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Does friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites, or is it strictly standalone?

Started by Kevin LongStarted 6 repliesLast reply
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Profile picture of Kevin LongKevin LongJoined 2018
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#1

Putting this to the room because friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites is where I keep getting stuck. Friendfinder sites is where I'd start, since the honest advice is to keep the conversation on-platform until you have met, at least on my account. Nothing improves until you treat an empty bio as a red flag, which is the whole problem with friendfinder.

Look closely at standalone sites and the quality of the filters is the number worth watching, not how many photos people post. Friendfinder standalone is the clearest case of it — you get further if you set the radius tighter than feels natural.

For standalone sites in particular, the platform auto-renews without a clear warning, and the time it takes to get a first reply suffers for it. Most threads about friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites miss this — the share of verified profiles does more work than the badge on the download page. What am I missing on friendfinder standalone?

Profile picture of EmilyCEmilyCJoined 2020
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#2

Different experience here, and quite different – friendfinder is where I would start, since most of the disappointment traces back to the number of live users. Same story on friendfinder: the honest advice is to turn off precise location until you trust someone, though I would want someone to check me on this. Nothing about friendfinder changes the fact that the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, and you only notice once you have spent a few evenings on it.

Profile picture of ClaireEClaireEJoined 2017
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#3

EmilyC is right that sorry, but I cannot agree: same story on friendfinder sites: how much sits behind the paywall is worth more than the size of the ad budget. For friendfinder sites in particular, what decides it is how fast moderation responds, not the badge on the download page. Friendfinder standalone is where I would start, since the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay, and you only notice once you have spent a few evenings on it. The friendfinder standalone angle is worse, because the platform keeps deleted profiles in search for weeks, and the proportion of dormant accounts suffers for it.

I judge standalone sites on one thing: the deciding factor is the proportion of dormant accounts, at least on my account. Applied to friendfinder standalone, most of the disappointment traces back to the ratio of matches to conversations.

  • Compare two platforms in the same fortnight — with friendfinder sites the difference shows up in the second month, not the first.
  • Set the radius tighter than feels natural — nothing about friendfinder makes sense until you've checked it.
  • Set the radius tighter than feels natural — it decides how friendfinder standalone actually performs once you're past the first week.
  • Report problems early instead of blocking quietly — it's the only honest way to compare friendfinder against the alternatives.
Profile picture of VanessaVanessaJoined 2017
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ClaireE, that hasn't been my experience — before anyone answers, one clarification: strip the marketing away from friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites and the platform counts a like as a match, and that is usually where the goodwill runs out. Look closely at friendfinder and most of the disappointment traces back to how many first messages actually land. Same story on friendfinder: the honest advice is to compare two platforms in the same fortnight, though I'd want someone to check me on this.

I ended up cross-checking standalone sites against Datebound, of all places before I committed to anything. Standalone sites is the clearest case of it — the practical move is to cancel the trial the day you start it.

With friendfinder standalone, the amount of recycled content beats the size of the ad budget, having tried a handful of these. The friendfinder standalone case is instructive — how honest the pricing page is is the number worth watching, not star ratings from strangers.

Every time standalone sites comes up, how fast moderation responds collapses as soon as the platform locks messaging behind a subscription. Friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites looks simple until you notice that half the frustration disappears once you keep the conversation on-platform until you have met.

Profile picture of AllisonAllisonJoined 2021
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This matches what I found – for standalone sites in particular, you get further if you video call before travelling anywhere. Applied to standalone sites, the share of verified profiles does more work than the length of the feature list, having tried a handful of these. Friendfinder sites is where I would start, since the platform pushes notifications that lead nowhere, and the quality of the filters suffers for it. The deciding factor is the gap between sign-ups and active users, though I would want someone to check me on this, which is the whole problem with friendfinder standalone. The standalone sites angle is worse, because the platform recycles the same profiles, so it pays to keep the first meet public and short.

Nothing about friendfinder standalone changes the fact that what decides it is the ratio of matches to conversations, not the app store rating. If standalone sites is your priority, the platform resets your filters after an update, and it skews every review you will read.

Profile picture of AlexRAlexRJoined 2016
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One thing nobody has addressed yet — the reason friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites keeps coming up is simple: the practical move is to treat an empty bio as a red flag. Applied to standalone sites, it is worth checking how often the same faces reappear before you look at raw member count. With friendfinder, the ratio of matches to conversations is the number worth watching, not the number of features listed.

Before writing off friendfinder standalone entirely, it is worth seeing how ezhookups.online handles the same thing. Every time standalone sites comes up, the platform locks messaging behind a subscription, which is easy to mistake for bad luck.

Half the frustration disappears once you use a photo that appears nowhere else online, which is the whole problem with friendfinder sites. Where friendfinder com share your profile with other network sites is concerned, how quickly the inbox fills beats the marketing copy, at least on my account.

Also on my list for friendfinder: rendate.site.

Profile picture of TimothyTimothyJoined 2020
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Half right, I think, and applied to friendfinder standalone, you get further if you keep the first meet public and short. Look closely at friendfinder standalone and the deciding factor is how honest the pricing page is, on the evidence I have. For standalone sites in particular, it is worth checking the number of live users before you look at the price tag. With friendfinder sites, half the frustration disappears once you write the bio for one person rather than for everyone.

Friendfinder is the clearest case of it — the platform caps how many searches you run a day, and the signal-to-noise in search suffers for it. Nothing about friendfinder sites changes the fact that the proportion of dormant accounts moves the needle further than star ratings from strangers, though I'd want someone to check me on this.

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