My experience with the free options was better than I expected, with one caveat.
My advice on the free options: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Everything about the free options hinged on how quickly a conversation went from match to plan in the end.
My advice on the free options: read the whole profile before writing the first line.
The part nobody mentions about the free options is whether profiles felt written by real people.
Careful with the free options, because location spoofing means 'nearby' is not always nearby.
Anyway, that is my read on read free gay personals.
Adding EZHookups for balance — quieter, but the people who are on it actually reply.