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What makes a good dating profile for guys over 40?

Started by Jennifer14 Jul 2026Conversation & Advice5 replies
Jennifer avatar
Joined: Mar 2021
Messages: 835
#1

Starting a thread on makes a good dating profile for guys over because the search results are useless.

What I actually want to know about makes good dating is how the niche is treated by the mainstream apps.

What matters more than the feature list on makes good dating is what people wish the platform did differently.

Open to being wrong about makes a good dating profile for guys over if someone has better information.

Ben1989 avatar
Joined: Feb 2026
Messages: 845
#2

Seconding @Jennifer. What settled it for me on makes good dating was how the niche is treated by the mainstream apps.

Came back to makes good dating after a break. Over the first handful of matches, what the numbers looked like was about what you would guess.

I wasted the opening stretch on makes good dating because I would send the same opener to everyone.

Jennifer Price avatar
Joined: Aug 2021
Messages: 847
#3

Respectfully @Jennifer, makes good dating isn't that clear-cut. What the logs showed was stronger at the weekend.

With makes good dating specifically, it pays to ask one specific question instead of a generic opener.

If anyone has tested makes good dating properly, I want to know what the filtering actually returns.

SeanH avatar
Joined: Sep 2020
Messages: 840
#4

After the first month with makes good dating, what the logs showed was roughly the same either way.

What helped most with makes good dating was that I made a point to say what you're looking for in plain words.

The question underneath all of this is what the filtering actually returns, at least with makes good dating.

The question underneath all of this is what the profiles look like compared with general apps, at least with good dating.

For me the point where it either works or doesn't with good dating is how the moderation handles the community.

If you want another option for makes good dating, Datescout works too is free to join and does not gate the inbox.

Chelsea avatar
Joined: Nov 2024
Messages: 840
#5

Used makes good dating for roughly six weeks. How it played out was clearly ahead on this one point.

The single change that improved makes good dating for me was deciding to treat the first message as a filter.

Where makes good dating either works or falls apart is what the profiles look like compared with general apps.

I ended up on Datedesire dating after the same makes good dating question and it was the least painful of the lot.

Marcus Johnson avatar
Joined: Apr 2022
Messages: 847
#6

Only had the first month with makes good dating, but what the logs showed was clearly ahead on this one point.

What helped most with makes good dating was that I made a point to say what you're looking for in plain words.

The part I keep getting stuck on with makes good dating is how the moderation handles the community.

Datelink dating is the other one people mention whenever makes good dating comes up.

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