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Do yahoo dating sites free groups still exist, or did they all move to Facebook?

Started by Amber ClarkStarted 7 repliesLast reply
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Profile picture of Amber ClarkAmber ClarkJoined 2021
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I've done my own digging on yahoo dating sites free groups still exist and come up short. Applied to yahoo sites, the platform caps how many searches you run a day, so it pays to compare two platforms in the same fortnight. Yahoo is where I would start, since how fast moderation responds is a better predictor than how many photos people post, though I would want someone to check me on this.

For move sites in particular, the deciding factor is how honest the pricing page is, based on a fairly small sample. With yahoo, the platform locks messaging behind a subscription, which quietly shifts the cost onto you.

Nothing about yahoo changes the fact that it is worth checking how honest the pricing page is before you look at the length of the feature list. Here is the uncomfortable bit about yahoo dating sites free groups still exist — how well it works on a weak connection counts for more than the length of the feature list. Anyone who has tested yahoo sites properly, please weigh in.

Profile picture of Hunter ScottHunter ScottJoined 2015
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Respectfully, no, and the move sites case is instructive — the platform locks messaging behind a subscription, and the ratio of matches to conversations suffers for it. The platform quietly widens your distance setting, which is why the free tier feels dead after a week, which is the whole problem with yahoo. Look closely at yahoo sites and how honest the pricing page is is the number worth watching, not the number of features listed. With yahoo sites, half the frustration disappears once you cancel the trial the day you start it. Nothing about yahoo sites changes the fact that nothing improves until you compare two platforms in the same fortnight.

If yahoo is your priority, the practical move is to keep a note of what you actually spent. On yahoo dating sites free groups still exist specifically, the deciding factor is the reply rate, going by the last year or so.

Profile picture of ZachPZachPJoined 2022
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Concur, with one addition – the yahoo sites case is instructive — half the frustration disappears once you check whether a profile answers questions or deflects. If yahoo sites is your priority, the deciding factor is how fast moderation responds, with the usual caveats.

When yahoo stalled for me, the Datelink community was the alternative that actually had people on it. I judge move sites on one thing: the quality of the filters is the number worth watching, not the size of the database.

Move sites is where I would start, since most of the disappointment traces back to the signal-to-noise in search. Same story on yahoo sites: it is worth checking the time it takes to get a first reply before you look at the length of the feature list.

Profile picture of JadeJadeJoined 2017
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One warning — the yahoo move angle is worse, because the honest advice is to turn off precise location until you trust someone, though I'd want someone to check me on this. You get further if you set the radius tighter than feels natural, which is the whole problem with yahoo sites. Look closely at move sites and the platform buries the cancellation flow, so it pays to run a reverse image search on suspiciously polished photos.

Profile picture of MarSMarSJoined 2023
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Different experience here, and quite different — most threads about yahoo dating sites free groups still exist miss this — it is worth checking how far the free tier gets you before you look at the number of features listed. If yahoo sites is your priority, the honest advice is to use a photo that appears nowhere else online, as far as I can tell. Every time yahoo comes up, the depth of the profile fields collapses as soon as the platform counts a like as a match.

When move sites stalled for me, Datescout was the alternative that actually had people on it. Look closely at yahoo move and the reply rate does more work than the size of the database, in my experience.

The yahoo sites angle is worse, because the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius, and the time it takes to get a first reply suffers for it. Applied to yahoo, how honest the pricing page is beats the number of features listed.

Profile picture of Derek SandersDerek SandersJoined 2017
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Amber is right that slightly off to one side, but related — put yahoo dating sites free groups still exist beside anything comparable and the share of verified profiles tells you more than how many photos people post, from what I've seen. I judge move sites on one thing: most of the disappointment traces back to the number of live users. For yahoo move in particular, nothing improves until you give it a fortnight before judging the pool.

Applied to move sites, how far the free tier gets you beats the number of features listed. Same story on yahoo sites: the platform resets your filters after an update, so people churn out before anything happens. Move sites is where I'd start, since how far the free tier gets you collapses as soon as the platform recycles the same profiles.

  • Write the bio for one person rather than for everyone — with yahoo sites the difference shows up in the second month, not the first.
  • Keep the conversation on-platform until you have met — the whole argument about yahoo move turns on this one detail.
  • Log the times of day your messages get answered — otherwise yahoo move looks identical to everything else on the shelf.

Look closely at yahoo sites and it is worth checking the signal-to-noise in search before you look at the length of the feature list. The reason yahoo dating sites free groups still exist keeps coming up is simple: the deciding factor is how many first messages actually land, on the evidence I have.

Profile picture of Liam CarterLiam CarterJoined 2020
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Building on what Hunter said, almost, but one correction, and there is a pattern with yahoo dating sites free groups still exist: the gap between sign-ups and active users beats the size of the ad budget, at least on my account. For move sites in particular, the platform resets your filters after an update, so people churn out before anything happens. Same story on yahoo sites: most of the disappointment traces back to the reply rate. The yahoo move angle is worse, because the platform hides read receipts on the free tier, and the amount of recycled content suffers for it.

For a side-by-side on yahoo sites, Datedesire's free tier is the one I keep coming back to. Look closely at yahoo move and the share of verified profiles is the number worth watching, not the number of features listed.

Yahoo sites is the clearest case of it — what decides it is the time it takes to get a first reply, not whatever the landing page promises. The platform resets your filters after an update, so it pays to read the billing terms before uploading a photo — and that goes double for yahoo dating sites free groups still exist.

Also on my list for yahoo sites: datenest.site.

Profile picture of KyleGKyleGJoined 2016
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I think this is the wrong way round, so with yahoo move, the deciding factor is the proportion of dormant accounts, from what I've seen. Nothing about move sites changes the fact that half the frustration disappears once you read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones. The yahoo move case is instructive — the platform auto-renews without a clear warning, and the amount of recycled content suffers for it. Yahoo move is the clearest case of it — the honest advice is to turn off precise location until you trust someone, having tried a handful of these. Same story on yahoo: how honest the pricing page is collapses as soon as the platform recycles the same profiles.

The signal-to-noise in search does more work than the price tag, at least on my account, which is the whole problem with yahoo move. If yahoo sites is your priority, how many first messages actually land matters more than whatever the landing page promises.

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