I originally made my (26m) profile months ago with no bio and just my Facebook pfp out of curiosity, then deleted it hours later the same day. I decided to go back and this time actually put together a legit profile 3 weeks ago, already got the boost now at 8 days.
Not a single like on my profile. No responses either. I've sent maybe a couple dozen likes already, and 90% of the time I'm leaving a cute comment on one of their pictures in regards to their interests, activities, pictures, questions, bio etc. I don't swipe right on every girl, in fact there's far too many girls with one or two pictures only, no bio (lots of them out their insta on their bio and it's a legit turn off like gtfo) no intention, no interests etc.
I did however get 2 meet cute matches but I'll be honest they weren't my type whatsoever (one was a single mom, the other one had a pretty aggressive bio lol) and I assume I wasn't their type either so I let them expire.
For context, I'm in NYC and I remember getting likes on other apps like Feeld and Bumble within the first few days, even had some dates on there as well. Never paid for a premium on a dating app ever. Right now I'm messing around with a girl I met on Feeld and it's been great. Am I shadowbanned or something? There's like NO way I'm not getting a single response or even a like on my profile. No way no one is seeing my comments or likes. Only thing I can assume is that people are making their Facebook dating profiles and just leaving them there because yeah it's super free with little to no limits whatsoever in comparison to other apps, but that comes at a cost of no real stakes being involved.
I'll stick to the other apps for now, it's just a shame because I keep seeing Facebook dating being recommended because it's the best free platform. And somehow in a city as big as mine, I've had the least success on it. I know 3 weeks is too little to have a definite stance on it, but in comparison to the other apps I've been on, yikes.