[logicalmonster]

You can't really fix online dating because you can't really change human nature. Men want what they want and women want what they want and nothing changes that.

You can of course meet somebody decent online with enough persistence, especially in a big city with a constant pool of new people, but the way things work online is bad for almost everybody except the very best looking men, who are able to use these apps to easily sleep with a constant pool of new women.

The best advice is to probably go hang out where women you want to meet hang out. Meet people in real life.

Go to bookstores. Do some volunteer work. Play in a coed sports league. Go to church.

[giantg2]

"Men want what they want and women want what they want and nothing changes that."

Well, societal/cultural pressures and customs highly shape this. One could use this knowledge to select candidates from specific bagrounds that are likely to share values.