August 2026
Swipe Fatigue: The Personal Ad, Reinvented by Accident
Tinder, Bumble, and Facebook are all fighting burnout the same way: teaching daters to say what they want in words. That format has a name.
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July 2026
Dating Spreadsheets: The Personal Ad, Built Backward
Daters are tracking prospects in spreadsheets and scoring apps. The columns they build are a personal ad, reconstructed backward through fieldwork.
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July 2026
Date Me Docs: The Personal Ad, Reborn in a Google Doc
Daters are writing long-form profiles in Google Docs. Where the trend came from, why it works, and the one thing a doc can’t give you: an audience.
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June 2026
How to Write a Personal Ad That Sounds Like You
The hard part is getting the first version down. How to start: one true detail, the one thing you actually want, in your own words.
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June 2026
Personal Ad Post Stats: Views, Replies & Audience
See how your personal ad is performing: your views, messages, reply rate, and who you are reaching, by age, distance, and gender.
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June 2026
AseeksB Personals Report: Growth and Reach
Original data on how a free, text-first personals app is growing: install growth through spring 2026, and signups across 87 countries.
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May 2026
The Best Craigslist Personals Alternatives in 2026
Craigslist Personals shut down in 2018. Here’s what made it work, what it didn’t do well, and what the best alternatives look like now.
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May 2026
How to Get More Replies to Your Personal Ad
Posted and heard nothing? See whether anyone is actually viewing your ad, and how to write one that gets answered.
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March 2026
Personal Ads Are Back, and Everyone Is Noticing
The New York Times, Today, and New York Magazine have all covered the same story. Here’s what they found and why it makes sense.
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August 2025
Casual Encounters: Where to Post One Online
Craigslist Casual Encounters is gone. What a casual encounter is, where to post one now, and how to stay safe.
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July 2025
Missed Connections: How to Post One Online
Craigslist Missed Connections is gone. What a missed connection is, where to post one now, and how to write one that gets found.
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March 2025
Personal Ads vs. Swipe Dating Apps: What’s the Difference?
They’re not stylistic variations on the same product. They’re fundamentally different formats with different strengths and different assumptions about how people should find each other.
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February 2025
Free Personal Ads: Post One Online
How personal ads work, how to write one, and where to post a free, text-first ad where you choose who sees it.
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