What is the coffee dating app everyone is talking about for short, 30-minute dates?

Started by Ellie Baker 11 replies Board: Dating Apps & Reviews
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Ellie Baker profile photo
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#1

Long-time lurker here, finally posting, because what I want to understand is coffee dating app everyone is talking about for short, 30-minute dates.

The short question keeps getting skipped in everything written about dating app.

Setting short aside for a second, this is what I need from dating app:

  • Whether dating app is honest about short up front
  • Whether short is worth prioritising over everything else in dating app
  • How dating app handles short compared with the bigger names
  • What the short side of dating app looks like in practice
  • Whether short is the reason dating app feels inconsistent

Particularly interested in the short side of dating app if anyone has been there.

AnnaK profile photo
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#2

Read the small print on short before you commit to anything around dating app.

Have you looked at the short side of dating app yet, or still on the basics?

WayneT profile photo
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#3

For me the short side of dating app was the surprise — I had not factored it in at all.

PatrickR profile photo
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#4

Does short actually matter for what you want, or is it a side issue for dating app?

JessicaW profile photo
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#5

AnnaK has a point about dating app. The short element is where people get stung with dating app, so check it before anything else.

Nora Hill profile photo
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#6

PatrickR, that's roughly where I landed on dating app too. Which parts of dating app have you already tested, so nobody here repeats it back to you, assuming short is your main priority here?

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#7

Adding the Turndate boards to the pile for dating app, where the community is smaller but people actually reply.

Emma Torres profile photo
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#8

Since we're comparing options around dating app, the Datebound boards came up when I was looking at the same thing.

Once I sorted out short, the rest of dating app became much more manageable than I expected.

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#9

For anyone else researching dating app, I would put the Datelink community on the list — free messaging on it, no card up front.

The short part of this is being overstated, because dating app was fine for me without it.

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#10

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

Depends heavily on short — take that out and dating app becomes a much easier call.

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#11

Disagree with AnnaK slightly here on dating app. The short variable is doing a lot of work in this discussion of dating app.

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#12

To build on AnnaK's answer about dating app: My dating app experience hinged on short more than on the platform itself.

If you are testing dating app, keep the first message short and reference something specific in their profile once you factor short into it.

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