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Heck, are there dating sites that work at all anymore? Over a decade ago I had some success with OkCupid but my impression is that ever since swipe apps became a thing, online dating went from bad to terrible for everyone except gay men looking for hookups. Now I might have to go low-tech and ask my grandma to introduce me to her friends' single granddaughters...
Ugh, the "swipe" is the worst feature for every company to jump on. I get paralyzed between, "What if they just took a bad picture? I don't know enough about them and dismissing them for a bad photo could mean missing out," and "What if I'm swiping right on a creep and don't realize it? Now they'll know my picture, my name, where I live, and they'll think I'm definitely interested."
I haven't used it in a couple years, but I did meet my current boyfriend on OK Cupid. I'm poly, and I met my girlfriend last year on a queer dating/social app called Lex. The cool thing with Lex is that it's text-based, originally modeled off of old newspaper classified ads. You get to know people through them voicing their thoughts and asking original questions. No pressure to "swipe or get off the pot," you can get to know someone through comments on posts before sending a message. It's a smaller community (as expected for queer folk) so I don't know how popular it is outside of highly populated areas. It's not for everyone, but if you're in the LGBTQ+ community and sick of being forced to make snap-judgements about strangers who might end up being a massive part of your life, it's a relief.
If any work it's a bug. "Dating" apps don't want to be dating apps, they want to be hookup apps because that's how they can keep repeat customers. The only way dating apps would remain dating apps under for profit companies is if they found a way to charge a subscription for long term relationships.