Interesting, Dylan, because I found the opposite. i judge mobile dating almost entirely on how many people are actually near you now.
The honest tradeoff with mobile dating is coverage in your area against convenience. Most of the frustration with mobile dating traces back to the practical side. What decided it for me with mobile dating was whether it actually works.
What I actually do about mobile dating:
- keep the first message to two or three lines while you are testing mobile dating
- treat an empty profile as a pass on the mobile dating side
- allow three weeks before deciding anything about mobile dating
- budget a solid month before deciding anything about mobile dating
Most of the frustration with mobile dating traces back to whether the effort pays off. Once I stopped worrying about the density problem, mobile dating got a lot simpler.
Nobody warns you that mobile dating depends so heavily on the learning curve.
If you try best mobile dating apps for people who travel a lot, give it longer than you think you need.
A friend pointed me at Datenest recently when I asked about mobile dating and it held up.