Seconding Carter1992 on this. you can't really talk about no subscription without talking about the bot problem.
The rules I settled on for no subscription:
- hold your number back until you have actually met specifically for no subscription
- commit a solid month before deciding anything about no subscription
- treat an empty profile as a pass at least where no subscription is concerned
Whether it is worth paying for matters more for no subscription than any feature list. Most of the frustration with no subscription traces back to whether the users are genuine. What decided it for me with no subscription was whether it is worth paying for.
My experience with no subscription shifted completely once I paid attention to the learning curve. If you try no subscription dating sites left that are high quality, give it longer than you think you need.
the Ezhookups approach was the closest to what I wanted from no subscription.