On average I would get 6 new matches every day which led to around 4–5 conversations taking place over the course of three weeks. This number varied depending on my location – I was in a large urban city, so this number could have been even lower if I had been somewhere more rural. This means that on average each conversation took about 2–3 weeks to start happening. Even though the play button was literally only one finger tap away from being pressed, few guys made the first move and simply unmatched instead.
Indeed I even wondered if people were using Tinder as a form of entertainment, not really expecting any messages or matches whatsoever. To give you an idea: there was a period of two days where I got 10 messages but none of them led to a conversation (and consequently no dates). Of those messages 5 were from men who didn't like my profile picture; 3 were from men who wanted phone sex; and the remaining 2 were from men who wanted to make friends. There was also a guy who told me he needed help with some computer problem and asked if I could meet him (no, I didn't).
The other big issue with online dating is that you don't actually know anything about the person your talking to until you meet them in person. This means that there's always a risk of being catfished (where someone pretends to be somebody else). It's quite common for women on dating sites to get messages from guys who they simply have nothing in common with or just don't like their personality. In such cases it can be very tough for women because it doesn't give them much of an excuse not to reply and they will often engage in conversation with such men for a while.