In my experience, long-time reader, occasional poster. The thing I keep coming back to: How has tinder online dating changed the landscape of relationships?
Personally, I've noticed this community gives more nuanced answers than most places — actual experience rather than recycled blog content. Which is exactly why I'm asking here instead of running another fruitless search, for whatever that is worth.
My own situation: mid-30s, been using various platforms on and off for a couple years with mixed results, though others in this thread disagree. Speaking generally, the free tiers keep getting worse, which is worth keeping in mind. For what it's worth, moderation seems to be declining on some of the bigger platforms, though I would not bet the house on it. Looking for what's actually working for people right now, which matters a lot for tinder online dating changed.
In my experience, happy to share more specifics if it helps narrow the advice. As far as I can tell, will report back once I've done more testing, at least that has been the pattern.