What is the best gay dating website for relationships?

Started by KyleH · ·4 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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KyleH
Joined Jun 2024
1,320 posts
#1

Came to best gay dating website for relationships? — niche & community dating after a fairly grim first attempt, gave it a solid three months, and the honest answer is it depends, but not on what people say it does.

The detail that ruins it is that the recommendation engine seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking, especially once working out what is actually different comes into it.

My working theory is that when working out what is actually different is the issue, whether you actually read the profile beats the price of the subscription.

On browser-based dating sites, picking one platform and sticking with it roughly doubled the reply rate.

If you have opinions on & community dating, especially unpopular ones, go ahead.

annaK
Joined Jul 2024
2,721 posts
#2

For gay men, moving to a call early improved things more than any paid feature.

On balance, the gap between how quickly you reply and the app's star rating is where response rate is actually decided.

Is anyone getting different results when working out what is actually different is the main worry?

Sebastian Lee
Joined Sep 2021
611 posts
#3

Dropping the filters made a bigger difference than switching platforms on browser-based dating sites.

The part nobody warns you about is that on browser-based dating sites, the discovery feed seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

OliviaOnline
Joined Jul 2021
1,090 posts
#4

My working theory is that nothing changes the proportion of real accounts you see as much as how quickly you reply, which might just be gay users where working out what is actually different is concerned.

For gay users, the shortlist:

  • Turn the notifications off — the platforms will not do it for you.
  • Read the profile before you send anything — it is the single strongest signal you control.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one if working out what is actually different is your main concern.

I'd add Turndate — free to browse and message, which is the main thing.

Open to being wrong given how fast browser-based dating sites change.

Does anyone know if that still holds if you are dealing with working out what is actually different?

Also had reasonable results on Flamedate recently.

KeeganM
Joined Mar 2021
564 posts
#5

More often than not, nothing changes how long a conversation lasts as much as how specific you are about what you want.

Open to being wrong where working out what is actually different is concerned.

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