I keep going round in circles on how to bypass the paywall and I'd rather ask than guess. The paywall platforms angle is worse, because the honest advice is to check whether a profile answers questions or deflects, for what it is worth. Applied to networks, most of the disappointment traces back to the signal-to-noise in search.
I judge networks on one thing: half the frustration disappears once you read the newest reviews rather than the top-rated ones. With networks platforms, it is worth checking the number of live users before you look at whatever the landing page promises.
Networks is where I would start, since the platform buries the cancellation flow, which is easy to mistake for bad luck. Treat how to bypass the paywall as a filtering problem and it follows that you get further if you set the radius tighter than feels natural. Would especially like to hear from anyone who changed their mind on networks platforms.