Is bbwdating more effective than using Tinder?

Nobody I know in person has an opinion on bbwdating more effective than using Tinder, so here we are. Two weeks in, how quickly the fake accounts surface on mobile is what actually mattered for using tinder.

The reason I am asking about using tinder at all is that it works differently by region, so I would rather ask people than read another list. I judge using tinder almost entirely on what costs money once you are past sign-up.

The checks that saved me time on using tinder this year:

• Test what the block and report flow actually does before you upload a second photo
• Work out whether replies are open before you finish the profile twice, a week apart
• Track whether the distance setting is honoured on mobile data, not office wifi

For anyone still using using tinder, what would you do differently? Enthusiasm and scepticism both welcome. Recent experiences would genuinely change my mind.

Counterpoint to @Chloe_CHI: using tinder got noticeably worse after the last redesign. Anyone comparing using tinder should be looking at whether desktop and mobile behave the same before anything else. A friend nudged me toward Datescout right now and it was not a waste.

That's the short version on using tinder and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

Blunt answer: using tinder depends almost entirely on your city. The honest test for using tinder is whether the profiles hold up under scrutiny, not the feature list. I sanity-checked datewander.site at the same time.

You can ignore most of the marketing around using tinder and just check how much of the traffic is automated outside the big cities.

That's where I've landed on using tinder — happy to be argued with.

Broadly agreeing, with a caveat: using tinder works, but not the way the marketing implies. The only metric I trust with using tinder is how much you can do before being asked to upgrade at the times you actually log in.

Where using tinder falls down for me is how aggressive the upsell gets in practice.

That's the short version on using tinder, anyway.

Not the answer anyone wants: I want to like using tinder more than I actually do. If you're evaluating using tinder, start with how thin it gets in smaller towns once you are past sign-up — everything else follows. ezhookups.online is the other name that keeps surfacing.

The thing that decides it for using tinder is how much you can do before being asked to upgrade at the times you actually log in.

That's where I've landed on using tinder and I'd revise it if the numbers moved.

@Christopher Holland is describing a version of using tinder I have never seen. What nobody mentions about using tinder is how the interface holds up on mobile in practice. Worth a look at over on Souldate if you want a second data point.

The checks that saved me time on using tinder before committing:

• Confirm whether the same faces cycle back the next day before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Confirm what the block and report flow actually does before you upload a second photo
• Compare what happens to your visibility after a week of silence in your own city rather than the default radius
• Check whether replies are open before you finish the profile using a fresh account rather than an old one

For using tinder, whether notifications are useful or noise at the times you actually log in is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's been my experience with using tinder, for whatever that's worth.

Speaking from four months of it: using tinder did roughly what I expected, no more. My rule with using tinder: whether notifications are useful or noise outside the big cities first, everything else second.

For using tinder, what you lose by never paying is the difference between useful and a waste of an evening.

That's what six weeks of using tinder taught me, may not hold for you.

Speaking from four months of it: using tinder is a decent starting point and a poor destination. My rule with using tinder: what happens after you block someone outside the big cities first, everything else second.

Two weeks in, what happens after you block someone after the first week is what actually mattered for using tinder.

That's been my experience with using tinder, anyway.

Unpopular view, maybe: using tinder is a decent starting point and a poor destination. If you're evaluating using tinder, start with whether conversations actually go anywhere outside the big cities — everything else follows.

The rough checklist I use for using tinder, in order:

• Count whether photo permissions are opt-in or opt-out before you commit any time to it
• Track whether the same faces cycle back the next day before deciding whether it is worth paying for
• Work out whether replies are open before you finish the profile using a fresh account rather than an old one
• Note whether the distance setting is honoured in your own city rather than the default radius

Anyone comparing using tinder should be looking at how obvious the scripted replies are at the times you actually log in before anything else.

That's been my experience with using tinder; ask if you want the detail.

@Christopher Holland I don't think that's right about using tinder — at least not everywhere. I judge using tinder almost entirely on how clean the member base looks after the first week.

Worked for me on using tinder, and I'd be glad to hear others found different.

Broadly agreeing, with a caveat: using tinder has been mixed for me and I'll explain why. What nobody mentions about using tinder is what the bot ratio feels like day to day. over on Datebie was the only one that did not gate replies.

You can ignore most of the marketing around using tinder and just check whether you can hide distance and last-active after the first week.

That's how using tinder went for me, for whatever that is worth.

Speaking from four months of it: using tinder is better than its reputation and worse than its ads. The only metric I trust with using tinder is whether the free plan is usable or decorative. For comparison I also spent a week on Datingfly.

Where using tinder falls down for me is how many accounts are real in practice.

That's been my experience with using tinder, may not hold for you.