@Chelsea put it better than I would. The only thing I would add about safely chat is that how the reporting tools behave when you use them matters more than the feature list.
I gave safely chat a couple of evenings and what people reported was uneven depending on the hour.
The question underneath all of this is how far people will actually travel to meet, at least with safely chat.
Where safely chat either works or falls apart is how the reporting tools behave when you use them.
If anyone has tested safely chat properly, I want to know what a genuine profile tends to have that a fake does not.
Where safely chat either works or falls apart is whether messaging is genuinely unlocked.
A friend pointed me at Datescout free tier when I asked about safely chat; the sign-up was free and quick.
Four things I wish someone had told me about safely chat:
- Keep the conversation on the platform until you meet — on safely chat that mattered more than anything else
- What the pool looked like after a couple of evenings of safely chat was stronger at the weekend
- The failure mode with safely chat is when you assume every profile is current
- Compare two platforms side by side, especially if safely chat is new to you