A bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip. What happened to onlinebootycall—is it still active?
From what I have seen, a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — your mileage may well differ.
Broadly speaking, comparing free tiers side by side is more useful than reading rankings — your mileage may well differ.
If it helps, nobody's experience generalises, including mine — happy to be argued with on that one.