Or maybe, you know, PAY FOR JOURNALISM |
The apps wouldn’t exist if people mostly met long-term partners on them, so these business owners are invested in keeping people scrolling, not being coupled up.
The other thing is that these apps create an illusion of endless “supply,” which I think leads some to have a permanent curiosity about what they’re missing, what else is out there etc. I met my husband on an app (bumble, if you’re wondering) but the experience was generally hellish and I found a lot of weird, coupled, and non-committal people on them. |
Disagree. Practically every woman I ever met on the apps were totally DTF immediately. Especially the ones who went out of their way to say "no hookups" in their profiles. It was weird. I'm not gonna lie. But it happened. I usually had to be the one turning them down. |
This. Dating apps want to extend users' time using the apps so it's not in their interest to match too soon. They help people cycle through mulitple good-but-not-great-fit/short-term partners - just good enough to feel like the app was successful, so they don't abandon the app, but not the right fit - before matching them with great-fit/long-term partners. App users are becoming savvy to the tactics and don't want to play the game. |
As a widower who had had a very happy marriage I stopped using the apps because so many of the woman carried loads of baggage - unhappy marriages, problem children etc. I’m sure that holds true for men as well. Thankfully, my 26 year old daughter introduced me to an older coworker of hers who my daughter described as “beautiful and sane.” |
People meet each other on Snapchat and DM etc the apps aren't needed
Plus the apps shot themselves in the foot by adding all the rules |
This has always been my experience also. I'm still kind of shocked by it, years later. |
That will be the day I subscribe to an online news source just to read one article when I can always find that same article for free with a simple Google search. |
All the male and female whores on them. That have sex upon first meet. And lots of liars. It’s gross. I’m glad to see more organic ways of meeting people is coming back in style.
I’m so glad I was pre-OLD. Match had just started. People just met IRL. |
Most people don’t want to date these days period. They prefer having convos with ChatGPT. |
Dating is dead. |
I'm almost a year into a relationship that started on a dating app. Many people I know started relationships on dating apps. Since I'm not into religious institutions, running clubs, game nights, or dating at work, the apps were my only real option after my divorce. I met nice people on them, even though most dates went nowhere, and I'm not alone in think they are very helpful. The thing about apps that makes them hard to use for me is that everyone has lots of choices all the time. Liking someone and then getting disappointed is a basic part of using a dating app. |
Men have been emasculated. More and more men are afraid of approaching women.
You add to this that being LGBTQ is cooler than it has ever been. The result is less dating. The dating apps are paying that price. |
I don't understand the point about LGBTQ. You mean people used to date the opposite sex so nobody would know they're gay? |
Yep. A computerised dude ranch. |