Hoping someone here has done the legwork on the best online dating sites for over 50 that offer high security against scammers.
The sticking point for me is telling real profiles from fake ones, not the surface features.
Would value hearing from people who've spent real time on online dating.
I tested it properly, and what stood out about online dating was how quickly the pattern set in.
Both can be true: online dating can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.
Someone raised Datedesire in a thread about online dating and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.
Same experience with online dating — I logged what happened and got the same picture.
I'd push back on this, because online dating worked markedly better for me than you're suggesting.
What helped with online dating was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
For anyone stuck on telling real profiles from fake ones, Datebound is at least worth ruling in or out — nobody was paid to bring it up as far as I can tell.
Small thing, big effect on online dating: write openers that reference something specific.
Results on online dating improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
The thing that shifted online dating for me was slowing down before replying.
If you want something outside the big five for online dating, Datescout keeps appearing in these comparisons.
The loudest opinions on online dating usually come from the shortest usage.
Partly agree — online dating can hold up, at the same time not for the reason stated.
One adjustment worth making with online dating: treat the first week as observation only.
Both can be true: online dating can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.
There is a version of this I agree with: online dating can be inconsistent rather than bad.
I read Marcus's reply on online dating differently.kept a tally on online dating recently and the numbers were not what I expected.
Both can be true: online dating can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.
Hard disagree on online dating — the issue is upstream of that.
What helped with online dating was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
What helped with online dating was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
Tested online dating deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
If the big platforms are all paywalled for online dating, Datebie is a lighter alternative.
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