What could I be doing better when interacting with matches on dating apps?

I don’t get that many matches so when I get one, I’m not the best at thinking before acting and I always tend to say something stupid or a dumb dad joke that gives away that I’m kind of lame. Usually I get instant unmatched or never get a response and by day 5 it’s obvious I’m being ghosted so I just unmatch myself.

It sucks, it really sucks. I don’t even care about the relationship at this point, I clearly need to get more practice at just interacting with people I’m interested in. Trying to be funny or clever doesn’t seem to work so I want to know socially what I could do to keep things interesting with someone I just met.