has anyone found the opposite given the comparison problem?
  • Is that still true for most of us?
  • Has anyone had the reverse happen with genuinely free apps?

On genuinely free apps, shortening the bio by half improved things more than any paid feature.

Any recent, first-hand input on how to use the facebook dating site free feature? — free dating & apps appreciated.

EvanD
Joined Jul 2025
1,080 posts
#2

For what it is worth, on genuinely free apps, how recently a profile was active predicts match quality better than the number of prompts you filled in, which may say more about how I use them.

Nora Rodriguez
Joined Jun 2021
1,065 posts
#3

Does that match what others see where the comparison problem is concerned?

Dropping the filters was the only change that showed up in the numbers and nothing else came close.

The part nobody warns you about is that on genuinely free apps, the messaging limit throttles how many people can actually see you.

Is anyone getting different results when the comparison problem is the main worry?

LilyDates
Joined May 2023
1,770 posts
#4

The one change that worked was saying plainly what I was not after — it changed the kind of people who replied.

What I would do differently with how to use the facebook dating site free feature? — free dating & in practice:

  • Tell a friend where you're going, because everything downstream depends on it.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking, which matters most on genuinely free apps.
  • Turn the notifications off, which matters most on genuinely free apps.
  • Put something concrete in the opener, especially for most of us.
  • Never move money under any framing — with how to use this is the difference-maker.

Been running Flamedate in parallel — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

That is where I've got to on the dating & apps question.

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#5

Lines up with mine — @LilyDates, the timing observation is the one I'd emphasise.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that the reporting tool gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

Rewriting the opener changed the kind of people who replied, which surprised me.

Worth a look at Turndate as well if you want something to compare against.

CadeL
Joined Jun 2017
1,380 posts
#6

Does that change much with genuinely free apps?

On balance, how recently a profile was active counts for more than the app's overall download figures where the comparison problem is concerned.

Reading profiles properly before swiping stopped the conversations dying at day two, which surprised me for the general run of people.

That is where I have got to for anyone in the general run of people.

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