What Active Now, Nearby and Top Soul Mean on Boo

Active Now means the person was active on Boo in the last 30 minutes, and Nearby means they are within 1 km of you. New Soul means they signed up in the past 7 days, and Compatible Personality means your personality types are compatible. Top Soul means the user ranks highly on how complete their page is and on other factors Boo weighs.

Active Now means she used Boo in the last 30 minutes. It is the most useful tag on the list, because it tells you when to act.

The badge does not tell you whether she is online now or reading your message.

So when you see Active Now on someone you like, do not save her for later. Send the heart or the message then, and keep Boo open for a few minutes in case she answers. A conversation where both people are on the app at the same time moves quickly, and quick is exactly what gets you from a first line to a plan.

Nearby means Boo places her within 1 km of your location. That is walking distance.

The Nearby tag is a distance label, not proof of where she is right now. Boo says blue location text marks Teleport use. That can make the location shown differ from where the user is.

Use it in the plan, not the opener. Leading with "I can see you're close by" feels odd from a stranger. But once the conversation is going well, being near each other makes the ask easy: "There's a good wine bar ten minutes from here. Thursday?" A date that is a short walk away is an easy date to say yes to.

New Soul means she signed up in the past 7 days. The badge says when she joined, not how often she uses the app.

A recent signup does not tell you how many requests she has received. Be one of the good ones: specific, friendly and not pushy.

This tag means your two personality types fit well together. Boo gives its users personality types, so this tag hands you an easy first line.

Use it lightly. "Apparently we're compatible. I'll need some evidence." works better than a paragraph about what your types mean. It turns a label into a small game, and a small game is easy to answer.

Do not treat it as a verdict, either way. Compatible types on paper do not promise chemistry over a drink, and plenty of good dates happen between types that do not get the tag. It is a reason to start a conversation, nothing more.

Top Soul means the user ranks highly on profile completion and other factors. Boo's FAQ does not list the other factors or explain how the rank is set.

That does not tell you how many profile views, likes or replies she gets. Ask about a detail on her profile. Do more than say "hey".

Boo says profile completion is one factor in Top Soul rankings. It does not say that filling every field raises your own rank. Answer Boo's questions in your own words. a dating coach's advice on written answers is that being boring is the real danger: a page that is merely acceptable gets lost among all the other acceptable pages. A full profile gives her more to comment on.

Tags are useful for deciding who to message first and when. They do not tell you whether she will like you. That still comes down to your first photo, what you wrote, and the first thing you say to her.

Use Active Now to pick your moment, Nearby to shape the plan, New Soul and Top Soul to judge how much effort a first message needs, and Compatible Personality for an easy opening line. Then write something that is actually about her.