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I keep going back to plus-size dating apps and I am not convinced it was worth the effort. The bit I cannot work out is how long it normally takes before anything happens before committing any real time to it.
Look at how blocking is handled before anything else before you invest any real time
Double-check whether your profile is visible by default straight away before you invest any real time
Work out whether your profile is visible by default on day one on any platform you are considering
Work out whether profiles are verified on day one especially on a platform you have not used before
Verify the distance filter default every time so you are not surprised later
Follow-up for anyone reading — does anyone bother deleting and remaking a profile? It comes up every few months and never gets settled.
Based on a fairly small sample, the algorithm gets blamed for a lot of ordinary bad luck though your mileage will vary. Ask again in six months and I may say something else.
Different experience here. I found the bigger sites more consistent, not less. Not saying everyone else is wrong. I would still test it yourself.
A friend has had far more luck on Flurrydate community than on anything mainstream.
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Since this thread is active — has anyone found plus-size dating apps that behave differently from the rest? Could be worth its own thread.
Worth flagging: auto-renew on any trial you sign up for. Nine times out of ten it goes nowhere good. It rarely turns out to be innocent.
The advice I wish I had: give any new platform a fortnight before judging it. That one change fixed most of my problems. Zero cost to test it.
After a friend nagged me into it, I dropped every conversation that stalled twice and the difference showed up within a week. That held for about two months.
Still keep DatingFly app installed for the weeks when the bigger apps go quiet.
Low-risk approach: read the profile before writing anything. It costs nothing and the difference shows quickly. Nothing else on this list matters as much.
Work out whether your profile is visible by default every time so you are not surprised later
Look at the last-active timestamp at the start before you widen your search
Confirm whether your profile is visible by default before anything else before you widen your search
Question whether profiles are verified properly if privacy matters to you
Review the refund and cancellation terms first before you invest any real time
When I first started, I limited myself to three conversations at once and matches started coming from closer by. Repeated it twice to be sure.
Piggybacking on that — does any of this change once you have been active for a year? No agenda, just curious.
Adding a counterpoint. I never once had a problem the community here warns about. Might just be my area. Just adding another data point.
For what it is worth, Datescout's free tier was the one that finally got me past the first-message stage.
