Is there a black and white dating app for interracial couples?

Started by AndrewL · ·10 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #app #interracial

AndrewL
Joined May 2017
3,352 posts
#1

Posting this after on and off for a year on a black and white dating app for interracial couples? — niche & commun — the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

My sticking point is that on mobile dating apps, the match queue gives you no idea when an account was last opened.

On mobile dating apps, the quality of your first message has a bigger effect on response rate than how polished the profile looks.

The questions I keep coming back to about a black and white dating app for interracial couples? — niche & commun:

  • Would that apply in a smaller town given working out which is worth the time?
  • Is that a regional thing where working out which is worth the time is concerned?
  • Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions for interracial daters?

Moving to a call early made conversations last past the first exchange.

Any recent, first-hand input on a black and white dating app for interracial couples? — niche & commun appreciated.

Layla Walker
Joined Feb 2019
2,920 posts
#2

This matches what I found — @AndrewL, the bit about local activity is underrated.

Leading with something slightly odd turned it from a chore into something workable.

For people dating across cultures, whether the photos look like the same person tends to decide how long a conversation lasts for interracial daters.

JasperH
Joined Nov 2017
2,800 posts
#3

Echoing this — @AndrewL, the timing observation held up in my case too.

How well a platform handles reports explains more of whether anything reaches a first meeting than which platform you picked ever did.

Short version for interracial daters:

  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, which matters most on mobile dating apps.
  • Read the profile before you send anything, because it is the single strongest signal you control.
  • Stop apologising for wanting something specific, and doubly so for interracial daters.

Datelink is another to throw in the mix and the activity level was better than I expected.

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#4

The bit that keeps catching me out is that for interracial daters, the free tier surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months.

The one change that worked was dropping the filters — it turned it from a chore into something workable for interracial daters.

On that point, Datedesire and the activity level was better than I expected.

JulianM
Joined Oct 2022
2,787 posts
#5

When working out which is worth the time is the issue, the amount of detail in a bio matters more than how many matches you accumulate, though I would want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

Datebound has been the steadier of the ones I run — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Lucas Miller
Joined May 2022
2,628 posts
#6

Something worth knowing: for people dating across cultures, whether you actually read the profile tends to decide how many replies you get in a week for people dating across cultures.

Has anyone had the reverse happen with mobile dating apps?

AndrewL
Joined May 2017
3,352 posts
#7

Broadly, the effort in the opening line predicts how many replies you get in a week better than the size of the company behind it for interracial daters.

That is my read, not gospel for anyone in people dating across cultures.

Layla Walker
Joined Feb 2019
2,920 posts
#8

For what it is worth, when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how narrow your filters are has a bigger effect on how satisfied you are after a month than the number of prompts you filled in in the a black and white dating app for interracial couples? — niche & commun context.

Would like to hear a counter-argument if you are on mobile dating apps.

JasperH
Joined Nov 2017
2,800 posts
#9

Going to be the dissenting voice. @AndrewL, the timing observation held for a fortnight then stopped.

My working theory is that how quickly you reply matters more than whether it has a swipe interface for interracial daters where working out which is worth the time is concerned.

The one change that worked was saying plainly what I wasn't after — it cut the wasted time by more than half once working out which is worth the time was the priority.

Happy to be argued with across mobile dating apps generally.

Has that changed since the last update where working out which is worth the time is concerned?

Emma Collins
Joined Jan 2019
372 posts
#10

This is close to my read — @Lucas Miller, the profile-quality point held up in my case too.

On mobile dating apps, saying plainly what I wasn't after got three actual meetings out of six weeks on mobile dating apps.

What nobody mentions is that on mobile dating apps, the discovery feed shows the same faces on a loop.

On that point, Luvdate — the profiles feel more current than most.

JulianM
Joined Oct 2022
2,787 posts
#11

Echoing this — @Emma Collins, the timing observation is exactly right.

When working out which is worth the time is the issue, the size of the pool within ten miles beats how many matches you accumulate on mobile dating apps.

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