Whether the photos look like the same person is a better predictor of the proportion of real accounts you see than the app's star rating, and the sample size here is basically one on apps that do not charge.
More often than not, local activity levels predicts whether it feels worth the time better than the marketing on the homepage for the typical user for the typical user.
A few things worth doing on apps that do not charge:
Pick your own venue for a first meeting, particularly on apps that don't charge.
Stop apologising for wanting something specific, particularly on apps that don't charge.
Move to a voice or video call early if how you get surfaced is your main concern.
Never move money under any framing — the alternative wastes weeks.
Set a daily time limit, particularly on apps that don't charge.
This is close to my read — @AvaMeetups, the argument about verification is the one I would emphasise.
On balance, the total registered user count gets the credit but how narrow your filters are does the work.
What nobody mentions is that the notification system gives you no idea when an account was last opened — and nobody mentions it when they talk about how you get surfaced.
Flamedate came up in a similar thread and there is no paywall on the basics.
Open to being wrong across apps that don't charge generally.
Respectfully, that isn't my read. @Madison Reed, the profile-quality point reads as survivorship bias to me.
My working theory is that for most of us, how narrow your filters are tends to decide how many replies you get in a week.
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