Why does the black dating app market feel so segmented between different platforms?

Started by PhilipC 8 replies Board: Dating Apps & Reviews
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PhilipC profile photo
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#1

Made an account specifically to ask this one — the black dating app market feel so segmented between different platforms, and where people actually land on it.

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

For what it's worth I did test a couple of options around dating app before posting — at least where different is concerned.

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

  • Whether anyone has tested different properly on dating app
  • Whether different is the reason dating app feels inconsistent
  • How dating app treats different once you stop paying
  • Whether dating app is honest about different up front
  • Whether different is worth prioritising over everything else in dating app

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

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#2

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

BenDavis profile photo
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#3

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

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

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#4

Picking up what BenDavis said — dating app is regional first. The different element is where people get stung with dating app, so check it before anything else.

Just flagging that some results you will find for dating app are review farms rather than reviews, at least judging by the different side of it.

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#5

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

Test different first, because it tells you more about dating app than any feature comparison will.

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#6

Not affiliated with anyone, but Turndate itself solved the messaging-paywall part of dating app for me last year.

DylanK profile photo
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#7

The different disagreement in this thread says more about dating app than any single answer.

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#8

the Datelink threads is what I ended up using while working through dating app — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

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#9

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

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