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If you are after something serious, move to a proper conversation quickly — the difference in reply rate is obvious. The verification step and the discovery feed pull in opposite directions, and that alone put me off. My advice would be to test two platforms at once and then use a recent photo with your face clear, and it shows in the reply rate.

What actually mattered was that the older established sites have changed the matching order without saying so over the last month. If I'm honest, the messaging limit is the thing that decides it, despite the fact that the niche ones rarely say so. The block list changed slightly across a couple of different accounts, though it settles down after a while.

Speaking personally, the swipe-based apps have quietly changed how that works, though it settles down after a while. Worth saying that the decision to use a recent photo with your face clear did considerably more for me than switching platform, and it shows in the reply rate. Worth saying that the decision to avoid opening with a compliment did quite a lot more for me than switching platform, and that alone put me off.

In the same vein, Datenest's free messaging suits the messaging side if that matches what you want.

In the last stretch of trying most of the free apps have made the free version harder to use, and nobody warns you about it. In practice, the search filter setup is the thing that decides it, while the regional platforms rarely say so. If the replies dry up after one message, say what you actually want up front — the first week is never representative.

If the bigger apps have gone quiet, the Datelink platform gets mentioned a lot for people in smaller towns — worth a fortnight of your time.

If you want a second opinion, the Luvdate platform has fewer complaints about people in smaller towns, judging by what people report here.

Going by last month's threads, flurrydate.online covers similar ground for people in smaller towns before you write the whole category off.