Signing up to BlackPeopleMeet is a breeze. All it takes is an email address, username, and birthday, and you’re in. Then you can finish filling in the details of your profile (i.e. a little about me, personality questions, and top interests), or you can skip ahead and start searching for a match. It’s up to you.
One step you shouldn’t skip — especially if you’re serious about meeting someone online — is uploading a profile picture. This is technically optional, but, real talk, no one is going to message someone who doesn’t have a picture. That’s way too sketchy. You can distinguish yourself from the spammers by adding at least one decent picture of yourself. BlackPeopleMeet even offers to choose a photo from Facebook to make things easier on you. According to the dating site, profiles with photos receive 10 times as much attention as profiles without photos, so it may be worth scrolling through your gallery to find a good headshot.
You should also carefully consider what you put in the open-ended tell-us-about-yourself section (which is also optional, by the way). BlackPeopleMeet provides example answers to give new members inspiration, but feel free to make it your own. You should make sure whatever you say accurately reflects who you are and what you’re looking for on the site.
BlackPeopleMeet invites new users to take their pick of pre-scripted greetings, which range in topics from sporty to witty and from ambitious to artistic. You can select the one that speaks to your personality and interests. This greeting will be visible to potential matches and provide a starting point for a flirtatious conversation.
Of course, you won’t be able to send that message unless you’re a paid subscriber on the site. Only members with one-month, three-month, or six-month subscription plans (these plans renew automatically, so watch out) can read or send messages on BlackPeopleMeet. Paid members can also see any favorites, flirts, or likes that come their way. And they can buy a bundle of tokens to access premium features, such as profile highlights and virtual gifts.
Naturally, online daters want to know how safe a dating platform is before joining. You don’t want to waste time on a sketchy site full of fake profiles. Not to worry — BlackPeopleMeet is one of the good ones.
BlackPeopleMeet wouldn’t have been able to cultivate the largest database of African-American singles if it wasn’t a safe and secure place to date. The dating site’s team actively policies its network and keeps an eye out for fraudulent profiles or photos, which will be removed from the platform. Members can also report or block profiles that exhibit unwanted or suspicious behavior.
On its website, BlackPeopleMeet urges its members to take proper safety precautions and uphold the standards of the dating site. User safety is a high priority for the site’s administrators, who recommend never sharing personal information with anyone you recently met online. BlackPeopleMeet further directs its members to help and support lines in case of emergency.
People on BlackPeopleMeet often don’t use their real names, so it’s important to look out for red flags and make sure you’re making good judgment calls throughout your online dating experience.
