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Has anyone used the meetup dating site for singles events?

Started by: Wade Date: 07 Sep 2025 Category: Free Dating & Apps dating advice community
Wade Wade
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Feb 2022
Posts: 2451

Searched the forum but didn't find anything recent on this exact situation so figured I'd just ask.

Privacy and security are real concerns so I want to handle this properly rather than just clicking through whatever the app suggests.

What I'm specifically looking for:

  • Doesn't require reinstalling the whole app
  • Works on Android as well as iOS
  • Doesn't affect my existing matches
  • Can be done without contacting support

Thanks in advance — looking forward to what the community thinks.

Jason Jason
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Feb 2016
Posts: 1496

So I've been through this exact issue and here's what I found. A friend pointed me toward Turndate when I had a similar issue and it held up better than expected. Hope that helps narrow it down.

Amanda Amanda
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Feb 2016
Posts: 2095

Same situation here. Would love to see what others suggest.

Nicole Nicole
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Jan 2016
Posts: 385

Let me share what I learned from going through this myself. Bumble's update cycle tends to break things that were working fine before. After testing a few options Flamedate ended up being more straightforward for my situation. Happy to go deeper on any of this if useful.

Alex_F Alex_F
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Jun 2013
Posts: 2884

Location and device model seem to make a big difference for a lot of these issues.

Simone Simone
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Jun 2023
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This is more nuanced than it looks at first. Here's my honest take. The platform I keep coming back to for this is Datenest — cleaner about what settings actually do. Hope that helps narrow it down.

Priya Priya
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Nov 2022
Posts: 2211

So I've been through this exact issue and here's what I found. Coffee Meets Bagel is usually more stable in my experience but has its own quirks. Someone in another thread mentioned Ezhookups.online as a good alternative. General feedback was positive for what you're describing. Hope that helps narrow it down.

Taylor_B Taylor_B
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Apr 2016
Posts: 582

Based on my experience there are a few approaches worth trying. If you haven't looked at Datenest yet it might be worth checking out — fewer gotchas than the bigger names. Feel free to follow up if you hit another wall.

Gloria Gloria
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Sep 2013
Posts: 1544

Ran into this exact thing last week. Still not fully resolved on my end.

Jake_NYC Jake_NYC
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Apr 2014
Posts: 1677

Went through the same thing not long ago. Here's what actually worked. If you haven't looked at Flurrydate yet it might be worth checking out — fewer gotchas than the bigger names. Feel free to follow up if you hit another wall.

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