This place has 2 goals. One is for agnostics/atheists the second part is for dating.
I looked at some of the available men within a 50 mi radius and find mostly men wanting to meet other men. So I'm competing vs other women, wives, other men, busy workers, and that leaves me about 1% of whatever is leftover. Why?? LOL
half the site isn't for agnostics and atheists. the whole site is. only part of it is for dating, as you say.
meanwhile, the fact that this site is partly for dating leads people to treat it like other dating sites, dedicated dating sites, where you write a profile and put up a picture and hope someone contacts you, and you look at other people's profiles and pictures and hope you find someone you like and that they respond if you get up the nerve to contact him. but the truth is, this site is better than that if you know how to use it, because the community side is where you get to know people. you will never get to know someone from a profile and a picture. from the posts and comments you will, at least a little, more than from the profiles and pictures anyway. and you can actually make friends that way, and sometimes that turns into something more. local? well... good luck. it's a big world. but you say you looked at some of the available local men. that's not going to give you a good picture. anyway, good luck.
g
This sums it up!
I'm not focused on dating ... I'm open to it, but not focused on it, so i probably have a way different perspective. But, participating in posts and chats is probably a good way of meeting people?
The people i have regular interactions with on AG have been great. It is what you make of it.
You're not competing with men. Men looking for men are not interested in women. No competition there.
Explains why I have so many guys hovering my profile ? but yeah even though I’m not looking I can see that this place is a pretty awkward for a dating site.
So I wish you luck and maybe something other than a rainbow trout might swim by one day. ??
Bro. So true
Huh. Personally, I read comments and sometimes check out profiles of both men and women to see what they are about. BTW, I like rainbow trout, especially out of the Arkansas river in the days of my youth up in Rockies.
@Coppersmith1965 Mmmmmm, rainbow trout cooked in a cast iron skillet over a campfire next to the river.
I am 70 miles south of you and there is only a small dating pool here. Take away the guys wearing camouflage and the bible thumpers and there is nothing left. I have volunteered for several organizations, taken classes, etc., and have found making friends and meeting potential mates impossible. Looking forward to relocation.
I feel your pain. My area has a very small pool of women who are my age on this site and contacting them has been a waste of time. Plus, no new members to that pool in the last 12 months, so obviously no advertising is reaching women my age in my area.
At least you have available people near you in <50 miles. Come to BFE Tennessee and see what you're options are! lol
@K9Kohle789 "another black hole to fall in" - sounds like my cheating slut of an ex wife!
I have my own Chinook. So distance is not a problem. (Just sayin, should you need a lift)
i may need a lift.... to... um.... can i just get a ride???
Finish filling out your profile, specify you are a female looking for a Male! I get No such silliness because I clicked the correct boxes.
There's nobody for me either from this site in my area. I'm as fed up with it as you. Paid sites are the only other real option, at least for me, of meeting anyone.
or you could participate in activities you enjoy and meet like-minded people in real life??
@Lillyfield41 Already tried it for two years, never meet anyone to date. I'm already doing the activities that interest me. Not interested in wasting time going to ones that don't interest me when it won't increase my chances of meeting someone to date. Those activities don't have any single women that aren't already on Match. I know, because I have checked the Meetup.com groups for those activities and saw the same women from Match listed as members of these groups. Don't assume when you haven't done the research....
@TomMcGiverin I've done paid sites and this site and have gone to meet ups. i don't think i'm actively looking for someone to date. i also have been successful at meeting like-minded individuals close to me with similar interests by doing things. i'm not assuming. i suggested an alternative to looking exclusively online.
I spent a lot of years in Volusia County. I'm surprised we didn't meet.
@K9Kohle789 I can't find that story online. I left the News-Journal in 2010, when the court-ordered sale went through.