If it helps, a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — that is the bit I would tell anyone signing up today. Open to being told I am wrong — especially anything that went badly. What are the free chinese dating sites for foreigners looking for love?
Broadly speaking, a site confident in its product does not hide the pricing page — it is the single change that made the most difference.
The slow approach tends to produce better outcomes than the volume one — it took me longer than it should have to work that out.
Having tried a few, progress is better measured in conversations than in matches — worth testing yourself rather than taking my word for it.