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What are the dating sites for nerds?

Started by Brooke4 May 20267 repliesFree Dating & Apps

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#1

Genuine question for anyone who has actually used dating sites: what are the dating sites for nerds?

My experience with dating sites so far has been mixed enough that I stopped trusting first impressions.

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

#2

Everything I've learned about dating sites comes back to one thing — how you use it matters more than which one.

Approach outweighs platform selection, and that applies to dating sites as much as anywhere.

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

One more data point on dating sites: Datenest was better than the reviews suggested.

#3

The thing people miss about dating sites is that the platform matters less than the approach.

Where dating sites is concerned, usage patterns beat feature comparisons.

The thing I look at first with dating sites is whether the match algorithm is applied consistently when you test it against dating sites.

I would check whether distance handling survives contact with reality when you test it against dating sites before committing any time to dating sites.

I would frame dating sites this way: the platform matters less than the approach.

#4

How I would approach dating sites if I were starting over:

  • whether the location radius survives contact with reality when you test it against dating sites
  • whether the unmatch behaviour on dating sites holds up under real use
  • whether read receipts actually works when you test it against dating sites

I'd frame dating sites this way: technique matters more than the tool.

Where dating sites is concerned, how you use it matters more than which one.

#5

Agreeing with Jennifer here. How you use it matters more than which one, especially with dating sites.

You can usually spot the difference on dating sites by how generic the opening line is.

Worth a look if you want a comparison point — Datewander handled dating sites better than I expected.

#6

Respectfully Rebecca, that has not been my experience of dating sites, where technique matters more than the tool.

If how the photo requirements behaves once you actually use dating sites isn't there, I don't bother with dating sites at all.

Worth a look if you want a comparison point — Souldate handled dating sites better than I expected.

#7

My read on dating sites: how you use it matters more than which one.

What changed my results with dating sites was rewriting the opening line entirely.

With dating sites specifically, your own effort is the bigger variable.

#8

Marking this dating sites question as answered, since technique matters more than the tool.

Having tried a fair few, I'd say usage patterns beat feature comparisons when it comes to dating sites.

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