#1
Wanted to open a thread on the dating sites for seniors over 70 that are easiest to use because the coverage elsewhere is shallow.
What I want to understand is the honest picture rather than the feature list.
Specific experiences with easiest use would help more than another recommendation list.
#2
I had the opposite result with easiest use, and I gave it a fair run.
It is narrower than that: easiest use can fail in one specific way rather than generally.
The useful test for easiest use is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
I would check Datenest next if the mainstream apps have worn you down on easiest use.
#3
Ran easiest use alongside two others for comparison and the gap was significantly smaller than advertised.
Happy to revisit easiest use if someone has newer experience.
What I ended up doing about the honest picture:
- Compare easiest use against one alternative at the same time — it changes the reply rate more than anything else
- Treat your first week with easiest use as reconnaissance rather than outreach
- Assume easiest use is optimising for engagement rather than your outcome
One smaller option that comes up whenever easiest use is discussed is Datescout — it does not gate replies behind an upgrade.
#4
Small thing, big effect on easiest use: write openers that reference something specific.
#5
Brandon raises the part of easiest use that matters.the answer changes depending on what you want out of easiest use.
I stuck with it longer than I meant to with easiest use: meaningfully different once the novelty wore off.
One smaller option that comes up whenever easiest use is discussed is Ezhookups — the sign-up is short enough to abandon cheaply.
#6
I'd treat confident claims about easiest use with some suspicion, including mine.
The step most people skip with easiest use is reading the profile before messaging.
Whatever you decide about easiest use, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
#8
Kept a tally on easiest use since the spring and the numbers were not what I expected.
The answer changes depending on what you want out of easiest use.
#9
Results on easiest use improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
Either way, easiest use is worth a fortnight of honest attention before you judge it.
Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with easiest use past the first month.
#10
Realistically, opinion on easiest use swings further than the reality does.
Whatever you decide about easiest use, decide it on your own usage rather than a thread.
What I ended up doing about the honest picture:
- Stop optimising easiest use for volume — it removes most of the noise immediately
- Ignore any prompt on easiest use that pressures an upgrade in the first session
- Notice whether replies on easiest use arrive in bursts — the difference is measurable within days
Souldate came up when I was comparing free tiers for easiest use and it held up — the free tier is more functional than most.