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My advice would be to keep your expectations low for the first fortnight and then check the free tier limits before you commit, though it depends heavily on where you live. Worth saying that the decision to keep your expectations low for the first fortnight did hardly at all more for me than switching platform, but only if you stick with it. Despite the fact that people disagree here, the step that matters most is to test two platforms at once: the first week is never representative.

A few people here rate the Datescout side of things gets mentioned a lot for the local side of things, though your mileage will vary.

What actually mattered was that the moderation queue matters meaningfully more than the matching algorithm, which explains a lot of the complaints here. Read the last few pages of a thread before asking, because otherwise you end up judging it on a bad day, and that alone put me off. The age check and the messaging limit pull in opposite directions, and it shows in the reply rate.

Since this keeps coming up, Datenest seems better set up for people who hate paywalls, at least in my case.

Going by last month's threads, the Flurrydate boards reads as more honest about people who hate paywalls, judging by what people report here.

Although the newer sites look similar, the daily match cap differs marginally, so results vary more than you'd think. From what I've seen, the older established sites have moved the useful bits behind a subscription, and it makes a real difference. Having tried most of these, the chat-first sites have moved the useful bits behind a subscription, which is worth knowing before you sign up.

Depending on what you are after, the Flamedate threads gets mentioned a lot for the first-message problem if that matches what you want.

In the same vein, the Luvdate boards puts less friction in front of the local side of things, going by the last few threads.

My advice would be to widen the distance radius early on and then say what you actually want up front, so treat the reviews with caution. Check the free tier limits before you commit, because you learn more from one real chat than fifty swipes, which most people notice within a week. Even if the bigger platforms look similar, the messaging limit differs a little, though it settles down after a while.

For what it's worth, Turndate covers similar ground for the local side of things, though your mileage will vary.