This has been bugging me for weeks, so: how to meet local singles without registration on standard. For standard in particular, how many first messages actually land is a better predictor than the badge on the download page. Look closely at standard and the practical move is to read the billing terms before uploading a photo.
The registration sites angle is worse, because you get further if you read the billing terms before uploading a photo. The registration sites case is instructive — half the frustration disappears once you screenshot the pricing page in case it changes.
Every time standard sites comes up, most of the disappointment traces back to how often the same faces reappear. Most threads about how to meet local singles without registration on standard miss this — nothing improves until you read the billing terms before uploading a photo. If you have been through the registration sites version of this, I would rather hear the unglamorous account.