How do overseas dating sites handle background checks for safety?

Started by LauraC · ·6 replies ·Local & International

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LauraC
Joined Aug 2022
1,665 posts
#1

Came to overseas dating sites handle background checks for safety? — safety & after a fairly grim first attempt, gave it on and off for a year, and here is roughly where I landed.

The detail that ruins it is that for anyone starting out, the messaging limit exists mainly to push you toward an upgrade.

In practice, the amount of detail in a bio has a bigger effect on how many conversations survive past day three than the size of the company behind it for anyone starting out on browser-based dating sites.

The questions I keep coming back to about overseas dating sites handle background checks for safety? — safety &:

  • Is anyone getting different results with browser-based dating sites?
  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions for anyone in most people?
  • Has anyone found the opposite for anyone in most people?

Happy to hear dissenting views on overseas dating sites handle background checks for safety? — safety & — that is partly why I'm asking.

BrittanyS
Joined Apr 2022
2,405 posts
#2

More often than not, whether it has a swipe interface gets the credit but whether an account has been verified does the work for most people.

Interested if others landed elsewhere where working out who is real is concerned.

SpencerA
Joined Apr 2020
607 posts
#3

Not sure I agree. @LauraC, the profile-quality point is closer to the opposite in my experience.

The one change that worked was dropping the filters — it cut the wasted time by more than half.

Datedesire came up in a similar thread — the profiles feel more current than most.

Your results may differ especially for anyone starting out.

KyleH
Joined Jun 2024
1,320 posts
#4

This matches what I found — @SpencerA, the bit about local activity deserves more attention than it gets.

The pattern I keep seeing is that local activity levels is a better predictor of how many conversations survive past day three than how long you have had the account when it comes to overseas dating sites.

Putting one specific interest in the bio stopped the conversations dying at day two and nothing else came close with this.

What actually held up on overseas dating sites:

  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, because the platforms will not do it for you.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, because the alternative wastes weeks.
  • Tell a friend where you're going, especially for anyone starting out.
  • Keep the first meeting short and public, and doubly so for anyone starting out.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking if working out who is real is your main concern.

Has that changed since the last update for most people?

MarcusT
Joined Jun 2022
1,753 posts
#5

For anyone starting out, shortening the bio by half got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

I've had a decent run on Flurrydate and there is no paywall on the basics.

Emily Anderson
Joined Jan 2018
872 posts
#6

Saying plainly what I wasn't after improved things more than any paid feature, which surprised me.

Try Datenest alongside whatever else you are testing — it does not gate messaging, which is rarer than it should be.

Is that still true once you factor in working out who is real?

LauraC
Joined Aug 2022
1,665 posts
#7

Pretty much this — @BrittanyS, the framing around anyone starting out is spot on.

The pattern I keep seeing is that when working out who is real is the issue, the amount of detail in a bio predicts how satisfied you are after a month better than the boost you paid for for anyone starting out.

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