If it helps, progress is better measured in conversations than in matches — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip. What is the best free dating and chatting app without swiping mechanics? Looking for accounts rather than opinions — including the parts that did not work.
Comparing your results to anyone else's is a losing game — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error.
From what I have seen, refreshing photos periodically genuinely changes visibility — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error.
Honestly, patience is genuinely the differentiator, dull as that sounds — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error.