I keep going round in circles on directory of all free dating sites and I'd rather ask than guess. Directory is the clearest case of it — half the frustration disappears once you keep the first meet public and short. Directory all is where I would start, since you get further if you read the billing terms before uploading a photo.
I judge directory all on one thing: the practical move is to read the billing terms before uploading a photo. Every time directory comes up, the share of verified profiles collapses as soon as the platform surfaces profiles far outside your radius. For directory sites in particular, the platform auto-renews without a clear warning, and how honest the pricing page is suffers for it.
Nothing about directory changes the fact that nothing improves until you keep a note of what you actually spent. The short version on directory of all free dating sites is that the time it takes to get a first reply is the number worth watching, not the size of the ad budget. Would especially like to hear from anyone who changed their mind on directory.