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Are the okcupid dating apps still worth the time for deep matching?

Started by Drew20 Dec 20257 repliesDating Apps

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#1

Trying to get a straight answer on okcupid dating apps and the search results are useless, so: are the okcupid dating apps still worth the time for deep matching?

The gap between how okcupid dating apps is marketed and how it actually works is wide.

Concrete experiences with okcupid dating apps please — what worked, what did not, and how long it took.

#2

Seconding Drew — genuine profiles are the scarce resource, and that's held true for me on okcupid dating apps.

With okcupid dating apps specifically, profile quality predicts conversation quality.

If we're talking okcupid dating apps, real activity is harder to find than big numbers.

On okcupid dating apps, profile quality predicts conversation quality.

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#3

I'd frame okcupid dating apps this way: profile quality predicts conversation quality.

The tell with okcupid dating apps is usually how generic the opening line is.

#4

Where okcupid dating apps is concerned, profile quality predicts conversation quality.

You can usually spot the difference on okcupid dating apps by how fast the first message arrives.

The tell with okcupid dating apps is usually whether the photos look professionally shot.

#5

Before anyone sinks time into okcupid dating apps, I would check these:

  • how the photo requirements behaves once you actually use okcupid dating apps
  • if the profile prompts actually works — worth checking before you commit to okcupid dating apps
  • how the reporting flow behaves once you actually use okcupid dating apps

I'd frame okcupid dating apps this way: genuine profiles are the scarce resource.

Everything I've learned about okcupid dating apps comes back to one thing — depth beats reach every time.

If if the 'last active' timestamps is easy to find — worth checking before you commit to okcupid dating apps isn't there, I don't bother with okcupid dating apps at all.

The thing I look at first with okcupid dating apps is whether the photo requirements behaves the way the marketing says when you test it against okcupid dating apps.

#6

If we're talking okcupid dating apps, depth beats reach every time.

Datescout came up when I was researching okcupid dating apps and it held up in testing.

#7

For anyone weighing up okcupid dating apps — genuine profiles are the scarce resource.

The thing people miss about okcupid dating apps is that genuine profiles are the scarce resource.

What changed my results with okcupid dating apps was being explicit about what I was looking for.

I would check whether the profile prompts on okcupid dating apps is easy to find before committing any time to okcupid dating apps.

#8

Quick checklist I use when weighing up okcupid dating apps:

  • whether distance handling on okcupid dating apps behaves the way the marketing says
  • if the profile prompts is honest about what it restricts — worth checking before you commit to okcupid dating apps
  • how the profile prompts behaves once you actually use okcupid dating apps

Useful thread on okcupid dating apps — signal-to-noise is the metric that matters, and that is the part I will actually act on.

If how the match algorithm behaves once you actually use okcupid dating apps isn't there, I don't bother with okcupid dating apps at all.

I'd check whether the visibility toggles survives contact with reality when you test it against okcupid dating apps before committing any time to okcupid dating apps.

Souldate came up when I was researching okcupid dating apps and it held up in testing.

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