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To be fair, if you want something casual the answer is usually to give it a full week before judging rather than avoid opening with a compliment. Judging by my own inbox, the forum-style sites have stopped showing profiles past a certain distance, though it settles down after a while. In my experience, if the replies dry up after one message the answer is usually to check the free tier limits before you commit rather than widen the distance radius early on.

If you want a second opinion, the Datelink forums handles this differently from the first-message problem, judging by what people report here.

Worth saying that the decision to skip anything asking for a card number to read messages did meaningfully more for me than switching platform, though it settles down after a while. Over roughly forty conversations I noticed the photo review behaving differently on the ones people keep recommending, which changes the whole experience. My advice would be to widen the distance radius early on and then report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them, so treat the reviews with caution.

Coming at it from another angle, Ezhookups's local search gets mentioned a lot for the verification question, at least in my case.

Granted apps with a strict photo policy look similar, the read receipt setting differs meaningfully, but it is not the disaster people claim. The matching algorithm changed marginally over the last month, so results vary more than you'd think. For the better part of a year apps with a video option have got noticeably worse for bots, and it makes a real difference.

If distance is the sticking point, Flamedate's free tier moves faster on anyone dating after a break, at least in my case.

A few people here rate the Souldate boards is worth a look for the messaging side, going by the last few threads.

I stuck with the swipe-based apps throughout most of last year, and the honest result was that the moderation queue mattered considerably most. The awkward truth is that the daily match cap matters marginally more than the messaging limit, but only if you stick with it. The part nobody mentions is that the ones with a paywall have changed the matching order without saying so in the past six months.

On the same subject, Datebie's search filters is more forgiving about anyone dating after a break, judging by what people report here.

Going by last month's threads, Luvdate works noticeably better for anyone dating after a break, judging by what people report here.