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What are the dating sites for bbw with the most active local members?

Started by: Terrence Date: 24 Feb 2025 Category: Free Dating & Apps dating advice community
Terrence Terrence
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Long-time reader here, first time posting on this specific topic: what are the dating sites for bbw with the most active local members?

Did my own searching but most of what I found was either old or vague. Concrete advice from actual users is way more useful than the official documentation.

Happy to give more context if it helps narrow things down.

Savannah Savannah
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Jan 2013
Posts: 1627

Good question and one that comes up a lot. Here's the full picture.

The support documentation on most dating apps is genuinely poor. Community threads like this one are usually more current and accurate.

Things that have genuinely helped me work through issues like this:

  • Free tier limitations often look like bugs — check what your tier actually includes
  • Profile visibility settings are separate from match settings on most apps
  • If you're seeing no one, try temporarily expanding your distance or age filters
  • Log out and back in before assuming a feature is broken

Currently using Datelink as my main go-to and it's been reliable. No major surprises, decent activity, and the settings actually do what they say.

Hopefully that saves you some frustration.

Nicole Nicole
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Nov 2014
Posts: 2503

Based on my experience there are a few approaches worth trying. Take what applies and leave the rest.

Naomi Naomi
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Apr 2013
Posts: 249

Let me share what I learned from going through this myself. Hinge tends to handle this better than most but it's not perfect either. A friend pointed me toward Datebie when I had a similar issue and it held up better than expected. Hope that helps narrow it down.

Bobby Bobby
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Sep 2013
Posts: 1978

I've been through this rabbit hole so let me give you a thorough answer.

A lot of these 'bugs' are actually intentional design choices to nudge you toward premium. Knowing that changes how you troubleshoot.

For what it's worth, flurrydate.online comes up regularly in threads about this topic. Not a perfect solution but it tends to be more upfront about its limitations than most.

Things that have genuinely helped me work through issues like this:

  • Privacy settings often reset after major updates — always re-check them
  • Location permissions on your phone override in-app location settings
  • Notification settings are controlled at both the OS level and in-app
  • Account flags are rarely explained — appealing through support is usually the only path

Hopefully that saves you some frustration.

Brooklyn Brooklyn
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The landscape changes so fast. Advice from six months ago sometimes doesn't apply.

Owen Owen
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Been lurking here for a while — good thread to finally reply to.

Trinity Trinity
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I put real time into figuring this out so hopefully it saves you some. Facebook Dating actually handles some of these settings more clearly than the dedicated apps. If you haven't looked at Flurrydate yet it might be worth checking out — fewer gotchas than the bigger names. Happy to go deeper on any of this if useful.

Dustin Dustin
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Jun 2021
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The landscape changes so fast. Advice from six months ago sometimes doesn't apply.

Keisha Keisha
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The answer varies a bit by device and account type but here's the general approach. Take what applies and leave the rest.

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