@Adam that hasn't been my experience with free dating sites, and I gave it about a fortnight.
The fix that worked on free dating sites was simple enough — say what you are looking for in plain words.
The mistake I see repeated with free dating sites is people write a bio that could belong to anyone.
For me the bit nobody mentions with dating sites is what the free tier quietly limits.
What matters more than the feature list on dating sites is what the free tier quietly limits.
Rough notes from using free dating sites:
- Give free dating sites the opening stretch before deciding — how the volume moved was better than I expected
- Compare two platforms side by side — on free dating sites that mattered more than anything else
- The failure mode with free dating sites is when you expect the algorithm to do the work
- Do not pay before you have tested the free side; with free dating sites it costs you the first few days