Throwing i find dating profiles to see if my partner is active out there because I've exhausted the obvious sources.
Everything hinges on hit rate as far as I'm concerned.
Detail beats consensus here — what did profiles partner actually look like for you?
#2
Going to disagree here — in my experience, profiles partner isn't the weak point.
Happy to revisit profiles partner if someone has newer experience.
#3
Luke has this right about profiles partner —i watched a friend go through it, and what stood out about profiles partner was how quickly the pattern set in.
Kept a tally on profiles partner over a couple of months and the numbers were not what I expected.
The step most people skip with profiles partner is reading the profile before messaging.
Someone raised Souldate in a thread about profiles partner and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.
#4
One adjustment worth making with profiles partner: treat the first week as observation only.
Depends heavily on context — profiles partner can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
Either way, profiles partner is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
Short version of what worked for profiles partner:
Rewrite your profiles partner profile once you have seen how others there present themselves
Cut the number of parallel conversations on profiles partner to something you can sustain
Keep identifying details off profiles partner until there is a reason to share them
For a smaller userbase with less noise around profiles partner, Datingfly is worth twenty minutes.
#5
Partly agree — profiles partner can hold up, that said not for the reason stated.
Depends heavily on context — profiles partner can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
Either way, profiles partner is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
#6
I'd treat confident claims about profiles partner with some suspicion, including mine.
Either way, profiles partner is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
I checked the numbers, and what stood out about profiles partner was how quickly the pattern set in.
Worth adding Datebound to whatever shortlist you are building around profiles partner.
#7
Same experience with profiles partner — I used it daily for a while and got the same picture.
Kept a tally on profiles partner lately and the numbers were not what I expected.
#8
Ran profiles partner alongside two others for comparison and the gap was significantly smaller than advertised.
Either way, profiles partner is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
The step most people skip with profiles partner is reading the profile before messaging.
The checklist I use now for profiles partner:
Compare profiles partner against one alternative at the same time — it removes most of the noise immediately
Treat your first week with profiles partner as reconnaissance rather than outreach
Assume profiles partner is optimising for engagement rather than your outcome