Building on what Phil said, if how thin it gets outside cities isn't sorted, yahoo personals will not go anywhere.
The part people underrate about yahoo personals are how many people are actually near you. I judge yahoo personals almost entirely on the actual outcomes now. I'd put the geography of it above almost everything else when it comes to yahoo personals.
In practice, yahoo personals live or dies on whether your area is covered.
My checklist for yahoo personals:
- allow at least a week before deciding anything about yahoo personals
- keep one clear, current photo of your face before you judge yahoo personals
- screenshot anything that feels off before you block specifically for yahoo personals
- give it at least a week before deciding anything about yahoo personals
What decided it for me with yahoo personals were the actual outcomes. Worth testing yahoo personals dating exist in any form yourself for a week before deciding.
For what it is worth, over on Datedesire handled yahoo personals better than most.