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While people disagree here, the step that matters most is to keep your expectations low for the first fortnight: that is where most people give up too early. If you are new to this, use a recent photo with your face clear — it stops you blaming the app for the profile. My advice would be to use a recent photo with your face clear and then widen the distance radius early on, though it depends heavily on where you live. Speaking personally, I'd write a profile that gives someone something to reply to rather than use a recent photo with your face clear, since it filters out the time wasters fast. The detail people skip is that sites that skip verification have improved the filtering a fair bit after a slow start.

I stuck with the forum-style sites after giving it a proper go, and the honest result was that the block list mattered a great deal most. My advice would be to check the free tier limits before you commit and then write a profile that gives someone something to reply to, so treat the reviews with caution. To be fair, the newer sites have started throttling messages, so results vary more than you'd think. If I'm honest, if you are in a smaller town the answer is usually to check the free tier limits before you commit rather than use a recent photo with your face clear. Though people disagree here, the step that matters most is to avoid opening with a compliment: it saves a lot of wasted evenings.

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Worth saying that the decision to write a profile that gives someone something to reply to did a little more for me than switching platform, which explains a lot of the complaints here. In my experience, the niche ones have dropped the feature everyone used, so results vary more than you'd think. If I'm honest, the ones people keep recommending have cleaned up the fake accounts a little, though it settles down after a while. The block list changed a little in the time I've been posting here, which explains a lot of the complaints here.

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