Starting a thread on people still use free sex personals like they used because the existing advice contradicts itself. With personals platforms, the time it takes to get a first reply outweighs the follower count on their socials, in my experience. If personals platforms is your priority, you get further if you keep the conversation on-platform until you have met.
Look closely at personals platforms and the depth of the profile fields outweighs the number of features listed. Personals platforms is where I'd start, since the deciding factor is the reply rate, having tried a handful of these.
For craigslist platforms in particular, the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius, and the reply rate suffers for it. Strip the marketing away from people still use free sex personals like they used and half the frustration disappears once you read the billing terms before uploading a photo. Would especially like to hear from anyone who changed their mind on craigslist.