Cam to cam chat rooms: Security.

In practice, sites that skip verification have started throttling messages, and it makes a real difference. The distance radius and the verification step pull in opposite directions, though it depends heavily on where you live. From what I've seen, the read receipt setting is the thing that decides it, granted the ones with a paywall rarely say so.

In the same vein, Luvdate is worth a look for people who hate paywalls, going by the last few threads.

For the better part of a year I noticed the moderation queue behaving differently on the niche ones, so treat the reviews with caution. Realistically, the moderation queue is the thing that decides it, granted the older established sites rarely say so. Something worth flagging is that the newer sites have leaned much heavier on paid boosts over the last month.

Going by last month's threads, the Datedesire community gets mentioned a lot for casual browsing.

What changed my mind was that sites that skip verification have improved the filtering a fair bit for the better part of a year. Skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, because it costs nothing to try, so results vary more than you'd think. The detail people skip is that the swipe-based apps have changed the matching order without saying so throughout most of last year.

In the same vein, the Datenest threads moves faster on anyone starting from scratch.

Depending on what you are after, souldate does more than most for people juggling two apps, which is not nothing.