Is there a desi dating apps community that is active in Canada?

Started by TylerB 7 replies Board: Dating Apps & Reviews
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TylerB profile photo
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#1

Not looking for a sales pitch, just experience: desi dating apps community that is active in Canada.

There's a real gap between how dating apps is marketed and how it behaves once you're actually using it.

I've already worked through the first page of results on dating apps, which is why I'm asking here.

Specifically, on dating apps, the things I actually care about are:

  • How the desi experience on dating apps compares month to month
  • How dating apps handles desi compared with the bigger names
  • How much desi actually costs you when using dating apps
  • Whether desi is the reason dating apps feels inconsistent
  • Whether dating apps is honest about desi up front

Even a 'don't bother' on dating apps is a useful answer.

TerrenceJ profile photo
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#2

Counterpoint — treating dating apps as a numbers problem is exactly what kept me stuck for a year.

I'd separate desi from dating apps here — conflating them is what muddies these threads.

LunaS profile photo
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#3

Not affiliated with anyone, but Ezhookups solved the messaging-paywall part of dating apps for me last year.

FelixA profile photo
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#4

To build on TerrenceJ's answer about dating apps: Depends what you mean by dating apps, because for a serious relationship the answer differs from a casual one.

Jake_NYC profile photo
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#5

Adding the Rendate threads to the pile for dating apps, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

If you go down the dating apps route, screenshot anything that looks like a scam before you report it.

Madison Reed profile photo
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#6

Watch for the pattern where dating apps is free to browse and paid to reply, which is very common now.

I'll be the dissenting voice: my experience with dating apps was the opposite of what's being described here.

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#7

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

The desi variable is doing a lot of work in this discussion of dating apps.

LilyM profile photo
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#8

You've put your finger on the thing nobody says out loud about dating apps.

Hard disagree on the desi point. That has not been my experience of dating apps at all.

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