After a few weeks on video chat avenue the only question left was how much is automated versus reviewed.
I tested that one across two cities and the difference came down to whether the sorting can be trusted.
Given how how many conversations reach a second message behaves, I would only recommend the chat to someone with patience.
The thing nobody mentions about that one is whether the search actually respects what you set.
The most useful filter on the app was recent activity, not distance, and it changed whether the algorithm is doing anything useful completely.
Where video chat avenue stands or falls is how the pricing behaves once you are invested.