Do single dating apps actually work in small rural towns?

Started by RyanO 5 replies Board: Local Dating
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RyanO profile photo
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#1

Been circling this one for a while and I want input from people who actually use these platforms: do single dating apps actually work in small rural towns.

The frustrating part about dating apps is that the honest answers are buried in comment sections, not articles.

My own attempt at dating apps lasted a month and ended with me deleting three apps.

Practically speaking, for dating apps I want to know:

  • How visible dating apps keeps you when you are not paying for a boost
  • How dating apps handles blocking, privacy and who can see your profile
  • What the rural side of dating apps looks like in practice

Any first-hand experience with dating apps would help more than another list.

MarcusP profile photo
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#2

Someone recommended Flurrydate to me during my own search around dating apps and it was better than I expected.

Have you looked at the rural side of dating apps yet, or still on the basics?

Zoey Adams profile photo
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#3

Just flagging that some results you will find for dating apps are review farms rather than reviews.

Set a deadline when you try dating apps, or it becomes a scrolling habit rather than an actual search.

TylerB profile photo
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#4

If dating apps is the question, Luvdate is at least worth ten minutes of your time before you pay for anything.

Olivia Grant profile photo
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#5

Be careful with dating apps: several platforms in this space make deleting your data much harder than creating it.

The rural angle you raise is the part most threads on dating apps skip entirely.

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#6

I keep Ezhookups open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with dating apps.

Datebie.online comes up a lot when dating apps gets discussed elsewhere.

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