Is the blackpeoplemeet dating site active?

Started by Sofia Martinez · ·5 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Sofia Martinez
Joined Dec 2023
1,860 posts
#1

Posting this after half a year on blackpeoplemeet dating site active? — free dating & apps | datingfly c — the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.

What wore me down was that the discovery feed produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

More often than not, whether you actually read the profile beats how polished the profile looks for ordinary users.

Where I would value another read, particularly for ordinary users:

  • Does that change much given the comparison problem?
  • Has that changed since the last update given the comparison problem?
  • Does that change much for anyone in anyone starting out?
  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions for anyone in anyone starting out?
  • Has anyone tested this recently if you are dealing with the comparison problem?

Direct experience of that side of it is what I'm after.

CooperS
Joined Jan 2020
507 posts
#2

Saying plainly what I wasn't after turned it from a chore into something workable.

The quality of your first message predicts whether it feels worth the time better than how many matches you accumulate, although the platforms change constantly.

JulianM
Joined Oct 2022
2,787 posts
#3

Seconding this — @Sofia Martinez, the remark about filters is underrated.

For ordinary users, dropping the filters made a bigger difference than switching platforms for ordinary users.

More often than not, for anyone starting out, how quickly you reply tends to decide whether anything reaches a first meeting, but that is one person with one set of results in the blackpeoplemeet dating site active? — free dating & apps | datingfly c context.

Layla Walker
Joined Feb 2019
2,920 posts
#4

I want to gently disagree. @CooperS, the timing observation may have been better luck than most get.

In practice, the effort in the opening line is a better predictor of how long a conversation lasts than the app's overall download figures where the comparison problem is concerned.

My rules for the comparison problem, such as they are:

  • Move to a voice or video call early, and doubly so for ordinary users.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, because everything downstream depends on it.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, which matters most on genuinely free apps.
  • Check when the account was last active — it is the difference between a reply and silence.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific if the comparison problem is your main concern.

If you want a second option, Datescout — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Does that match what others see for anyone starting out?

PhilipC
Joined Oct 2018
1,355 posts
#5

Lines up with mine — @Layla Walker, the timing observation is underrated.

Rewriting the opener roughly doubled the reply rate and nothing else came close with the question.

For what it is worth, nothing changes response rate as much as how well a platform handles reports, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule on genuinely free apps.

Adjust for your own situation across genuinely free apps generally.

Has that changed since the last update if you are dealing with the comparison problem?

CadeL
Joined Jun 2017
1,380 posts
#6

The one change that worked was setting fixed hours for it — it produced better matches within about ten days.

Something worth knowing: for anyone starting out, the effort in the opening line tends to decide response rate, and the sample size here is basically one.

Where it falls down is that on genuinely free apps, the notification system ignores about half of what you set.

For a straight comparison, Datewander — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

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