SamuelR

I tested a handful of these back to back while comparing them, so this is not theoretical. What kept coming up was how blocking actually behaves, which is the thing people consistently underestimate. It became obvious reliably despite what the marketing implied. Reasonable people disagree here in the end, after a fair bit of trial and error.

I logged what actually happened with a couple of accounts, so take it as tested rather than assumed. Looking back, how consistent match quality is week to week moves the numbers more than anything else.

I tracked this rather than trusting impressions with a bit of patience, before I trusted my own conclusion. It turns out how much the interface pushes a subscription sets the ceiling on what you can achieve. That held reliably in a way that was hard to argue with. Treat it as a starting point genuinely, whether others found the same thing.

The handful of things that made a real difference:

• Find out how long before the first upsell prompt appears
• Ask whether there is a desktop experience at all — worth asking about before you invest time.
• Find out how obvious it is when someone has stopped using the app — I underestimated this at first.

Threads SamuelR has taken part in

• Are dating chat rooms still a good way to meet people in real life?
• Are free foreign dating sites safe for meeting European singles?
• Are free online personals still active on sites like Craigslist?
• Are free personals still a viable way to meet people locally?
• Are high end dating sites worth the $100+ monthly fee?
• Are there 100 free disabled dating sites with accessibility support?
• Are there 100 percent free dating apps that are ad-free?
• Are there any active kik sex chat groups left?
• Are there any dating apps that actually work for introverts?
• Are there any free dating sites like tinder for older adults?