Online dating vs real life, experiences?

I’m having no real luck with online dating, and I’m tired of going through the same algorithm over and over again. Just getting the same results. Surely most couples don’t actually meet this way, feels like falsified data by big dating to pull in more users. I get the sense that online dating just attracts the least well adjusted individuals, ghosting, flaking, rude. How have others gone with real life dating, more organic meetups etc?