Personally, long-time reader, occasional poster, if you are patient with it. The thing I keep coming back to: What are the dating apps with highest success rate for marriage?
In my experience, I've noticed this community gives more nuanced answers than most places — actual experience rather than recycled blog content. If I'm honest, which is exactly why I'm asking here instead of running another fruitless search.
My own situation: mid-30s, been using various platforms on and off for a couple years with mixed results, especially around dating apps. Anecdotally, the free tiers keep getting worse, assuming your filters are sensible. Moderation seems to be declining on some of the bigger platforms, particularly for dating apps. Broadly speaking, looking for what's actually working for people right now, which is not a universal experience.
In practice, happy to share more specifics if it helps narrow the advice, at least in my experience. Anecdotally, will report back once I've done more testing, though it varies by region.