Started looking into the most popular mature online dating apps for the 40+ crowd and immediately hit contradictory advice.
The thing I can't get clarity on is separating good from marketing.
Happy to be told I'm thinking about the most popular the wrong way.
#2
One adjustment worth making with the most popular: treat the first week as observation only.
It is narrower than that: the most popular can fail in one specific way rather than generally.
#3
Partly agree — the most popular can hold up, then again not for the reason stated.
The step most people skip with the most popular is reading the profile before messaging.
Would still like to hear from someone who stuck with the most popular past the first month.
#4
Respectfully, that's not what the most popular looks like from where I sit.
Small thing, big effect on the most popular: write openers that reference something specific.
I rotated through a few while working on the most popular and Datenest had the least friction on the free tier.
#5
Going against Ray on the most popular here:i stuck with it longer than I meant to with the most popular: distinctly different once the novelty wore off.
Ran the most popular alongside two others for comparison and the gap was somewhat smaller than advertised.
#6
This is right about the most popular, and it's under-discussed.
For a smaller userbase with less noise around the most popular, Datewander is worth twenty minutes.
#7
Worth separating two things here — the most popular and what people expect from it.
I checked the numbers, and what stood out about the most popular was how quickly the pattern set in.
The answer changes depending on what you want out of the most popular.
The checklist I use now for the most popular:
Decide what you want from the most popular before you open it
Move past the most popular to a call earlier than feels comfortable — it is the cheapest filter available
Give the most popular a full fortnight before forming a view
The one I keep returning to for the most popular is Ezhookups, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.