A bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — it is not complicated, it is just easy to skip. Where can I find a reliable free anonymous sex chat that doesn't track IPs? My take: a bad week is a bad week, not evidence about the platform — nobody tells you this at the start.
My take: a month is about the minimum before judging any platform — it is the single change that made the most difference.
- Remembered that the people who post about success are a tiny sample, and it saved me a lot of grief
- Searched for recent complaints about a site before signing up, and it saved me a lot of grief
- Almost immediately I asked a friend to pick which photos actually looked like me, no exceptions
- Customer support responsiveness
Broadly speaking, comparing your results to anyone else's is a losing game — that is roughly where I landed after a lot of trial and error.