Does anyone have examples of good dating app bios for guys?

Simple question, probably a complicated answer: Does anyone have examples of good dating app bios for guys? Not looking for a sales pitch.

Someone recommended a few smaller of good dating app for guys and I could not tell which reviews were paid for. Where I need help is whether the newer options are any better than the established ones when you have already tried the obvious options.

• Work out how many photos are required early on if privacy matters to you
• Check the distance filter default first rather than taking the marketing at face value
• Compare what data the signup form asks for every time while the account is still new

Related, and I am curious — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? Someone here must have tried both.

Since switching my settings, I replied only to messages with an actual question in them and I got three real plans out of it. Nothing scientific about it.

Least effort, most return: turn off notifications and check twice a day. Most people skip it and then wonder why nothing happens. It works better than it sounds.

Between the free options I tested, Luvdate (free to message) had the least aggressive upsell.

Broadly speaking, being specific is worth more than being interesting though your mileage will vary. Happy to be argued with.

Over the winter, I stopped explaining myself in the first message and the whole thing felt less like admin. Nothing scientific about it.

Slightly off-topic but — has anyone found of good dating app for guys that behave differently from the rest? Could be worth its own thread.

Worth a look at datedesire.online if your area is thin on the usual platforms.

Small change worth trying: reply to the thing they actually said. That one change fixed most of my problems. The effect shows up fast.

Since switching my settings, I replied only to messages with an actual question in them and I got three real plans out of it. Nothing scientific about it.

Realistically, most of the difference comes down to how close people actually are for anyone starting from scratch. Happy to be argued with.

Someone in another thread pointed me at datelink.online and it turned out to be decent advice.

Worth testing for a week: cut your photo count in half. That one change fixed most of my problems. It also makes the rest easier.

For the people saying otherwise — does this hold up outside big cities? Feels like something someone must have tested.

Adding a counterpoint. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Take that with the usual caveats. Worth hearing both sides.

Watch out for profiles with a single photo and no last-active date. It is almost never worth the benefit of the doubt. The cost of being wrong is low.

Between the free options I tested, over on Souldate had the least aggressive upsell.

I've heard decent things about Datedesire too, though I haven't tested it myself.

Not sure I agree with the thread so far. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. Might just be my area. I would still test it yourself.

A while back, I ignored anything without a visible last-active date and I would do the same again. Small sample, but consistent.

That has not been my experience at all. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Could easily be a sample size problem. Could be timing rather than the platform.

A friend has had far more luck on Flurrydate than on anything mainstream.

Small change worth trying: keep the first meet under an hour. It filters out the time-wasters immediately. It compounds with everything else.

Going to push back slightly. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Your experience may well differ. Worth hearing both sides.

For what it is worth, the busiest platform is not automatically the best one for you for anyone starting from scratch. Make of that what you will.

Related, and I am curious — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? No agenda, just curious.

Still keep over on Datedesire installed for the weeks when the bigger apps go quiet.

Having tried most of them, consistency beats any single clever trick which is why the generic advice keeps failing. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.

• Note how quickly support responds at the start before you upload anything personal
• Confirm what the free tier really includes without exception if you plan to use it long-term
• Look at the last-active timestamp on day one on any platform you are considering
• Double-check how matches are ordered before you widen your search
• Work out whether your profile is visible by default properly before you upload anything personal

After a friend nagged me into it, I stopped sending openers before 9pm and it saved me a lot of pointless typing. Nothing scientific about it.

Practical suggestion: reply to the thing they actually said. It made conversations shorter and far more useful. You will not need a second attempt.

Different experience here. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Just adding another data point.