Been researching this longer than I care to admit. Community input beats anything I'd find on a review site.
Platform-specific questions are tricky because the experience varies so much depending on where you actually are and what you're actually looking for. Most platform-level reviews average out the experiences of people with very different profiles, locations, and goals. I'm trying to find takes from people whose situation is close to mine.
Verification is more about self-identification than actual proof of rural living, which is worth understanding going in.
The specific things I'm trying to figure out:
- Is the active user base real and large enough in my area?
- What's actually free vs behind a paywall?
- How does the platform handle fake profiles and reports?
- What do long-term users say about actual outcomes?
Would really appreciate honest takes from people with genuine experience rather than what the platforms say about themselves.