I gave the casual side a proper go for a couple of months before giving up.
If I had to name one factor in the casual side it would be how quickly a conversation went from match to plan.
The move with the casual side is to keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
Geography does most of the work with the casual side — how far you are willing to travel matters more than the feature list.
With the casual side it came down to how the platform handled blocking and reporting, honestly.
Anyway, that is my read on kik hookup still a thing people do, or is.
A friend of mine swears by ezhookups.online, though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
People also bring up Datedesire fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.