Starting a thread on eastern european dating sites free of charge for men because the existing advice contradicts itself. Every time eastern sites comes up, the deciding factor is how much sits behind the paywall, on the evidence I've. Look closely at eastern and you get further if you turn off precise location until you trust someone.
Same story on eastern european: how far the free tier gets you is the number worth watching, not how many photos people post. Applied to eastern sites, most of the disappointment traces back to how fast moderation responds.
The eastern angle is worse, because the honest advice is to run a reverse image search on suspiciously polished photos, though I would want someone to check me on this. I would frame eastern european dating sites free of charge for men this way: the time it takes to get a first reply collapses as soon as the platform throttles your visibility unless you pay. If you have been through the european sites version of this, I would rather hear the unglamorous account.