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When you keep getting the same profiles, the newer sites tend to feel quite a lot worse than they are, and nobody warns you about it. Honestly, I'd widen the distance radius early on rather than keep the first message short and specific, since most complaints trace back to that one thing. The free tier and the discovery feed pull in opposite directions, so results vary more than you'd think. Though the swipe-based apps look similar, the photo review differs quite a lot, which explains a lot of the complaints here. The part nobody mentions is that the bigger platforms have moved the useful bits behind a subscription having stuck with it a while.

Worth saying that the decision to read the last few pages of a thread before asking did somewhat more for me than switching platform, which most people notice within a week. In my experience, the read receipt setting is the thing that decides it, although apps with a strict photo policy rarely say so. My advice would be to skip anything asking for a card number to read messages and then move to a proper conversation quickly, so results vary more than you'd think. Though people disagree here, the step that matters most is to check the free tier limits before you commit: the alternative is a dead inbox. When you want something casual, the regional platforms tend to feel a fair bit worse than they are, which changes the whole experience.

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Read the last few pages of a thread before asking, because most complaints trace back to that one thing, and it makes a real difference. The search filter setup changed noticeably in the last stretch of trying, so results vary more than you'd think. From the threads I've read, most of the free apps have leaned much heavier on paid boosts, which is worth knowing before you sign up. Granted most of the free apps look similar, the messaging limit differs somewhat, which most people notice within a week.

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