What do men have to do to get anywhere?

Title. I'm new to this and mostly all i match with are bots, the few women I've matched with don't respond to texts or delete the conversation as soon as they see it. I know I'm not the most attractive guy, but I keep being told I'm not as ugly as I think, and the average guy seems to get SOME kind of success, so what's the secret? How do I get a match that's real and actually talks to me?