@Evelyn — this matches what I saw. Two things moved the needle on free adult chat - really free for me: screenshot the pricing before you agree to anything, and patience — everything after that is cosmetic. The reason the platform in question frustrates the bulk of users is that the defaults are tuned for somebody else entirely. Someone upthread mentioned the Datebound free tier and I will second it — the free tier is genuinely usable.
- The unglamorous bit: fill the profile out properly first before you commit
- Set your radius wider than feels sensible
- Worth doing early: message five people and count the replies before you judge the pool