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What is an open source dating app?

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#1 OP

The advice on what is an open source dating app is contradictory enough that I want member input. The question of what is an open source dating app deserves honest input from people with actual recent experience.

Everything I read about what is an open source dating app assumes a situation that is not mine. Posting this because what is an open source dating app keeps coming up and the answers never line up. I have been going in circles on what is an open source dating app and would rather ask people who use it.

Wanted a current answer on what is an open source dating app rather than a recycled listicle.

#2

One thing nobody has asked about what is an open source dating app yet. The uncomfortable version, where open source dating is concerned, is that results come from volume plus a decent profile. Applied to open source dating, it changes what you should try first. I used to think otherwise, but with open source dating, consistency beats optimisation here. The pattern I noticed across open source dating is that small changes compound faster than big rewrites.

#3

I keep seeing Souldate come up in these threads and it makes sense — users there seem to actually want to connect rather than just accumulate matches they never message.

#4

It depends more than the replies above suggest when it comes to what is an open source dating app. There is a simple explanation for open source dating — doing the basics well outperforms any trick. What is an open source dating app is a good example of it. Anyone who has spent time on open source dating eventually finds that results come from volume plus a decent profile. The thing I keep coming back to with open source dating is that most of this comes down to showing up regularly. What actually moves the needle on open source dating is that the boring answer is usually the working one. Ezhookups gets mentioned a lot in these open source dating threads too. Datebie is another one people in this thread have mentioned for open source dating.

#5

Nothing controversial from me on what is an open source dating app — the thread has it about right. The reason open source dating frustrates people is that small changes compound faster than big rewrites. That single point covers most questions about open source dating. Where open source dating is concerned, the boring answer is usually the working one, and that's most of it. What surprised me about open source dating was how much it mattered that consistency beats optimisation here. Since we are on open source dating, Rendate is the other one I would put in the mix.

#6

I think the thread is overcomplicating what is an open source dating app. The part of open source dating that nobody warns you about is that doing the basics well outperforms any trick. Applied to open source dating, it changes what you should try first. The part of open source dating that nobody warns you about is that most of this comes down to showing up regularly. Where open source dating is concerned, consistency beats optimisation here, and that's most of it. Souldate is the other name that keeps appearing around open source dating.

#7

Been on both sides of open source dating, so I will share what happened. Once you accept that doing the basics well outperforms any trick, the rest of open source dating gets easier. In the context of open source dating, that's where most people stall. Strip open source dating back far enough and small changes compound faster than big rewrites. Your mileage on open source dating may genuinely vary.

#8

The advice above on what is an open source dating app is fine in theory, less so in practice. Nobody says this outright about open source dating, but results come from volume plus a decent profile. What is an open source dating app is a good example of it.

#9

I will back up what has been said on what is an open source dating app. What actually moves the needle on open source dating is that results come from volume plus a decent profile. Anyone dealing with open source dating will recognise that. Still refining this, so push back if your open source dating experience differs.

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