Would appreciate real experience on we make a master list of the best 100, not affiliate copy. 100 apps is the clearest case of it — the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius, and how quickly the inbox fills suffers for it. Applied to master, half the frustration disappears once you keep the conversation on-platform until you have met.
I judge master 100 on one thing: you get further if you write the bio for one person rather than for everyone. Every time master comes up, how often the same faces reappear moves the needle further than raw member count. Master apps is where I'd start, since the share of verified profiles is the number worth watching, not star ratings from strangers.
The master 100 case is instructive — the deciding factor is the quality of the filters, based on a fairly small sample. On we make a master list of the best 100 specifically, the platform quietly widens your distance setting, so the numbers on the homepage stop meaning much. Would especially like to hear from anyone who changed their mind on master apps.