I think it is time I give a big break on these apps. I mostly used hinge as I found it the best one for matching with someone. But I also had all the other apps installed. I tried everything, I lost 23kg and updated all my photos, tried different bios etc. In the last 3 months or so I had 5-6 matches and one of them almost became a date. I am tired of the neverending texts with hours in between replies. I am tired of working so hard to end up opening the app and finding out they have unmatched. It's worse than job hunting. I became addicted to the adrenaline of seeing a hinge notification pop up randomly. Dating is lost now. I will have to just accept that being single is my fate for a while.
I wouldn't say I'm a great texter but it feels like nobody cares about learning about each other these days and if you try to ask for a date, you come across desperate. So what's the point of the dating apps if nobody is interested in meeting or at least being somewhat communicative.
I'm a 26M southeast Asian male, with decent looks and a decent lifestyle in the UK but it feels like I'm probably competing with hundreds more. Some of these matches I get are into Kpop or they are of the same ethnicity as me. Maybe I will have to move country lol
Tl:Dr I found dating apps lead to nowhere and destroyed my mental health.