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Verified accounts only, mandatory 2FA, have a non targeted ad system that users can opt out of via subscription automatically show users other users who have liked them, put the bio at the top of the profile with the photo gallery at the bottom, only becoming viewable after the user has had enough time to read the profile and bio, same for the ability to swipe on them, use a reporting system that boosts reports from people who file actionable reports, do A LOT of advertising aimed at women because drawing women to the platform is consistently the most difficult part of running a match making site, the gender gap between users of different gender is a significant part of that "avalanche of unwanted dicks" phenomenon women who do brave the sites complain about.
Cut the algorithm out entirely, just line up potential matches with their distance from you, or if you have a questionnaire system like OkC, a matrix of Distance and match score from their answers.
Allow filtering based on love languages in addition to the other categories, also allow filtering based on star sign, but then also allow filtering out anyone filtering based on star sign.
Issue bans for trying to hide or lie about political opinions and relationship goals, IE trying to claim you're a centrist when really you're a socialist who knows that it won't get you dates in deep red Alabama, or claiming you want to be childfree when really you want to saddle someone up to be a SAHP.
Have a separate app for long term dating vs hook-ups, and probation any accounts switching from the hook-ups app to the long term dating app.
Do not permit long distance matching, LDRs can work amazingly, but overwhelmingly the cases where they do work involves a scenario where the partners start geographically close and then have to endure an extended period apart.
Ban users for linking their social media at all on the apps.
Have a date planning feature that just displays well rated attractions in the area like parks, restaurants, and theaters, and then allows users to share picks from that map with matches to suggest where they can go to meet up for the first time.
With the prevalence of generative AI, it's becoming more and more difficult to trust an image (and soon videos will follow), so how will people verify themselves? Not many people will want to hand over their government-issued ID to a random company.
Even if that wasn't an issue, how would the service survive? What would be the monetisation strategy (assuming good will)?