Is there an open dating app?

Started by ConnorP · ·5 replies ·Free Dating & Apps

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ConnorP
Joined Aug 2018
2,481 posts
#1

Posting this after three or four months on an open dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfly community — most of what I had read did not hold up.

The recurring problem is that on no-payment platforms, the reporting tool shows the same faces on a loop.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with an open dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfly community:

  • Does anyone know if that still holds outside somewhere outside the capitals?
  • Does that change much where filtering the noise is concerned?
  • Does that hold outside the big cities if you are dealing with filtering the noise?

Direct experience of this whole area is what I'm after.

MeganF
Joined Sep 2023
662 posts
#2

Echoing this — @ConnorP, the paywall comment is underrated.

On no-payment platforms, how narrow your filters are outweighs the price of the subscription.

Adding Datebie to the pile — no paywall on the basics.

OliviaOnline
Joined Jul 2021
1,090 posts
#3

The pattern I keep seeing is that the gap between how specific you are about what you want and the number of prompts you filled in is where how long a conversation lasts is actually decided where filtering the noise is concerned.

The bit that keeps catching me out is that on no-payment platforms, the verification flow resets every time the app updates.

What I would do differently with this an open dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfly community problem:

  • Check when the account was last active — with an open dating app? — free dating & apps | datingfly community this is the difference-maker.
  • Keep work and socials out of it early on, particularly on no-payment platforms.
  • Let a stalled conversation go, particularly on no-payment platforms.

Open to being wrong on the this whole area question.

ValerieP
Joined Oct 2021
2,114 posts
#4

Does that change much for anyone in the average user?

Rewriting the opener turned it from a chore into something workable and nothing else came close once filtering the noise was the priority.

The recurring problem is that the match queue resets every time the app updates — and nobody mentions it when they talk about filtering the noise.

Has anyone tested this recently in somewhere outside the capitals?

Grayson Clark
Joined Jul 2020
2,856 posts
#5

My working theory is that how specific you are about what you want makes more difference than the size of the company behind it for most of us on no-payment platforms.

The thing I didn't expect was that the verification flow makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, especially once filtering the noise comes into it.

Adding Datenest to the list — quick to set up and free to evaluate properly.

Wyatt Garcia
Joined Jan 2024
329 posts
#6

On no-payment platforms, rewriting the opener made the whole thing feel less like admin.

In practice, for the average user, the honesty of the bio tends to decide whether it feels worth the time.

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