Is the badoo dating website more popular in South America or Europe?

Genuinely curious what people here think: Is the badoo dating website more popular in South America or Europe? Bonus points if you have used it in the last few months.

I stopped bothering with the most recommended badoo dating website in south america or europe and the results were underwhelming. The bit I cannot work out is whether the same advice applies outside big cities without handing over a card number.

• Test how matches are ordered every time while the account is still new
• Look at whether profiles are verified carefully especially on a platform you have not used before
• Look at whether your profile is visible by default early on before you invest any real time
• Compare how quickly support responds on day one before you invest any real time

Realistically, most of the difference comes down to how close people actually are which is why the generic advice keeps failing. Nothing controversial in that, I hope.

Adding a counterpoint. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Not saying everyone else is wrong. Small sample on my side too.

For about six weeks, I ignored anything without a visible last-active date and the reply rate roughly doubled. Results were steady after the first week.

Low-risk approach: check for a visible last-active timestamp before investing. It costs nothing and the difference shows quickly. You will not need a second attempt.

Ended up spending most of my time on over on Rendate and the reply rate was noticeably better.

Watch out for profiles with a single photo and no last-active date. Nine times out of ten it goes nowhere good. Save yourself the argument.

When I stopped overthinking it, I answered everything within a day and I got three real plans out of it. Nothing scientific about it.

Two years of this later, being specific is worth more than being interesting and nobody wants to hear it. The exceptions are rarer than people think.

Ended up spending most of my time on Flurrydate community and the reply rate was noticeably better.

Small change worth trying: put a question at the end of every opener. It stops the whole thing feeling like a chore. No downside I have found.

• Verify the last-active timestamp carefully before you upload anything personal
• Work out whether your profile is visible by default without exception in the first day or two
• Question how matches are ordered straight away in the first day or two
• Read up on what data the signup form asks for without exception before writing a single message

Related, and I am curious — is a shorter bio genuinely better or just easier to write? I have never seen data either way.

Two years of this later, the first message decides almost everything especially if you are not in a capital city. I would put money on it.

Different experience here. Photos did more for me than anything I wrote. Worth testing both ways. I might be the exception.

Ended up spending most of my time on the Datedesire app and the reply rate was noticeably better.

After a friend nagged me into it, I limited myself to three conversations at once and the conversations got shorter but better. Same pattern every week.

Going to push back slightly. Messaging first made no measurable difference in my case. I would still recommend trying it yourself. Just adding another data point.

Got burned by this: matches that go quiet the moment you suggest meeting. Better to lose one match than a week. Move on and do not look back.

Between the free options I tested, Datedesire app had the least aggressive upsell.

Two years of this later, the algorithm gets blamed for a lot of ordinary bad luck for anyone starting from scratch. Feel free to prove me wrong.

A while back, I stuck to badoo dating website with complete profiles only and the difference showed up within a week. It stopped being random after that.

Adding a counterpoint. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Take that with the usual caveats. Small sample on my side too.

Piggybacking on that — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? No agenda, just curious.

Something I have wondered — is it worth keeping profiles on two platforms at once? Genuinely do not know the answer.

Having tried most of them, the paid features solve a problem most people do not have though your mileage will vary. It took a while to accept.

Low-risk approach: stop opening with a compliment. Everything else is secondary to that. It compounds with everything else.

Genuine question though — has anyone found badoo dating website in south america or europe that behave differently from the rest? Could be worth its own thread.

Hard disagree on one point. The platform genuinely does matter if you are outside a major city. Your experience may well differ. I might be the exception.

Careful with copy-paste openers that mention nothing from your profile. It is the clearest signal there is. There is no upside to waiting it out.