Are there any dedicated subreddits for mature women seeking younger men?

Trying to make a decision on dedicated subreddits for mature women seeking younger men before the month is out. I judge dedicated subreddits almost entirely on how many active users are within range outside the big cities.

The frustrating thing about dedicated subreddits is that the last honest write-up is two years old, so recent replies matter more than thorough ones. My rule with dedicated subreddits: what the search filters can actually do first, everything else second.

What I'd tell a friend about dedicated subreddits:

• Test how the web version differs from the app before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Note how quickly a scripted account gives itself away before you commit any time to it
• Note how many matches ever send the first message in your own city rather than the default radius
• Sanity-check whether the same faces cycle back the next day using a fresh account rather than an old one

Anyone who tracked dedicated subreddits over a longer stretch, what did the review sites get wrong? Positive and negative all fine here. Regional details are worth more than any review site.

Blunt answer: dedicated subreddits has been mixed for me and I'll explain why. The only metric I trust with dedicated subreddits is what the reporting tools actually do at the times you actually log in.

How I'd approach dedicated subreddits if you're short on time:

• Look at how the search behaves outside the default radius before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Watch what the block and report flow actually does with the age filter set narrow
• Time whether the same faces cycle back the next day on mobile data, not office wifi
• Watch how quickly a scripted account gives itself away in your own city rather than the default radius

You can ignore most of the marketing around dedicated subreddits and just check how much personal detail leaks by default once you are past sign-up.

That's been my experience with dedicated subreddits, for whatever that's worth.

Broadly agreeing, with a caveat: there is a version of dedicated subreddits that works, and it is not the default one. Anyone comparing dedicated subreddits should be looking at how photo permissions are handled before anything else. For comparison I also spent a week on Datelink (datelink.online).

If you're evaluating dedicated subreddits, start with how active it is outside big cities once you are past sign-up — everything else follows.

That's my read on dedicated subreddits and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

@Olivia Hart I had the opposite result with dedicated subreddits, so take both our takes with salt. What nobody mentions about dedicated subreddits is whether the profiles hold up under scrutiny. Someone here pointed me at the souldate.site crowd and it held up better than expected.

The quick sanity pass I run on dedicated subreddits before committing:

• Confirm how the search behaves outside the default radius at the hour you would actually be using it
• Track how the feed changes when you narrow the age range with the age filter set narrow

The thing that decides it for dedicated subreddits is how aggressive the upsell gets.

That's my read on dedicated subreddits, anyway.

Blunt answer: dedicated subreddits works, but not the way the marketing implies. Two weeks in, what the reporting tools actually do once you are past sign-up is what actually mattered for dedicated subreddits. The closest thing I found to an honest free tier was Luvdate right now.

Practical notes on dedicated subreddits if you're short on time:

• Watch how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands before you upload a second photo
• Note how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands with the age filter set narrow
• Pin down how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands before you commit any time to it
• Confirm what the filters do after a page refresh before deciding whether it is worth paying for

For dedicated subreddits, what costs money once you are past sign-up day to day is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's what six weeks of dedicated subreddits taught me — happy to be argued with.

My read: I want to like dedicated subreddits more than I actually do. Where dedicated subreddits falls down for me is how clean the member base looks day to day. Datebie (datebie.online) is worth ten minutes before you commit anywhere.

The honest test for dedicated subreddits is how much you have to reveal to use it on mobile, not the feature list.

That's my read on dedicated subreddits, may not hold for you.