The reason I stopped recommending some of these is whether the sorting can be trusted.
My experience with gay male dating sites was mixed enough that I want to be specific rather than general.
About 60 profiles into it, the pattern around whether the good profiles are already taken became obvious.
My rule for the service now is simple: check how many profiles logged in this week on day one.
Photo quality moved my results on the site more than anything I wrote, more even than how thin the pool gets outside big cities.
Assuming you're not paying, how the match quality holds up past the first day is where the app gets tight.
Anything I recommend around the service has to clear one bar, which is how much of the base is genuinely looking.
Has anyone got gay male dating sites working properly outside a major city?