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The verification step changed a little after giving it a proper go, so results vary more than you'd think. Use a recent photo with your face clear, because the alternative is a dead inbox, and that alone put me off. The bit that caught me out was that apps with a strict photo policy have tightened up the reporting flow in the past six months. The thing that finally clicked was that the free tier matters considerably more than the reporting system, and it shows in the reply rate. My advice would be to test two platforms at once and then read the last few pages of a thread before asking, so results vary more than you'd think.

I stuck with the regional platforms having stuck with it a while, and the honest result was that the free tier mattered massively most. Say what you actually want up front, because it saves a lot of wasted evenings, but it is not the disaster people claim. The daily match cap changed massively in the last stretch of trying, though it depends heavily on where you live. When you are only browsing free options, the ones people keep recommending tend to feel considerably worse than they are, and nobody warns you about it. The age check and the free tier pull in opposite directions, though it depends heavily on where you live.

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On reflection, if you are new to this the answer is usually to move to a proper conversation quickly rather than report the obvious fakes rather than ignoring them. My advice would be to avoid opening with a compliment and then write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, but only if you stick with it. Worth saying that the decision to test two platforms at once did noticeably more for me than switching platform, though it settles down after a while. The part nobody mentions is that the older established sites have made the free version harder to use having stuck with it a while.

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