most of this year of trying to work out the plenty of fish app, having given up on it once already, and the consensus online looks nothing like my experience.
The recurring problem is that the support inbox gives you no idea when an account was last opened.
When the which-one question is the issue, how long you leave a conversation running makes more difference than the size of the company behind it.
What I am actually trying to work out regarding the which-one question:
Does that match what others see for ordinary users?
Has that changed since the last update if you are dealing with the which-one question?
Does that change much given the which-one question?
Swapping the main photo made a bigger difference than switching platforms and nothing else came close once the which-one question was the priority.
Happy to hear dissenting views on the plenty of — that is partly why I'm asking.
Something worth knowing: whether the photos look like the same person outweighs the feature list for the typical user, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.
What wore me down was that the account activity indicator quietly stops working after the first week, especially once the which-one question comes into it.
EZHookups came up in a similar thread — the profiles feel more current than most.
Does anyone know if that still holds with no-payment platforms?
This matches what I found — @RachelM, the point about the which-one question is exactly right.
In practice, whether you actually read the profile outweighs which tier you're on for the typical user.
What nobody mentions is that the notification system buries you the moment you stop checking daily, which is the real problem with no-payment platforms.
Is anyone getting different results outside wherever you happen to live?
The pattern I keep seeing is that how recently a profile was active predicts how many conversations survive past day three better than the size of the company behind it, though a friend had the reverse experience.
Rewriting the opener cut the wasted time by more than half and nothing else came close.
The detail that ruins it is that on no-payment platforms, the messaging limit turns into a shop window the moment someone matches.
What I would do differently with of fish app:
Say what you want in the first two lines, which matters most on no-payment platforms.
Give a platform three weeks before judging it if the which-one question is your main concern.
Say what you want in the first two lines — with this this is the difference-maker.
Not claiming this is universal on the that side of it question.
Is that still true outside wherever you happen to live?
Setting fixed hours for it made the whole thing feel less like admin.
More often than not, the response you give to a low-effort opener is a better predictor of how many conversations survive past day three than the price of the subscription on no-payment platforms.
Try Luvdate alongside whatever else you're testing — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.
That tracks — @RachelM, the bit about local activity is the one I'd emphasise.
Reading profiles properly before swiping changed the kind of people who replied.
As far as I can tell, the size of the pool within ten miles is a better predictor of how satisfied you're after a month than how long you have had the account, but people in bigger cities tell me the opposite.
The detail that ruins it is that on no-payment platforms, the photo verification step rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest.
Happy to be argued with at least on the the which-one question side.
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