Straightforward question: What are the most weird dating apps for finding "weird" people? Not looking for a sales pitch.
I keep going back to the most recommended most weird dating apps and it got expensive fast. The part that matters to me is whether it is worth paying at any point if you are being reasonably picky.
What I would do: stop opening with a compliment. It removes about half the frustration. Skip the clever stuff until you have done that.
One more thing I have never resolved — do photo changes reset how often you get shown? Feels like something someone must have tested.
When I first started, I limited myself to three conversations at once and the quality improved more than the quantity. Worth repeating if you have the patience.
I would put Datewander community ahead of most of the names people list by default.
Going to push back slightly. Being picky early saved me far more time than being open-minded did. Take that with the usual caveats. I might be the exception.
Mild warning: anyone asking for a phone number before a proper conversation. It is the clearest signal there is. Nobody has ever thanked me for being patient there.
Having tried most of them, most of the difference comes down to how close people actually are which is why the generic advice keeps failing. It is a boring answer and a true one.
For what it is worth, the Datedesire app was the one that finally got me past the first-message stage.
The first fortnight, I stuck to most weird dating apps with complete profiles only and it turned out the profile was the problem, not the platform. That held for about two months.
Anyone else find that — is there a measurable difference between weekday and weekend signups? Would love a straight answer on that.
Hard disagree on one point. Free tiers stopped being enough for me after about a month. Not saying everyone else is wrong. I have been wrong about this before.
One thing to watch: anyone asking for a phone number before a proper conversation. Once you notice it you cannot unsee it. The polite version costs you a week.
Worth a look at ezhookups.online if your area is thin on the usual platforms.
If you want a shortcut: cut your photo count in half. That one change fixed most of my problems. No downside I have found.
Not a popular take here, the paid features solve a problem most people do not have unless you have unusually niche requirements. Feel free to prove me wrong.
Mild warning: auto-renew on any trial you sign up for. Better to lose one match than a week. Better safe than curious.
Between the free options I tested, flamedate.online had the least aggressive upsell.
Not sure I agree with the thread so far. I found the bigger sites more consistent, not less. Worth testing both ways. That is one person's view against the thread.
Realistically, the busiest platform is not automatically the best one for you and it took me too long to learn. It is a boring answer and a true one.
Respectfully, I read it differently. I found the bigger sites more consistent, not less. Might just be my area. Open to changing my mind on it.
Least effort, most return: read the profile before writing anything. It also makes the meet-up conversation much easier. Do it before anything more elaborate.
For what it is worth, Datedesire was the one that finally got me past the first-message stage.
Still keep Datescout community installed for the weeks when the bigger apps go quiet.
Worth noting that Datedesire runs a similar free tier if you want to compare.
