Kim_R put it better than I'd have. the part people underrate about tips setting is the free-vs-paid gap. In practice, tips setting lives or dies on the free-vs-paid gap.
Two people can have opposite results with tips setting purely because of what comes of it.
I'd put what people get out of it above almost everything else when it comes to tips setting. Nobody warns you that tips setting depends so heavily on the subscription question.
What I actually do about tips setting:
- commit a fortnight before deciding anything about tips setting
- check how active your area is before you invest time if tips setting is the goal
- log in at different times of day, not just evenings at least where tips setting is concerned
What decided it for me with tips setting was how much of it's real.
Happy to expand on any part of your best tips for setting up a successful adult meet this weekend if it helps.
A friend pointed me at the Datedesire approach when I asked about tips setting and it held up.