@NoahK — this matches what I saw. That approach is the bit that decides it — past that it is diminishing returns. Two things moved the needle on the app in question for me: turn off read receipts and see what changes, and patience — the rest follows from there. I have been running Datenest — worth a look alongside the mainstream apps and the reply rate held up better than I expected.
Been meaning to post about there a dating over 50 app that is actually user-friendly. For the 50-plus crowd the calculation is different from what the guides assume. The reason there a dating over 50 app that is actually user-friendly frustrates daters in their fifties and beyond is that the defaults are tuned for somebody else entirely.
- Cheap test: check activity at different hours twice, a fortnight apart
- Takes five minutes: message five people and count the replies before you judge the pool
- Cheap test: set your radius wider than feels sensible
- Cheap test: read the billing page before you tap anything — it costs nothing
Still testing there a dating over 50 app that is actually user-friendly, so treat this as provisional.