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Is the friends dating app strictly for finding buddies?

Started by Lauren09 May 2026Dating Apps & Sites6 replies
Lauren avatar
Joined: May 2024
Messages: 3269
#1

Starting a thread on friends dating app strictly for finding buddies because the search results are useless.

Nobody writing about friends dating app seems willing to say whether the swipe volume translates into conversation.

What matters more than the feature list on friends dating app is whether the swipe volume translates into conversation.

Tell me if friends dating app strictly for finding buddies isn't worth the effort and I will drop it.

Cam1990 avatar
Joined: Jun 2023
Messages: 847
#2

Ran friends dating app alongside two others for the first week — what I ended up with was behind on everything except volume.

The fix that worked on friends dating app was simple enough — say what you're looking for in plain words.

Nobody writing about friends dating app seems willing to say whether the matching does anything you can notice.

For me the bit nobody mentions with friends dating app is how many of the profiles are still active.

Sarah avatar
Joined: Jan 2020
Messages: 5329
#3

Ran friends dating app alongside two others for the first few days — what the numbers looked like was behind on everything except volume.

What helped most with friends dating app was that I made a point to set your expectations before you start swiping.

Nobody writing about friends dating app seems willing to say how many of the profiles are still active.

What matters more than the feature list on friends dating app is how the pool looks outside the big metros.

A friend pointed me at Ezhookups's free tier when I asked about friends dating app; the sign-up was free and quick.

Jason Miller avatar
Joined: Jun 2025
Messages: 846
#4

My experience with friends dating app over a month of steady use: what the follow-through looked like was flat once the novelty wears off.

If you take one thing from this thread on friends dating app: use a photo that shows your face clearly.

If anyone has tested friends dating app properly, I want to know how the pool looks outside the big metros.

What matters more than the feature list on dating app is what the daily limits feel like in use.

For me the detail that took longest to learn with dating app is how many of the profiles are still active.

The part I keep getting stuck on with dating app is what the daily limits feel like in use.

Sarah Cooper avatar
Joined: Jul 2021
Messages: 845
#5

Came back to friends dating app after a break. Over a full weekend, how the pattern went wasn'ticeably thinner than in a big city.

The single change that improved friends dating app for me was deciding to set your expectations before you start swiping.

Where I went wrong with friends dating app was that I'd ignore how long ago someone was online.

Someone in another friends dating app thread recommended what Datebie does, so I gave it a week.

MikeD avatar
Joined: Mar 2025
Messages: 845
#6

Only had the first month with friends dating app, but what the numbers looked like was about what you would guess.

With friends dating app I would start here: say what you are looking for in plain words.

The trap with friends dating app is that it's easy to write a bio that could belong to anyone.

Nicole Carter avatar
Joined: May 2025
Messages: 847
#7

After a couple of evenings with friends dating app, what the logs showed was better than I expected.

Before writing friends dating app off, try this: give it a full week before judging it.

Do not expect the algorithm to do the work — that is what cost me the first month on friends dating app.

Tried Datingfly (datingfly.online) alongside it while working out friends dating app — different pool, same free messaging.

Try it instead of researching friends dating app

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