Is there a divorced dating app that is active?

Started by Stella Young · ·8 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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Stella Young
Joined Mar 2024
1,966 posts
#1

Came to a divorced dating app that is active? — free dating & apps | datingfly after a fairly grim first attempt, gave it eight weeks, and I still don't have a clean answer.

What wore me down was that the reporting tool treats a fifty-mile radius as a suggestion, which is the real problem with apps that don't charge.

On apps that do not charge, how long you leave a conversation running makes more difference than the number of prompts you filled in for ordinary users.

Direct experience of apps | datingfly is what I'm after.

Chloe Thompson
Joined Jun 2022
310 posts
#2

I would push back a little. @Stella Young, the framing around ordinary users reads as survivorship bias to me.

My working theory is that the app's star rating gets the credit but the clarity of your main photo does the work, though your area changes the picture completely.

What actually frustrates me is that for ordinary users, the support inbox produces a template reply and closes the ticket.

On apps that don't charge, swapping the main photo stopped the conversations dying at day two for ordinary users.

For most people, the shortlist:

  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, because it is the one thing that transfers across every app.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking, particularly on apps that don't charge.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, especially for ordinary users.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, especially for ordinary users.
  • Pick your own venue for a first meeting, which matters most on apps that do not charge.
Penelope Garcia
Joined Apr 2024
340 posts
#3

Has anyone got numbers rather than impressions where picking one and committing is concerned?

What wore me down was that the profile editor surfaces profiles that have not been touched in months, especially once picking one and committing comes into it.

Datebie came up in a similar thread and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

JessicaH
Joined Sep 2021
2,097 posts
#4

The thing I didn't expect was that the verification flow seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking — and nobody mentions it when they talk about picking one and committing.

KaitlynB
Joined Dec 2020
2,267 posts
#5

Is that a regional thing in a mid-sized city?

Moving to a call early got three actual meetings out of six weeks and nothing else came close on apps that do not charge.

For what it is worth, the number of prompts you filled in gets the credit but the honesty of the bio does the work, though your area changes the picture completely.

Nora Rodriguez
Joined Jun 2021
1,065 posts
#6

The detail that ruins it is that the block function ignores about half of what you set, especially once picking one and committing comes into it.

If you take three things from this about a divorced dating app that is active? — free dating & apps | datin:

  • Move to a voice or video call early, because it is the difference between a reply and silence.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it if picking one and committing is your main concern.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, because it is the difference between a reply and silence.

Someone pointed me at Flurrydate and it turned out to be worth the ten minutes.

Has anyone tested this recently when you factor in the question?

GarrettO
Joined Jun 2017
1,254 posts
#7

Broadly, the gap between the effort in the opening line and which tier you're on is where whether anything reaches a first meeting is actually decided where picking one and committing is concerned.

Been running Datenest in parallel if you're building a shortlist.

Has anyone found the opposite when picking one and committing is the main worry?

Stella Young
Joined Mar 2024
1,966 posts
#8

This matches what I found — @Chloe Thompson, the advice about calling early held up in my case too.

Where it falls down is that the recommendation engine collapses once you move outside a major city.

As far as I can tell, the effort in the opening line explains more of the proportion of real accounts you see than the number of prompts you filled in ever did in the a divorced dating context.

Chloe Thompson
Joined Jun 2022
310 posts
#9

That tracks — @Stella Young, the profile-quality point held up in my case too.

Picking one platform and sticking with it improved things more than any paid feature, which surprised me.

The part nobody warns you about is that for ordinary users, the messaging limit ignores about half of what you set.

As far as I can tell, the response you give to a low-effort opener outweighs which tier you're on for ordinary users when it comes to apps | datingfly.

What I would tell someone starting on a divorced dating app that is active? — free dating & apps | datingfly:

  • Let a stalled conversation go, because it is the single strongest signal you control.
  • Give a platform three weeks before judging it, and doubly so for ordinary users.
  • Turn the notifications off if picking one and committing is your main concern.

Datewander is another to throw in the mix — sign-up is quick and the free tier is genuinely usable.

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