Worth flagging with zero-cost options — moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
If you are starting with zero-cost options, turn off notifications so it does not take over your evening.
If you're starting with zero-cost options, screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
Half the arguments about zero-cost options would end if people mentioned the day of the week you actually use it up front.
The thing that kept me on zero-cost options was whether the free tier let you see who liked you.
That covers what I know about zero-cost options, at least.
Not everyone will agree but EZHookups has been the steadier one for me this year.
People also bring up Datebie fairly often in these threads, though I have not tried it myself.