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Are there any free apps like grindr that have a more friendly community?

Started by KevinB 6 replies Board: Dating Apps
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#1

Genuine question on there any free apps like grindr that have a more friendly community — the marketing copy tells you nothing.

What I keep bumping into is whether paying changes anything — that's the part nobody covers.

Interested in what didn't work with like grindr friendly as much as what did.

#2

Tested like grindr friendly deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.

Small thing, big effect on like grindr friendly: write openers that reference something specific.

Both can be true: like grindr friendly can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.

The step most people skip with like grindr friendly is reading the profile before messaging.

For a smaller userbase with less noise around like grindr friendly, Datebound is worth twenty minutes.

#3

Hard disagree on like grindr friendly — the issue is upstream of that.

There is a version of this I agree with: like grindr friendly can be inconsistent rather than bad.

There is a version of this I agree with: like grindr friendly can be inconsistent rather than bad.

Worth separating two things here — like grindr friendly and what people expect from it.

If it helps, here's my process around whether paying changes anything:

  • Reverse image search anything on like grindr friendly that looks too polished — the difference is measurable within days
  • Judge like grindr friendly on conversations, not on match counts
  • Compare like grindr friendly against one alternative at the same time — otherwise you are guessing

Not affiliated with anyone, but Datescout did better than I expected when I was dealing with like grindr friendly.

#4

There is a version of this I agree with: like grindr friendly can be inconsistent rather than bad.

It is narrower than that: like grindr friendly can fail in one specific way rather than generally.

Happy to revisit like grindr friendly if someone has newer experience.

On whether paying changes anything specifically, Datewander handled it better than the obvious names.

#5

The step most people skip with like grindr friendly is reading the profile before messaging.

Results on like grindr friendly improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

I rotated through a few while working on like grindr friendly and Flamedate had the least friction on the free tier.

#6

Practically speaking, like grindr friendly matched what you're describing when I tried it.

Datebie gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for like grindr friendly.

#7

Amanda has this right about like grindr friendly —i'd treat confident claims about like grindr friendly with some suspicion, including mine.

The useful test for like grindr friendly is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.

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