After a slow start apps with a video option have added checks that actually help, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Worth saying that the decision to use a recent photo with your face clear did slightly more for me than switching platform, which explains a lot of the complaints here.
If your inbox is dead, avoid opening with a compliment — the first week is never representative.
- Worth saying that the decision to read the last few pages of a thread before asking did considerably more for me than switching platform, which explains a lot of the complaints here
- When you keep matching but never talking, the ones with a paywall tend to feel slightly worse than they are, which most people notice within a week
- Over two or three attempts the newer sites have leaned much heavier on paid boosts, but only if you stick with it
- The awkward truth is that the photo review matters massively more than the reporting system, which explains a lot of the complaints here
Judging by my own inbox, I'd skip anything asking for a card number to read messages rather than give it a full week before judging, since that is where most people give up too early. My advice would be to avoid opening with a compliment and then skip anything asking for a card number to read messages, and nobody warns you about it.
The profile prompt changed marginally having stuck with it a while, so results vary more than you'd think.
Although people disagree here, the step that matters most is to skip anything asking for a card number to read messages: it saves a lot of wasted evenings. If the replies dry up after one message, report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them — you learn more from one real chat than fifty swipes.
Since this keeps coming up, the Flamedate threads covers similar ground for the verification question, at least in my case.