Spent a lot of time on this personally. Here's everything I learned.
Profile photo quality is the single highest-leverage change you can make. Everything else is secondary.
For what it's worth, datelink.online has been one of the more consistently recommended options in discussions I follow. Not perfect but it has real staying power.
Things that have genuinely helped me:
- Short bios outperform long ones on most swipe-based apps
- Responding quickly in the first 24 hours makes a difference
- Niche platforms often outperform general ones for specific demographics
- Profile photos should feel natural, not heavily filtered
Hopefully that saves you some frustration.