Have you guys tried over 60s dating online, and what was your experience?

Going to be blunt about guys tried over 60s dating online, and what was your experience because I am tired of guessing. The honest test for guys tried is whether the block list holds once you are past sign-up, not the feature list.

The reason I am asking about guys tried at all is that no two accounts of it match, and that is exactly the gap I am trying to close. If you are evaluating guys tried, start with what happens after you block someone in practice — everything else follows.

What I actually check with guys tried before committing:

• Test what happens to your visibility after a week of silence using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Pin down what share of the layout is advertising twice, a week apart
• Test what share of the layout is advertising before you commit any time to it

For those of you deep into guys tried, was it worth the setup time? Good and bad all fair game. Actual numbers cut through the noise fastest.

After a fair bit of testing: guys tried gets recommended a lot here and that's half right. Where guys tried falls down for me is how aggressive the upsell gets. For balance I gave datingfly.online the same fortnight.

The quick sanity pass I run on guys tried, in order:

• Count whether last-active timestamps look plausible and write the answer down
• Look at whether the same faces cycle back the next day before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Count whether last-active timestamps look plausible on the first evening, not the first month
• Time how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands on the first evening, not the first month

You can ignore most of the marketing around guys tried and just check how quickly the fake accounts surface.

Worked for me on guys tried, though clearly it varies by region.

Counterpoint to @Nora Kelly: guys tried got noticeably worse after the last redesign. For guys tried, what the onboarding asks for is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening. The closest thing I found to an honest free tier was Turndate.

How I'd approach guys tried if you're short on time:

• Sanity-check whether the same faces cycle back the next day before you upload a second photo
• Note how the feed changes when you narrow the age range against what the marketing page claims
• Pin down whether the distance setting is honoured with notifications switched off

I judge guys tried almost entirely on what costs money once you are past sign-up after the first week.

That's where I've landed on guys tried — happy to be argued with.

Speaking from four months of it: guys tried is a decent starting point and a poor destination. What nobody mentions about guys tried is how clean the member base looks. I cross-checked against Flamedate these days before deciding anything.

That's the short version on guys tried, though clearly it varies by region.

Sorry @Nora Kelly, I've spent longer on guys tried than that answer suggests. The thing that decides it for guys tried is what the bot ratio feels like day to day outside the big cities. A friend nudged me toward over on Datedesire and it was not a waste.

My rule with guys tried: whether notifications are useful or noise outside the big cities first, everything else second.

That's the short version on guys tried, and I would be glad to hear others found different.

@Nora Kelly I wanted that to be true of guys tried and it simply wasn't. The only metric I trust with guys tried is what the onboarding asks for outside the big cities.

My working method for guys tried if you're short on time:

• Verify how long it takes before the first upgrade prompt lands on the first evening, not the first month
• Test how the feed changes when you narrow the age range before you commit any time to it

That's where I have landed on guys tried, though clearly it varies by region.

Broadly agreeing, with a caveat: guys tried did roughly what I expected, no more. Two weeks in, how the pricing is structured in practice outside the big cities is what actually mattered for guys tried.

Anyone comparing guys tried should be looking at how much you can do before being asked to upgrade at the times you actually log in before anything else.

That's how guys tried went for me, though clearly it varies by region.

Broadly agreeing, with a caveat: guys tried is better than its reputation and worse than its ads. Anyone comparing guys tried should be looking at what the reporting tools actually do outside the big cities before anything else. For comparison I also spent a week on Datebie (datebie.online).

For guys tried, how active it is outside big cities at the times you actually log in is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's where I have landed on guys tried, anyway.