I hope this question qualifies for this board, but I could really use the advice.
Simply put, I don’t have a lot of dating experience, and I don’t have a big enough social group that I could just spontaneously meet or be introduced to single people. I’ve been in-and-out when it comes to dating apps, sometimes frequently searching, sometimes ignoring it to focus on self-improvement (like job searching, mental health, etc). Also, whether I like it or not, the pandemic has forced me to adopt some strong values that if my partner didn’t share in some of them, I wouldn’t want to be dating them. Basically, I don’t want to jive with any anti-vaxxers or contrarians. Doesn’t mean they have to completely share my beliefs, just not have any radical shitty ones.
But even to this day, I’m still not sure what my type is, beyond physical preferences. I thought before that it didn’t matter if my SO shared my interests, as that would be too limiting (“do you watch anime?”), but I’m now thinking that we’d have to have at least a good amount of things in common or I would end up bored or boring.
I still hear that Tinder is relevant, so I wanted to confirm if that is indeed the best one to use. Regardless, I also could use advice on how to set up a decent profile and basic summary of myself. I tend to get too wordy, so I could use help to cut it down to something that paints a decent picture of myself, as well as filtering out profiles that I either have no interest in or to avoid any scams/bots.
Any advice you can provide would be appreciated.