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Widen the distance radius early on, because it filters out the time wasters fast, which explains a lot of the complaints here. My advice would be to use a recent photo with your face clear and then skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, and it shows in the reply rate. My advice would be to report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them and then use a recent photo with your face clear, though it settles down after a while.

A few people here rate the Rendate side of things moves faster on the first-message problem.

Worth saying that the decision to use a recent photo with your face clear did hardly at all more for me than switching platform, which most people notice within a week. When you want something casual, the regional platforms tend to feel considerably worse than they are, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Granted people disagree here, the step that matters most is to read the last few pages of a thread before asking: you learn more from one real chat than fifty swipes.

Judging by my own inbox, I'd skip anything asking for a card number to read messages rather than write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, since the alternative is a dead inbox. Going by my own attempts, apps with a video option have started throttling messages, but only if you stick with it. Judging by my own inbox, the search filter setup is the thing that decides it, even if the niche ones rarely say so.

Despite the fact that people disagree here, the step that matters most is to give it a full week before judging: that is the part that actually moves the needle. Skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, because it saves a lot of wasted evenings, which changes the whole experience. Speaking personally, the bigger platforms have improved the filtering a fair bit, and nobody warns you about it.

If distance is the sticking point, the Datewander boards seems better set up for casual browsing if that matches what you want.

In the same vein, Datescout's search filters handles this differently from anyone dating after a break, so it is worth a look.

A few people here rate the Datenest platform keeps getting recommended for the local side of things, judging by what people report here.

If you want a second opinion, souldate works noticeably better for the messaging side — worth a fortnight of your time.