Starting a thread on searching for totally free dating sites with no subscription because the existing advice contradicts itself. With searching sites, half the frustration disappears once you give it a fortnight before judging the pool. The honest advice is to check whether a profile answers questions or deflects, at least on my account, which is the whole problem with searching.
The searching case is instructive — it is worth checking how often the same faces reappear before you look at the follower count on their socials. The searching sites angle is worse, because the platform resets your filters after an update, and the quality of the filters suffers for it. Nothing about searching changes the fact that the practical move is to write the bio for one person rather than for everyone.
Same story on searching sites: the platform recycles the same profiles, so it pays to turn off precise location until you trust someone. Searching for totally free dating sites with no subscription looks simple until you notice that the deciding factor is the churn on new sign-ups, having tried a handful of these. What am I missing on fees sites?