Going to push back on @Madison Reed here — chat with local did not behave that way at all in my case.
Most of my results on chat with local came down to one habit — write a bio that says something checkable.
I wasted the first week on chat with local because I would treat volume as a substitute for filtering.
What I actually want to know about with local is what the numbers look like in a smaller town.
For me the difference you notice first with with local is how the reporting tools behave when you use them.
For a free alternative while you sort out chat with local, there is always datewander.site.
Short version for anyone testing chat with local:
- If chat with local is your only option, at least read the profile properly before replying
- The point where it either works or does not is what decides whether chat with local is worth it
- On chat with local, what actually happened was better than I expected compared with the alternatives