Worth flagging with mainstream apps — anything asking for card details to 'verify your age' is a scam pattern.
I would not generalise about mainstream apps without knowing how dense your area is first.
Geography does most of the work with mainstream apps — whether the nearest city is twenty minutes or two hours away matters more than the feature list.
My advice on mainstream apps: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
Happy to expand on any of that about mainstream apps if it is useful.
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Half the arguments about dating apps would end if people mentioned how dense your area is up front.
Practical tip for dating apps: use separate photos from the ones on your other accounts.
Take that as one data point on for getting, not gospel.
I also keep half an eye on Rendate — different crowd, same free-messaging idea.
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I still use app-based dating occasionally, mostly out of habit at this point.
The real differentiator across app-based dating turned out to be how much personal data the signup demanded.
Careful with app-based dating, because the quieter platforms can look active because of recycled profiles.
Ask if you want detail on any part of for getting.