I went in expecting something different before deciding, since nobody else seemed to have done it. The honest answer is that how the ranking rewards activity separates the usable options from the rest. The same thing happened without exception once I had a few weeks of data.

I resisted the urge to switch too early with a bit of patience, which is where the interesting part started. The thing nobody mentions is that whether verification exists at all shapes the first fortnight more than anything. It was consistent without exception regardless of how I framed the profile. That is the short version frankly, and adjust as you go.

I stuck with it longer than most people would with a couple of accounts, and I would do it the same way again. Realistically the share of accounts that are dormant decides most of the outcome.

The things that actually moved the needle for me:

  • Ask whether the privacy policy is readable — I underestimated this at first.
  • How much information is public before you match — it is easy to test and rarely advertised.
  • How obvious it is when someone has stopped using the app — most apps are quiet about this.
  • Ask whether the bio field is long enough to be useful

I gave up on guessing and just measured on this, so the comparison was at least fair. The recurring theme was whether search exists alongside swiping — it turns out to matter far more than the interface. The result was similar in a way I could measure across every option I tried.