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I have never used a dating app. Where do I start?

The short answer

Photos first, one app, and expect the first two weeks to be quiet. Most people quit in week three, right before their profile changes start working.

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Do the photos before you sign up

This is the whole thing, and doing it after you have already made a profile means launching with whatever was on your phone.

You want six: a clear face shot, a full body, one doing something you do, one social, and two for variety. Outdoors, good light, someone else holding the camera.

Pick one app, not four

Four half-finished profiles perform worse than one good one, and you cannot tell what is working when everything varies at once.

Write a bio that can be answered

Not a list of adjectives. One or two specific things and one hook someone could reply to without inventing a reason.

Calibrate expectations

Low match rates are normal, silence is not personal, and the median conversation goes nowhere. Judge it on whether things improve after you change something, not on the first week.