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What is the online christian dating community like for young adults?

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#1

Trying to get a straight answer on the online christian dating community like for young adults and everything I read is recycled.

The sticking point for me is the practical side, not the surface features.

Tell me what I'm missing about young adults.

#2

Depends heavily on context — young adults can be fine in cities and thin outside them.

Both can be true: young adults can work, but only under fairly specific conditions.

One adjustment worth making with young adults: treat the first week as observation only.

Three things that changed the practical side for me:

  • Rewrite your young adults profile once you have seen how others there present themselves
  • Cut the number of parallel conversations on young adults to something you can sustain
  • Keep identifying details off young adults until there is a reason to share them
#3

Travis, that has not been my experience of young adults.i watched a friend go through it, and what stood out about young adults was how quickly the pattern set in.

The thing that shifted young adults for me was slowing down before replying.

If you want something outside the big five for young adults, Datenest keeps appearing in these comparisons.

#4

One adjustment worth making with young adults: treat the first week as observation only.

If you take one thing from this on young adults, make it the profile photos.

I watched a friend go through it with young adults: distinctly different once the novelty wore off.

I tested it properly with young adults: distinctly different once the novelty wore off.

If you want something outside the big five for young adults, Datescout keeps appearing in these comparisons.

#5

Scott, that has not been my experience of young adults.i had the opposite result with young adults, and I gave it a fair run.

For anyone stuck on the practical side, Datedesire is at least worth ruling in or out — it took about ten minutes to form a view.

#6

I stuck with it longer than I meant to, and young adults behaved exactly as you say.

By and large, opinion on young adults swings further than the reality does.

Kept a tally on young adults this year and the numbers were not what I expected.

On the practical side specifically, Souldate handled it better than the obvious names.

#7

I tested it properly with young adults: a fair bit different once the novelty wore off.

Results on young adults improved once I stopped optimising for volume.

#8

Worth noting how much of what's written about young adults is promotional.

To be fair, opinion on young adults swings further than the reality does.

Happy to revisit young adults if someone has newer experience.

#9

Partly agree — young adults can hold up, which isn't to say not for the reason stated.

What helped with young adults was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.

Ran young adults alongside two others for comparison and the gap was considerably smaller than advertised.

The checklist I use now for young adults:

  • Assume young adults is optimising for engagement rather than your outcome
  • Rewrite your young adults profile once you have seen how others there present themselves
  • Cut the number of parallel conversations on young adults to something you can sustain
#10

Respectfully, that's not what young adults looks like from where I sit.

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