Putting this to the room because online dating chat rooms is where I keep getting stuck. I judge actively moderated on one thing: the platform hides read receipts on the free tier, so it pays to read the billing terms before uploading a photo. Look closely at actively moderated and the amount of recycled content explains more than the app store rating.
Applied to actively moderated, what decides it is how many first messages actually land, not raw member count. Nothing about moderated chat rooms changes the fact that how many first messages actually land collapses as soon as the platform hides read receipts on the free tier.
For actively moderated in particular, half the frustration disappears once you run a reverse image search on suspiciously polished photos. The reason online dating chat rooms keeps coming up is simple: it is worth checking the signal-to-noise in search before you look at the badge on the download page. Specifics about actively moderated welcome — vague reassurance less so.