Plures is Out: My Dating App Created for Polyamorous People

My Plures app was created for polyamorous people. Will enough people find it to populate it?

From the very beginning, I designed my dating application to be published under multiple niche themes. After all, not everyone is looking for "ordinary love"; some people are seeking something slightly different from the norm. If someone is polyamorous—representing any of its branches—it is extremely difficult for them to date on a mainstream dating app, because 99% of the time they will encounter people with different mindsets who usually respond with negative reactions when told what they are looking for. And all this while having to fight their way through thousands of fake profiles before even reaching real, flesh-and-blood users who end up rejecting them 99% of the time anyway. Let's not forget that one of the biggest tragedies of the modern internet is that dating apps, from the wildly popular ones to the lesser-known, are completely ruined by the Nigerian scammer mafia. You know, the ones creating fake profiles in industrial quantities, flooding every dating platform that allows free access. I might write another blog post about this phenomenon later.

The bottom line is that anyone who isn't looking for classic romance and belongs to a niche group—like polyamory—has a very hard time. I aim to provide a platform for these people to connect with my Plures app. "Plures" is a Latin term meaning "more" or "several," which I think perfectly describes what polyamorous people are looking for: having more than two people in a relationship. The specific setup, dynamics, and set of rules are always unique, but cooperation among more than two individuals is a fundamental premise for all polyamorous relationships.

The question is, will these people find the Plures app? And if so, will they be willing to pay a minimal fee that (besides keeping me fueled with coffee) keeps scammers away? And if they do, will they understand that there aren't millions of users in the app simply because it is a niche app designed for a specific community while keeping fake accounts out—meaning it's practically guaranteed that, even in a best-case scenario, there will only be a few hundred active users at a time?

I hope so. We'll see. Maybe I'll share my experiences in a future post later on.