This is one of many reasons Tinder sucks. But I do have a friend who married a man she met on Tinder.
I donāt have much sympathy for women who complain they have too many guys with disposable income to choose from, TBH
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Well if the pool of potential partners is too small (say the only people you know are your relatives), thatās a problem. But if the pool is too large (say youāre viewed as incredibly hot, even by or especially by people who know nothing about you) that could lead to a painful process too to find a good match.
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Hot girls have an easier time finding a match than the rest of us. I could have sympathy for ugly girls
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As I mentioned, this may not make it easier for them to find the right match.
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As i implied, it isnt easy for any of us. My point was that as hard as it may be for them, it is at least as hard for the rest of us to find the right match
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No disagreement here. Itās hard to find a good match!
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I need to hit the gym. If i were hotter Iād have more choices 
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Donāt overdo it! Then youād be stuck fighting off all the bad matches who would see nothing but your hotness.
At least this is what I tell myself when I donāt hit the gym. 
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Itās been years since Iāve been used for my body, wouldnt mind the nostalgia!
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@Andrew0409 any hints from an industry insider? My best guess is that tinder is number one, and then long time nothing.
āGoodā is probably dependent on what you are looking for. Sorry Iām out of this game (forever I hope), so not much direct help from me. Also the Google app store statistics seem absolutely useless, since they donāt even mention tinder.
Below are the ones Iāve heard about more or less recently, but only for few of those I have a tiny bit of info from users:
Tinder: Probably by far the largest user base, thus no problem finding English speakers. Free, but some guys seem to prefer to pay to stand out.
Skout: Smaller user base, but more diverse (including many south-east asians). Some English speaking, many not. Free. Location information often wrong. Some fake users, many of which allegedly seem to start conversations with āHiā.
Tantan: no idea, but allegedly popular here
Paktor: no idea, but allegedly somewhat popular here
Badoo, Bumble, OkCupid, iPair: no idea how popular in Taiwan
Lovoo: seems not to be a thing in Taiwan
Sweetring: no idea, but allegedly popular and more in direction of long term relationships. Likely no English user interface and probably less English speaking people.
Several targeted gay and lesbian dating apps. I donāt have any recent info on which one is recommendable except for āHersā. Seems to have plenty users, is free, and one can find English speakers. For gay, Grindr seems to be not too unpopular.
Honourable mention, or rather joke for Oldtimers 
Adultfriendfinder: no idea if that is still a thing. Used to be known as āForumosa after darkā, if anyone remembers 
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I donāt know anymore. Out of that game for a few years now haha
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Burnt out on all of the dating apps, I decided to try somethingā¦
A dating app where Iām the only guy available.
Donāt bother signing up, because you canāt 
Unless youāre a woman of course. (And eh, Iām sure youāre not 
)
The only way this works is if someone like Apple Daily does an article about it because Iām not going to run ads or anything ha. This seems right up their alley though ā a foreigner doing something weird and stupidā¦
Help a guy out and give it five stars?
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Bumble is picking up fast here. Unique in that only girls can make the first move after matching.
Is about the market.
Tinder is for āMeetā so the Taiwan girls are not all looking for foreigners, so donāt care about use English.
If you want a Taiwanese girl that speaks English go to the apps where THEY will go to find only Foreigners
SKOUT. Is free, here you have 50% taiwanese girls and 50% Asian girls workers in taiwan ( Philippines, Vietnamese, Japanese,Korean)
50% looking for Serious Date, 50% to ādessertā only
Friggin genius. Iād give you 5 stars but Iām not about to be caught reviewing dating apps.
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Hey guys, wasnāt sure if this is the right thread or not but need some advice about Tinder/Bumble etc. For context, I originally moved over to Taiwan just before COVID hit with my then-wife. Iām a 30 year old white dude from Australia and had been with my wife since 20 (no experience with dating apps at all). Anyway, I divorced just recently and decided to try all this stuff.
In the past 1-2 days Iāve gotten 30 matches on Tinder (25 plus 5 likes) and 33 on Bumble. Bumble requires the girls to message you first which they mostly have and on Tinder around 14/15 messaged me first. I get that in Taiwan I might stand out more but is this normal? Iāve been out of the dating game so long I have no idea if Iām even good-looking (Iām ridden with anxiety so I honestly donāt know).
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Canāt help you before you post your photo here.
Just kidding. Standing out a lot, like for example being blonde with blue eyes, might boost your popularity with people that are very visually oriented and into that.
Yes, it seems getting matches is not very hard. For Tinder, some people here posted that getting and keeping a chat going seems to be much more of a challenge.
Also be aware that some users just want followers for their social media accounts, or are fake, or might want to sell something (maybe even sexual services). Over time you will learn to weed those out. For example: Accounts that have their line ID or a line QR code in their profile are very likely not genuine.
The main two points that I would suggest for you:
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Be nice and genuine. Enough assholes out there already, taking popularity for granted and treating locals bad. Giving foreigners a very bad reputation.
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Donāt be too fast, thoroughly think before committing.
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30 and 30 matches in a day? Iām honestly not sure as a married dude myself but even with the foreign guy boost it seems above average. Maybe you need to have more confidence in yourself? Youāre probably a handsome dude in the first place.
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Bear in mind that you get an awful lot of dross on ALL dating sites/apps. 29 out of 30 will be as @olm said: theyāre on there to sell you something (possibly themselves) or are out to defraud you in some way. Have a few conversations with your matches and youāll quickly figure out what percentage are normal human beings.
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