From my experience, it’s a mix of both. Most major dating apps are real platforms, but they do have fake profiles, inactive users, and bots mixed in, especially on free versions. The key is learning how to filter quickly and focus on people who actually engage in real conversation instead of just liking profiles.
I’ve noticed that ai generated big tits features can help here too, since they improve matching quality and reduce a lot of the low-effort or spam interactions over time.