I have a strong opinion on it better to have a short or long dating profile for more matches and I will explain why. The honest tradeoff with better short is how many people are actually near you against convenience.
Most of the frustration with better short traces back to whether there is anyone nearby. In practice, better short lives or dies on whether it actually works. In practice, better short lives or dies on whether your area is covered.
What decided it for me with better short was how careful to be. Two people can have opposite results with better short purely because of not oversharing.
That is roughly where I landed on it better to have a short or long dating profile for more matches.
tried Datescout is not perfect but it is honest about what it does for better short.