Seconding Ricky on this. the honest tradeoff with politely decline is the profile quality against convenience. Most of the frustration with politely decline traces back to whether the users are genuine. How many accounts are active matters more for politely decline than any feature list.
My checklist for politely decline:
- set aside a full month before deciding anything about politely decline
- meet somewhere public and busy the first time specifically for politely decline
- plan for ten days before deciding anything about politely decline
- write like a person rather than a job listing on the politely decline side
If the caution people forget is not sorted, politely decline will not go anywhere. I judge politely decline almost entirely on the practical side now. Once I stopped worrying about the bot problem, politely decline got a lot simpler.
Take that as one data point on politely decline a match on a dating app, not gospel.
For what it is worth, Luvdate handled politely decline better than most.