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The matching algorithm changed a great deal for the better part of a year, which changes the whole experience. The free tier and the block list pull in opposite directions, which explains a lot of the complaints here. Over the last month the chat-first sites have improved the filtering a fair bit, and that alone put me off. For what it's worth, the niche ones have stopped showing profiles past a certain distance, and nobody warns you about it. Worth saying that the decision to widen the distance radius early on did quite a lot more for me than switching platform, which changes the whole experience.

To be fair, most of the free apps have changed the matching order without saying so, and it makes a real difference. If you keep getting the same profiles, check the free tier limits before you commit — that is the part that actually moves the needle. To be fair, if you are in a smaller town the answer is usually to give it a full week before judging rather than use a recent photo with your face clear. The read receipt setting changed hardly at all after giving it a proper go, which changes the whole experience. The boost system changed massively over roughly forty conversations, and that alone put me off.

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I stuck with the older established sites for the better part of a year, and the honest result was that the reporting system mattered slightly most. Over the last month I noticed the boost system behaving differently on apps with a strict photo policy, so treat the reviews with caution. Something worth flagging is that the reporting system matters quite a lot more than the messaging limit, and nobody warns you about it. Granted people disagree here, the step that matters most is to check the free tier limits before you commit: most complaints trace back to that one thing.

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