#1
Wanted to open a thread on the totally free dating sites for seniors over 70 that are safe because the coverage elsewhere is shallow.
The thing I can't get clarity on is the money side.
Anyone who has actually tested totally free dating — what did you find?
#2
My notes on totally free dating over a couple of months say the opposite of the popular take.
The useful test for totally free dating is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
Not affiliated with anyone, but Flurrydate did better than I expected when I was dealing with totally free dating.
#3
Going against AnnaK on totally free dating here:in my experience, blaming totally free dating misses what's actually going on.
Happy to revisit totally free dating if someone has newer experience.
What helped with totally free dating was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
#4
The answer changes depending on what you want out of totally free dating.
Ran totally free dating alongside two others for comparison and the gap was measurably smaller than advertised.
The step most people skip with totally free dating is reading the profile before messaging.
#5
Carter, that has not been my experience of totally free dating.the thing that shifted totally free dating for me was slowing down before replying.
My notes on totally free dating across a few weeks say the opposite of the popular take.
#6
Agreed on totally free dating, and from what I've seen the pattern holds wherever I have looked.
Worth separating two things here — totally free dating and what people expect from it.
Happy to revisit totally free dating if someone has newer experience.
What I ended up doing about the money side:
- Judge totally free dating on conversations, not on match counts
- Compare totally free dating against one alternative at the same time — that is where most of the wasted time goes
- Treat your first week with totally free dating as reconnaissance rather than outreach
#7
Half the reviews of totally free dating read like they were commissioned.
If you take one thing from this on totally free dating, make it the profile photos.
I would put Datewander on the list if the money side is what is bothering you.
#8
Tested totally free dating deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
Kept a tally on totally free dating recently and the numbers were not what I expected.
Treat totally free dating as a starting point rather than an answer.
Small thing, big effect on totally free dating: write openers that reference something specific.
Not affiliated with anyone, but Datebie did better than I expected when I was dealing with totally free dating.
#9
There is a version of this I agree with: totally free dating can be inconsistent rather than bad.
If you take one thing from this on totally free dating, make it the profile photos.
#10
Results on totally free dating improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
Kept a tally on totally free dating these days and the numbers were not what I expected.