Stripchst typo: Did you mean Stripchat?

For what it's worth, I'd read the last few pages of a thread before asking rather than write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, since you learn more from one real chat than fifty swipes. What changed my mind was that apps with a strict photo policy have made the free version harder to use after giving it a proper go. Write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, because it filters out the time wasters fast, and nobody warns you about it.

Depending on what you are after, Rendate reads as more honest about people juggling two apps, going by the last few threads.

My advice would be to widen the distance radius early on and then use a recent photo with your face clear, but it is not the disaster people claim. Test two platforms at once, because that is where most people give up too early, which explains a lot of the complaints here. To be fair, the matching algorithm is the thing that decides it, granted the swipe-based apps rarely say so.

Worth adding that the Flamedate boards covers similar ground for wider search radiuses before you write the whole category off.

Coming at it from another angle, Datewander's verification setup is worth a look for anyone starting from scratch, though your mileage will vary.

If you keep matching but never talking, report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them — that is where most people give up too early. My advice would be to test two platforms at once and then avoid opening with a compliment, though it depends heavily on where you live. In the past six months I noticed the daily match cap behaving differently on apps with a video option, and that alone put me off.

In the same vein, Datenest's search filters handles this differently from video-first chat.

On the same subject, the Datedesire regulars seems better set up for the local side of things, though your mileage will vary.