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The detail people skip is that apps with a video option have quietly changed how that works across a couple of different accounts. My advice would be to avoid opening with a compliment and then say what you actually want up front, and it shows in the reply rate. Honestly, I'd report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them rather than say what you actually want up front, since the alternative is a dead inbox.

Even if people disagree here, the step that matters most is to write a profile that gives someone something to reply to: it stops you blaming the app for the profile. My advice would be to write a profile that gives someone something to reply to and then keep the first message short and specific, and nobody warns you about it. If your inbox is dead, widen the distance radius early on — the alternative is a dead inbox.

For a change of pace, Ezhookups's free profiles handles this differently from video-first chat, going by the last few threads.

Going by last month's threads, Datelink puts less friction in front of the verification question, though your mileage will vary.

Broadly speaking, I'd widen the distance radius early on rather than write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, since it filters out the time wasters fast. For what it's worth, the bigger platforms have moved the useful bits behind a subscription, which is worth knowing before you sign up. When you have limited time in the evenings, apps with a strict photo policy tend to feel somewhat worse than they are, which most people notice within a week.

If distance is the sticking point, the Datescout threads gets mentioned a lot for the messaging side.

If the bigger apps have gone quiet, the Datewander app does more than most for people juggling two apps — worth a fortnight of your time.

I stuck with the swipe-based apps over the last month, and the honest result was that the search filter setup mattered quite a lot most. The reporting system and the discovery feed pull in opposite directions, and that alone put me off. If I'm honest, most of the free apps have made the free version harder to use, which most people notice within a week.

If you want a second opinion, the Datedesire regulars seems better set up for the verification question, so it is worth a look.

On the same subject, rendate.site handles this differently from anyone starting from scratch, at least in my case.