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Does the old yahoo personals dating archive exist anywhere?

Started by Jessica Lane26 Jul 2025Conversation & Advice9 replies
Jessica Lane avatar
Joined: Mar 2024
Messages: 847
#1

Nobody seems to give a straight answer about old yahoo personals dating archive exist anywhere, so I will ask here.

For me the difference you notice first with old yahoo personals is what the reply rate looks like without photos.

The question underneath all of this is how many of the profiles are still active, at least with old yahoo personals.

What would you do about old yahoo personals dating archive exist anywhere if you were starting fresh today?

Chris avatar
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 839
#2

@Jessica Lane put it better than I'd. The only thing I'd add about old yahoo personals is that what the reply rate looks like without photos matters more than the feature list.

After roughly six weeks with old yahoo personals, what I saw was stronger at the weekend.

For me the detail that took longest to learn with old yahoo personals is what the daily limits feel like in use.

Worth mentioning Ezhookups if old yahoo personals is what you are weighing up — the free tier actually lets you message.

Kayla Hughes avatar
Joined: Jan 2019
Messages: 846
#3

Ran old yahoo personals alongside two others for the trial period — what actually happened was better than I expected.

Before writing old yahoo personals off, try this: give it a full week before judging it.

The mistake I see repeated with old yahoo personals is people assume every profile is current.

have a look at Datenest is the other one people mention whenever old yahoo personals comes up.

PatMcG avatar
Joined: Apr 2020
Messages: 842
#4

@Jessica Lane put it better than I would. The only thing I would add about old yahoo personals is that how it behaves after a month of use matters more than the feature list.

My experience with old yahoo personals over a couple of evenings: how the pattern went was noticeably thinner than in a big city.

Where I went wrong with old yahoo personals was that I would treat volume as a substitute for filtering.

The question underneath all of this is what the reply rate looks like without photos, at least with yahoo personals.

What I actually want to know about yahoo personals is what the daily limits feel like in use.

Jennifer Price avatar
Joined: Aug 2020
Messages: 847
#5

Respectfully @PatMcG, old yahoo personals isn't that clear-cut. What I saw was roughly the same either way.

With old yahoo personals specifically, it pays to set your expectations before you start swiping.

old yahoo personals dating archive exist anywhere stops working the moment you write a bio that could belong to anyone.

Nathan avatar
Joined: Sep 2023
Messages: 3089
#6

Only had the first ten conversations with old yahoo personals, but what the logs showed was better than I expected.

If you take one thing from this thread on old yahoo personals: set your expectations before you start swiping.

The question underneath all of this is what the daily limits feel like in use, at least with old yahoo personals.

I ended up on try Datelink after the same old yahoo personals question and it was the least painful of the lot.

Brittany Hayes avatar
Joined: Mar 2023
Messages: 845
#7

I want to agree with @Jennifer Price but old yahoo personals kept doing the opposite for me.

With old yahoo personals I would start here: ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

The mistake I see repeated with old yahoo personals is people ignore how long ago someone was online.

Jake avatar
Joined: Jan 2024
Messages: 837
#8

Same as @Kayla Hughes, though I would say whether the premium upsell is worth it is the bit worth testing first with old yahoo personals.

Used old yahoo personals for about a fortnight. What I saw was more consistent than the alternatives.

Nobody writing about old yahoo personals seems willing to say whether the premium upsell is worth it.

SophieR avatar
Joined: Jan 2023
Messages: 843
#9

@Kayla Hughes I read that differently. On old yahoo personals, how the volume moved wasn'ticeably thinner than in a big city for me.

With old yahoo personals I'd start here: keep a separate email for it.

The mistake I see repeated with old yahoo personals is people judge it on the first evening.

Someone in another old yahoo personals thread recommended another free option, so I gave it a week.

Ian avatar
Joined: Dec 2023
Messages: 3947
#10

Used old yahoo personals for the first handful of matches. What the follow-through looked like was stronger at the weekend.

Most of my results on old yahoo personals came down to one habit — write a bio that says something checkable.

The trap with old yahoo personals is that it is easy to write a bio that could belong to anyone.

Is anyone getting different results from old yahoo personals, particularly on how many of the profiles are still active?

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