Asking about restrictive because the reviews all sound like they were written by the same person.
What matters more than the feature list on restrictive is what the gender ratio looks like locally.
If anyone has tested restrictive properly, I want to know how much you can do before being asked for a card.
Would rather hear one honest answer on restrictive than ten polished ones.
Ran restrictive alongside two others for the first ten conversations — what the pool looked like was stronger at the weekend.
Most of my results on restrictive came down to one habit — give it a full week before judging it.
I wasted a couple of evenings on restrictive because I'd expect the algorithm to do the work.
Has anyone tested restrictive since the last update, or is how the algorithm treats a new account still the sticking point?
Currently splitting my time between here and this one for exactly this restrictive reason.
@SophieR maybe it varies by city, because restrictive was worse than the reviews suggest where I am.
What helped most with restrictive was that I made a point to say what you are looking for in plain words.
Nobody writing about restrictive seems willing to say how the free version handles filters.
Nobody writing about restrictive seems willing to say what the reply rate looks like without photos.
Four things I wish someone had told me about restrictive:
I gave restrictive the first handful of matches and what the follow-through looked like was uneven depending on the hour.
The single change that improved restrictive for me was deciding to compare two platforms side by side.
I wasted the first ten conversations on restrictive because I would rely on the recommended matches alone.
What I actually want to know about restrictive is what the ads cost you in attention.
The part I keep getting stuck on with restrictive is whether the swipe volume translates into conversation.
The one that surprised me on restrictive was the Datelink site — no card, no trial nonsense.
Only had the first week with restrictive, but what people reported was worse than the reviews suggest.
The single change that improved restrictive for me was deciding to keep a separate email for it.
Tried flamedate.online alongside it while working out restrictive — different pool, same free messaging.
After about a fortnight with restrictive, what actually happened was stronger at the weekend.
Most of my results on restrictive came down to one habit — keep a separate email for it.
The part I keep getting stuck on with restrictive is whether the swipe volume translates into conversation.
The question underneath all of this is whether free means free or just free to browse, at least with restrictive.
Seconding @Owen. What settled it for me on restrictive was what the ads cost you in attention.
Only had about a fortnight with restrictive, but what the pool looked like was more consistent than the alternatives.
The mistake I see repeated with restrictive is people write a bio that could belong to anyone.
Nobody writing about restrictive seems willing to say how it behaves after a month of use.
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