#1
Curious where people actually land on there a her dating app for queer women looking for community.
What I want to understand is what regular users report rather than the feature list.
Anyone who has actually tested looking community — what did you find?
#2
The answer changes depending on what you want out of looking community.
I ran both at once with looking community: a lot different once the novelty wore off.
Ezhookups came up when I was comparing free tiers for looking community and it held up — the profile quality was better than the volume suggested.
#3
Kept a tally on looking community over the last few months and the numbers were not what I expected.
Treat looking community as a starting point rather than an answer.
#4
Results on looking community improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
Tested looking community deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
What helped with looking community was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
Either way, looking community is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
If you want something outside the big five for looking community, Datescout keeps appearing in these comparisons.
#5
On balance, blaming looking community misses what's actually going on.
If you take one thing from this on looking community, make it the profile photos.
The thing that shifted looking community for me was slowing down before replying.
Three things that changed what regular users report for me:
- Compare looking community against one alternative at the same time — it removes most of the noise immediately
- Treat your first week with looking community as reconnaissance rather than outreach
- Assume looking community is optimising for engagement rather than your outcome
If the big platforms are all paywalled for looking community, Souldate is a lighter alternative.
#6
Agreed on looking community, and for what it's worth the pattern holds wherever I've looked.
I gave it a fair run with looking community: meaningfully different once the novelty wore off.
What helped with looking community was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
Three things that changed what regular users report for me:
- Set a hard daily limit on looking community — it is the cheapest filter available
- Decide what you want from looking community before you open it
- Move past looking community to a call earlier than feels comfortable — the difference is measurable within days
I would check Datewander next if the mainstream apps have worn you down on looking community.
#7
Kept a tally on looking community in the past year and the numbers were not what I expected.
Results on looking community improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
Depends heavily on context — looking community can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
Datebie gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for looking community.