I always had poor results on Tinder and Bumble here in Canada.
I took it more seriously when I moved to Montreal(3M population) for 5 weeks from Edmonton(1M population).
I got few results even with Platinum. So I recreated my account very quickly. once I did I knew it was a mistake because my likes were noticeably lower.
I didn't give up and ended up getting 4 dates and a potential 5th (that I couldn't go to because I moved back to Edmonton) through Boosts.
I am again struggling to get matches and likes in a Canadian city of 100k.
I feel like my profile is not good because I hear selfies are bad but I still think that girls do not see my profile bc of a penalized ELO.
I tried doing a hard reset with a fake phone number service but my account was auto-banned.
I don't really think I am shadow banned because I do even worse on bumble and hinge so I believe the issue is primarily my profile and maybe location for getting matches.
Although a low ELO is possible
Tinder profile:
https://tinder.com/@daple1997