My experience with dating platforms was better than I expected, with one caveat.
My advice on dating platforms: message within a day of matching rather than sitting on it.
The part nobody mentions about dating platforms is how easy it was to delete the account afterwards.
If you are starting with dating platforms, keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
Be aware when using dating platforms that screenshots of a conversation travel further than you think.
With dating platforms the thing that decided it for me was how much personal data the signup demanded.
Before you commit to dating platforms, treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
That is roughly where I sit on noticed the layout change on x livesex recently today.
People also bring up Rendate fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.