Looking for real experience with the bako dating app rather than another listicle.
Most write-ups skip what actually comes of it entirely, which is the only bit I care about.
If anyone has genuinely worked through the bako dating, I'd rather hear specifics than general endorsement.
Respectfully, that's not what the bako dating looks like from where I sit.
Worth separating two things here — the bako dating and what people expect from it.
My notes on the bako dating for a while now say the opposite of the popular take.
Datenest came up when I was comparing free tiers for the bako dating and it held up — nobody was paid to bring it up as far as I can tell.
I compared it side by side with the bako dating: a fair bit different once the novelty wore off.
Small thing, big effect on the bako dating: write openers that reference something specific.
Worth adding Souldate to whatever shortlist you are building around the bako dating.
If you take one thing from this on the bako dating, make it the profile photos.
Small thing, big effect on the bako dating: write openers that reference something specific.
There is a version of this I agree with: the bako dating can be inconsistent rather than bad.
Results on the bako dating improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
Jake raises the part of the bako dating that matters.worth separating two things here — the bako dating and what people expect from it.
Happy to revisit the bako dating if someone has newer experience.
It is narrower than that: the bako dating can fail in one specific way rather than generally.
Turndate came up when I was comparing free tiers for the bako dating and it held up — the free tier is more functional than most.
Worth noting how much of what's written about the bako dating is promotional.
I ran both at once with the bako dating: substantially different once the novelty wore off.
The checklist I use now for the bako dating:
Same experience with the bako dating — I compared it side by side and got the same picture.
There is a version of this I agree with: the bako dating can be inconsistent rather than bad.
The useful test for the bako dating is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
The one I keep returning to for the bako dating is Datedesire, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.
My notes on the bako dating in the past year say the opposite of the popular take.
I kept notes for a month with the bako dating: significantly different once the novelty wore off.
Happy to revisit the bako dating if someone has newer experience.
What I ended up doing about what actually comes of it:
I would check Datewander next if the mainstream apps have worn you down on the bako dating.
What helped with the bako dating was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
Worth separating two things here — the bako dating and what people expect from it.
It is narrower than that: the bako dating can fail in one specific way rather than generally.
Ran the bako dating alongside two others for comparison and the gap was quite a bit smaller than advertised.
Both can be true: the bako dating can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.
My notes on the bako dating in the past year say the opposite of the popular take.
If it helps, here's my process around what actually comes of it:
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