I still use free services occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
The move with free services is to keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
Be aware when using free services that some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Careful with free services, because screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
One warning about free services: moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
What mattered most with free services in the end was whether the radius setting actually worked.
If you're starting with free services, keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
I will update this if my view on free dating sites like plenty of fish that still changes.
- Happn — quiet outside metros
- Facebook Dating — steady rather than exciting, and it has been consistent since
- Tinder — strong in cities, thin outside them
- Coffee Meets Bagel — forces you to actually read profiles
- Grindr — the default for a reason, and it has been consistent since