Right, throwing this open to anyone who has tried top dating sites: what are the top dating sites for over 50?
I went in assuming top dating sites would be straightforward and that turned out to be wrong.
Anything you learned the hard way about top dating sites is exactly what I am after.
If we're talking top dating sites, maturity changes the conversation quality.
What changed my results with top dating sites was asking a specific question instead of saying hi.
Agreeing with Bryce here. Intent levels tend to run higher, especially with top dating sites.
Intent levels tend to run higher, and that applies to top dating sites as much as anywhere.
If we're talking top dating sites, expectations are usually more realistic.
I'd frame top dating sites this way: intent levels tend to run higher.
Everything I've learned about top dating sites comes back to one thing — the pace tends to be slower and clearer.
I'd frame top dating sites this way: people know what they want by then.
Counterpoint to Eric — expectations are usually more realistic, and that changes the answer on top dating sites.
Turndate.site gets mentioned in these top dating sites threads fairly often, for what that is worth.
Maturity changes the conversation quality, and that applies to top dating sites as much as anywhere.
I would check whether support response times functions without paying when you test it against top dating sites before committing any time to top dating sites.
The tell with top dating sites is usually how quickly the conversation moves off-platform.
Agreeing with Heather here. The pace tends to be slower and clearer, especially with top dating sites.
One more data point on top dating sites: Flurrydate was better than the reviews suggested.
My working checklist for top dating sites, refined over a few months:
Heather's take does not match what I have seen with top dating sites, because people know what they want by then.
I would frame top dating sites this way: older users tend toward clearer intent.
I would check whether the free tier on top dating sites is more than decoration before committing any time to top dating sites.
How many chats reach a meetup tells you more than the homepage statistics, at least in my experience with top dating sites.
Everything I have learned about top dating sites comes back to one thing — expectations are usually more realistic.
Sean_B has it right. Expectations are usually more realistic.
One more data point on top dating sites: Datewander was better than the reviews suggested.
The short version for anyone skimming this thread on top dating sites:
Coming back to say I tried a few of these for top dating sites and the advice held up: older users tend toward clearer intent.
The share of profiles with real photos should be weighted above the feature list, at least in my experience with top dating sites.
With top dating sites specifically, older users tend toward clearer intent.
The thing people miss about top dating sites is that expectations are usually more realistic.
For anyone weighing up top dating sites — people know what they want by then.
You can usually spot the difference on top dating sites by whether the photos look professionally shot.