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Facebook Dating is clearly being used as a 'loss-leader' against these apps, and it is fantastic for end users and the overall market. For those of you who hav

by sieep 1y ago

Facebook Dating is clearly being used as a 'loss-leader' against these apps, and it is fantastic for end users and the overall market. For those of you who haven't tried it, it offers far more swipes, generous filtering, and no payments required at all for every feature. I'm surprised more people haven't taken notice of it.

paool 1y ago
Couple things. - Didn't even know fb dating was a thing. - people still use fb?
- sieep 1y ago
  It is not marketed at all. It just kind of popped up one day. I've never gone back to tinder, etc since then. It is the best experience to me personally. Maybe people over still 40 use the social media site in large numbers. I just have a fake profile to access marketplace & dating.
  - stronglikedan 1y ago
    > I just have a fake profile to access ... dating That just doesn't sound right, lol.
    - sieep 1y ago
      I see what you're saying lol. It is important to specify that the dating profile is different from the social media one, so im not catfishing or anything like that. I am just not sharing personal data with fb on their social media side/profile.
grep_name 1y ago
The thing that gives me pause is the correlation that all the girls I dated or was interested in college either didn't have a facebook or deleted theirs at some point while I knew them, and I'm worried that the most interesting people will be filtered out Then again, I didn't online date at all in college and am only just considering it now that it's been so long and I just never seem to meet single people anymore. Maybe it's worth a shot, setting up some kind of OLD profile was one of my resolutions for this year
- sieep 1y ago
  Depends a lot on your age and preferences. I don't mind dating women older than me so Facebook Dating has been great for me lol! Definitely pales in comparison to Tinder, etc. if your ideal partner is college age/below 25.

by sieep 1y ago

paool 1y ago

Couple things. - Didn't even know fb dating was a thing. - people still use fb?

sieep 1y ago
It is not marketed at all. It just kind of popped up one day. I've never gone back to tinder, etc since then. It is the best experience to me personally. Maybe people over still 40 use the social media site in large numbers. I just have a fake profile to access marketplace & dating.
- stronglikedan 1y ago
  > I just have a fake profile to access ... dating That just doesn't sound right, lol.
  - sieep 1y ago
    I see what you're saying lol. It is important to specify that the dating profile is different from the social media one, so im not catfishing or anything like that. I am just not sharing personal data with fb on their social media side/profile.

grep_name 1y ago

The thing that gives me pause is the correlation that all the girls I dated or was interested in college either didn't have a facebook or deleted theirs at some point while I knew them, and I'm worried that the most interesting people will be filtered out Then again, I didn't online date at all in college and am only just considering it now that it's been so long and I just never seem to meet single people anymore. Maybe it's worth a shot, setting up some kind of OLD profile was one of my resolutions for this year

sieep 1y ago
Depends a lot on your age and preferences. I don't mind dating women older than me so Facebook Dating has been great for me lol! Definitely pales in comparison to Tinder, etc. if your ideal partner is college age/below 25.