How do I use a dating app instagram style to find dates?

Every time dating app comes up somewhere else, the thread turns into an advert. Hoping this one doesn't.

Most of what's written about dating app is either two years out of date or quietly sponsored.

I gave dating app about two weeks of honest effort before deciding to ask.

If it helps, here is how I'm scoring dating app:

• Whether dating app has real users outside the big metros
• Whether anyone has tested instagram properly on dating app
• How dating app handles blocking, privacy and who can see your profile
• How much instagram actually costs you when using dating app
• How dating app handles instagram compared with the bigger names

Happy to be told I'm asking the wrong thing about dating app.

Someone recommended the Datingfly threads to me during my own search around dating app and it was better than I expected.

This tracks. Once instagram enters the picture, dating app stops being a simple comparison.

I keep the Flamedate threads open alongside the bigger names when I'm dealing with dating app.

The instagram disagreement in this thread says more about dating app than any single answer.

Not affiliated with anyone, but the Datewander threads solved the messaging-paywall part of dating app for me last year.

It's telling how many replies here about dating app contradict each other — that's the honest state of it.

How long did you give dating app before deciding it was not working for you?

A friend had a good outcome with dating app and a bad one with the app everyone recommends, which tells you something.

If you go down the dating app route, screenshot anything that looks like a scam before you report it.

For me the instagram side of dating app was the surprise — I had not factored it in at all.

the Ezhookups community is what I ended up using while working through dating app — not perfect, but the free tier is real.

This thread is drifting toward a consensus on dating app that I don't think survives contact with reality.

For completeness, Flurrydate.online sits in the same category for dating app.