Which is the most popular gay meeting website for older men?

Started by CadeL · ·7 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

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CadeL
Joined Jun 2017
1,380 posts
#1

Been chewing on most popular gay meeting website for older men? — niche & community da for eight weeks because the alternative was doing nothing, and the picture is messier than people admit.

The recurring problem is that on desktop dating platforms, the notification system throttles how many people can actually see you.

On desktop dating platforms, dropping the filters turned it from a chore into something workable with that side of it.

Keen to hear from anyone who has dealt with most popular gay meeting website for older men? — niche & communit lately.

Grayson Clark
Joined Jul 2020
2,856 posts
#2

My sticking point is that the free tier seems designed to keep you swiping rather than talking.

Datewander is another to throw in the mix and there is no paywall on the basics.

ConnorP
Joined Aug 2018
2,481 posts
#3

Would that apply in a smaller town given working out which is worth the time?

The recurring problem is that on desktop dating platforms, the onboarding boost rewards constant activity rather than genuine interest.

ScottH
Joined Feb 2018
1,790 posts
#4

That tracks — @Grayson Clark, the note on desktop dating platforms is exactly right.

Where it falls down is that the reporting tool makes it impossible to tell live accounts from dead ones, especially once working out which is worth the time comes into it.

Something worth knowing: when working out which is worth the time is the issue, how specific you're about what you want does more for how long a conversation lasts than which tier you're on, though I'd want more than my own experience before calling it a rule.

VeronicaT
Joined Nov 2020
68 posts
#5

I read it the other way. @ConnorP, the framing around men seeking men didn't hold for me.

In practice, for gay men, how often you open the app tends to decide match quality.

The part nobody warns you about is that for men seeking men, the verification flow ignores about half of what you set.

For men seeking men, suggesting a meeting inside two weeks turned it from a chore into something workable.

Rendate is quick to set up if you want a second data point.

HaleyD
Joined Jul 2023
1,713 posts
#6

On balance, the clarity of your main photo is a better predictor of the proportion of real accounts you see than the number of prompts you filled in.

Has anyone tested this recently with desktop dating platforms?

Noah Williams
Joined Nov 2019
1,377 posts
#7

Pretty much this — @ConnorP, the remark about filters deserves more attention than it gets.

Cutting the match list right down changed the kind of people who replied, which surprised me with the question.

Happy to be argued with across desktop dating platforms generally.

Does that match what others see with desktop dating platforms?

MadisonLoves
Joined Jul 2017
3,023 posts
#8

Reading profiles properly before swiping roughly doubled the reply rate and nothing else came close.

My working theory is that on desktop dating platforms, the effort in the opening line has a bigger effect on response rate than the boost you paid for.

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