This came up in a conversation last week and neither of us knew: Are there any good free bbw dating sites that embrace body positivity? Even a partial answer helps.
I keep going back to a couple of free bbw dating sites and the results were underwhelming. What nobody seems to answer is whether the newer options are any better than the established ones without spending anything to find out.
Least effort, most return: keep the first meet under an hour. It sounds trivial and it is not. Skip the clever stuff until you have done that.
For what it is worth, profile quality beats profile quantity every time and nobody wants to hear it. Happy to be argued with.
Worth asking — has anyone found free bbw dating sites that behave differently from the rest? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.
Gave Datedesire community a fair run last month and it held up better than I expected.
Since this thread is active — is a shorter bio genuinely better or just easier to write? Asking for a friend, obviously.
Watch out for profiles that only ever reply in the small hours. It is almost never worth the benefit of the doubt. Most people ignore it once and regret it.
In my experience, reply rates say more about timing than about looks and the numbers back that up. That is where I have landed.
Going to push back slightly. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Not saying everyone else is wrong. There is room for both to be true.
Tried the Rendate app on a whim and it has been the steadier of the two I use.
Worth testing for a week: cut your photo count in half. It is the only advice here I would give twice. The effect shows up fast.
Mild warning: profiles with a single photo and no last-active date. I stopped giving second chances on that one. Move on and do not look back.
Based on a fairly small sample, being specific is worth more than being interesting and nobody wants to hear it. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.
For the people saying otherwise — does widening the radius ever help or just add noise? Would change how I use it if so.
I keep a second profile on Datescout app and it pulls a different crowd entirely.
Going to push back slightly. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Could easily be a sample size problem. There is room for both to be true.
For about six weeks, I kept my filters tight and I got three real plans out of it. Nothing scientific about it.
If you want a shortcut: message within a day of matching. It costs nothing and the difference shows quickly. The effect shows up fast.
If you want a free option without the upsell, Ezhookups (free to message) is where I would start.
That has not been my experience at all. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. I would still recommend trying it yourself. Genuinely not trying to be difficult.
Mild warning: reviews that read like they were written to a template. It saves a lot of wasted messages. Most people ignore it once and regret it.
When I first started, I kept photos to four and cut the rest and the quality improved more than the quantity. Results were steady after the first week.
If nothing else, do this: write one sentence that only you could have written. That one change fixed most of my problems. Takes about five minutes.
When I stopped overthinking it, I answered everything within a day and it saved me a lot of pointless typing. It was the only variable I changed.
Honestly, reply rates say more about timing than about looks and I doubt that changes soon. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.
Adding a counterpoint. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Take that with the usual caveats. I would still test it yourself.
Red flag for me: profiles with a single photo and no last-active date. Report it rather than just ignoring it. The polite version costs you a week.
Genuine question though — do verified badges actually change anything? Would change how I use it if so.
Two years of this later, being specific is worth more than being interesting for anyone starting from scratch. Ask again in six months and I may say something else.
After my second attempt, I limited myself to three conversations at once and I stopped taking silences personally. I would call that a real effect.
If you want a shortcut: put a question at the end of every opener. It removes about half the frustration. It also makes the rest easier.
Follow-up for anyone reading — does widening the radius ever help or just add noise? Would change how I use it if so.
If I am being blunt, the algorithm gets blamed for a lot of ordinary bad luck at least in a mid-sized area. I would put money on it.
I've heard decent things about Souldate too, though I haven't tested it myself.
Adding a counterpoint. The niche options were quieter to the point of being useless. Your experience may well differ. Worth hearing both sides.
Genuine question though — do photo changes reset how often you get shown? Genuinely do not know the answer.
For the people saying otherwise — does anyone bother deleting and remaking a profile? Might just be me overthinking it.
Worth testing for a week: reply to the thing they actually said. It removes about half the frustration. Try it for one week only.
