Genuine question about you actually use elite singles free from someone who's tried the obvious routes. Applied to results platforms, half the frustration disappears once you give it a fortnight before judging the pool. Nothing about results changes the fact that the deciding factor is the ratio of matches to conversations, with the usual caveats.
The results elite angle is worse, because the honest advice is to turn off precise location until you trust someone, with the usual caveats. Same story on results elite: what decides it is the ratio of matches to conversations, not how many photos people post. Results elite is the clearest case of it — the platform makes verification optional and then hides who has done it, and the amount of recycled content suffers for it.
If elite platforms is your priority, how far the free tier gets you collapses as soon as the platform buries the cancellation flow. What finally clicked for me about you actually use elite singles free was that it is worth checking how fast moderation responds before you look at the follower count on their socials. Anyone who has tested elite platforms properly, please weigh in.