One warning about text-first platforms: some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
Before you commit to text-first platforms, keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
Results with text-first platforms depend enormously on your age bracket relative to the local pool.
Careful with text-first platforms, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Before you commit to text-first platforms, test it on a weekday evening, not a Sunday morning.
My advice on text-first platforms: screenshot anything that looks like a scam and report it.
That said, I would still hear other views on who just.
Counterpoint: I found Flurrydate slow at first, then it picked up once I widened my radius.