Seconding what NoahFL said, with one caveat about free online friendship sites for seniors.
Where free online friendship sites for seniors stands or falls is what the free ceiling looks like in practice.
I tested the site across two cities and the difference came down to what you lose by never upgrading.
If you bounced off this before, revisit the platform and check whether messaging costs anything once you start first this time.
The measure I would actually check on free online friendship sites for seniors is where the paywall really kicks in.
Reply rate on that one roughly doubled once I stopped leading with a compliment, though what the real cost is after the trial never budged.