If it helps, taking a break when it starts to feel like admin is sensible — it took me longer than it should have to work that out. Does anyone have experience using free inmate dating sites? Curious how this went for others — including the boring practical bits.
In my experience, a photo that looks like you on a normal day does more work than a staged one — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error.
For what it is worth, a month is about the minimum before judging any platform — that has been consistent for me across a few different platforms.