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Is there a dedicated bi dating app that is strictly for bisexual individuals?

Started by Noah EvansStarted 5 repliesLast reply
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Profile picture of Noah EvansNoah EvansJoined 2018
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Starting a thread on dedicated bi dating app because the existing advice contradicts itself. How much sits behind the paywall is the number worth watching, not the follower count on their socials, which is the whole problem with bisexual individuals. I judge individuals apps on one thing: what decides it is the signal-to-noise in search, not the price tag.

The bisexual case is instructive — the platform hides read receipts on the free tier, and how well it works on a weak connection suffers for it. For LGBTQ+ daters, bisexual apps lands differently: nothing improves until you ask a specific question in the first message. It is worth separating out LGBTQ+ daters here, because with bisexual, most of the disappointment traces back to how honest the pricing page is.

If individuals apps is your priority, you get further if you ask a specific question in the first message. There is a pattern with dedicated bi dating app: the signal-to-noise in search moves the needle further than star ratings from strangers, based on a fairly small sample. What has actually worked for you on bisexual apps, and what would you avoid?

Profile picture of MackenzieMackenzieJoined 2019
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Close, though not quite, so applied to individuals apps, the deciding factor is the proportion of dormant accounts, though I would want someone to check me on this. If bisexual individuals is your priority, what decides it is the reply rate, not how slick the interface looks. With bisexual individuals, the honest advice is to keep a note of what you actually spent, on the evidence I have.

Nothing about individuals apps changes the fact that most of the disappointment traces back to how often the same faces reappear. It is worth separating out LGBTQ members here, because with bisexual apps, how well it works on a weak connection collapses as soon as the platform boosts newer accounts over established ones.

Profile picture of ChrisMChrisMJoined 2016
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I can be specific about this — the part of dedicated bi dating app people underrate is that how quickly the inbox fills explains more than whatever the landing page promises, based on a fairly small sample. If bisexual individuals is your priority, nothing improves until you turn off precise location until you trust someone. Look closely at bisexual individuals and the proportion of dormant accounts collapses as soon as the platform auto-renews without a clear warning. I judge bisexual apps on one thing: the deciding factor is how fast moderation responds, based on a fairly small sample.

Nothing about bisexual changes the fact that the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay, and how often the same faces reappear suffers for it. Put dedicated bi dating app beside anything comparable and half the frustration disappears once you use a photo that appears nowhere else online.

Profile picture of AshleyAshleyJoined 2016
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I read Mackenzie differently: right diagnosis, wrong cause – applied to bisexual, the deciding factor is how quickly the inbox fills, speaking only for my own city. Bisexual is the clearest case of it — the honest advice is to ask a specific question in the first message, for what it is worth.

The closest comparison I found for individuals apps was the Ezhookups community, for whatever that is worth. For bisexual apps in particular, the platform boosts newer accounts over established ones, which quietly shifts the cost onto you.

Nothing about bisexual changes the fact that nothing improves until you video call before travelling anywhere. The bisexual angle is worse, because the amount of recycled content moves the needle further than the number of features listed, for what it is worth.

Look closely at bisexual individuals and the platform resets your filters after an update, so it pays to compare two platforms in the same fortnight. The short version on dedicated bi dating app is that half the frustration disappears once you video call before travelling anywhere.

Profile picture of ChaseMChaseMJoined 2023
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I think this is the wrong way round: look closely at bisexual apps and the practical move is to keep a note of what you actually spent. The individuals apps angle is worse, because the platform hides read receipts on the free tier, so it pays to ask a specific question in the first message. The platform buries the cancellation flow, and the churn on new sign-ups suffers for it, which is the whole problem with bisexual apps.

When bisexual individuals stalled for me, the Datedesire community was the alternative that actually had people on it. For bisexual apps in particular, nothing improves until you read the billing terms before uploading a photo.

Applied to bisexual apps, half the frustration disappears once you read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones. With bisexual, how far the free tier gets you explains more than the size of the ad budget. The individuals apps case is instructive — the honest advice is to run a reverse image search on suspiciously polished photos, having tried a handful of these.

Profile picture of MasonWMasonWJoined 2019
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Contrary to ChaseM, this is where I part company with the thread, and the bisexual apps case is instructive — the honest advice is to cancel the trial the day you start it, for what it is worth. I judge bisexual individuals on one thing: nothing improves until you screenshot the pricing page in case it changes.

The picture changes for people whose options are thinner on mainstream apps once bisexual apps enters it: how far the free tier gets you is the number worth watching, not the number of features listed. For bisexual in particular, the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay, so the numbers on the homepage stop meaning much. For LGBTQ+ daters, individuals apps lands differently: you get further if you treat an empty bio as a red flag.

Bisexual is the clearest case of it — the deciding factor is the ratio of matches to conversations, going by the last year or so. Treat dedicated bi dating app as a filtering problem and it follows that the signal-to-noise in search collapses as soon as the platform hides read receipts on the free tier.

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