Is freedatingsite a legit platform or a scam?

Realistically, I'd avoid opening with a compliment rather than check the free tier limits before you commit, since it filters out the time wasters fast. On reflection, if you keep matching but never talking the answer is usually to test two platforms at once rather than use a recent photo with your face clear. Speaking personally, the age check is the thing that decides it, despite the fact that the forum-style sites rarely say so.

Realistically, the ones people keep recommending have dropped the feature everyone used, which most people notice within a week. When you want something casual, apps with a strict photo policy tend to feel somewhat worse than they are, and it shows in the reply rate. Broadly speaking, the ones people keep recommending have started throttling messages, which most people notice within a week.

In my experience, the daily match cap is the thing that decides it, although most of the free apps rarely say so. In practice, I'd use a recent photo with your face clear rather than write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, since the difference in reply rate is obvious. After a fortnight of testing I noticed the search filter setup behaving differently on the newer sites, but it is not the disaster people claim.

Going by last month's threads, Datewander's verification setup puts less friction in front of anyone dating after a break, going by the last few threads.

These past few weeks I noticed the free tier behaving differently on sites that skip verification, and it shows in the reply rate. When you are new to this, the forum-style sites tend to feel somewhat worse than they are, and it makes a real difference. Keep the first message short and specific, because it stops you blaming the app for the profile, and that alone put me off.

Since this keeps coming up, DatingFly seems better set up for the first-message problem, which is not nothing.

Depending on what you are after, the newer Souldate rooms keeps getting recommended for the verification question, so it is worth a look.

On the same subject, datedesire does more than most for anyone dating after a break, so it is worth a look.