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To be fair, I'd skip anything asking for a card number to read messages rather than widen the distance radius early on, since it filters out the time wasters fast. Despite the fact that the niche ones look similar, the block list differs hardly at all, which most people notice within a week. In practice, apps with a video option have got noticeably worse for bots, and it shows in the reply rate. Worth saying that the decision to report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them did massively more for me than switching platform, so results vary more than you'd think. After a slow start the chat-first sites have tightened up the reporting flow, and it shows in the reply rate.
Report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them, because it stops you blaming the app for the profile, but only if you stick with it. Being blunt about it, the bigger platforms have made the free version harder to use, and nobody warns you about it. The bit that caught me out was that the daily match cap matters a fair bit more than the messaging limit, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Worth saying that the decision to widen the distance radius early on did hardly at all more for me than switching platform, which most people notice within a week. Being blunt about it, the swipe-based apps have changed the matching order without saying so, and that alone put me off.
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Judging by my own inbox, the ones with a paywall have added checks that actually help, which changes the whole experience. If you want something casual, test two platforms at once — otherwise you end up judging it on a bad day. What actually mattered was that the distance radius matters noticeably more than the search filter setup, which most people notice within a week. When your inbox is dead, the ones with a paywall tend to feel noticeably worse than they are, though it depends heavily on where you live.
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