The great millennial garbage gyre
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A confounding issue is the apps themselves have gotten worse over time. Like, old okcupid you could search. You could type in like "final fantasy" or "the Mets" and find people who liked those things enough to put them on their profile.
Now you're limited to whatever the app decides to give you. Well, the app doesn't want you to leave so that incentive doesn't line up.
They are making a mentally ill frankenspecies.
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If that's the face you make looking at the trash floating on the surface at that age, you're gonna love the "whale fall" experience of the years that follow after — to say nothing of finally reaching the sea floor and it's just crustaceans forever.
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A confounding issue is the apps themselves have gotten worse over time. Like, old okcupid you could search. You could type in like "final fantasy" or "the Mets" and find people who liked those things enough to put them on their profile.
Now you're limited to whatever the app decides to give you. Well, the app doesn't want you to leave so that incentive doesn't line up.
I just got so sick of using the apps and their crappy interface. I can never remember if left is good, or right is good. Who designed that was a good idea?
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well, no shit, put on something cute and go poke around the meat department exuding cluelessness at a fancy grocery store in the nice part of town. Find some strapping adult man to “ask” if he knows the difference between skirt and brisket.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Pretty sure that's how catch a predator got their content.
You'd do way better by doing that in the cheese aisle.
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A confounding issue is the apps themselves have gotten worse over time. Like, old okcupid you could search. You could type in like "final fantasy" or "the Mets" and find people who liked those things enough to put them on their profile.
Now you're limited to whatever the app decides to give you. Well, the app doesn't want you to leave so that incentive doesn't line up.
You also had decent profiles where you could write more texts about you. That could give you an idea of who that person is. There is a difference between "Tea or Coffee? - Tea." and "Tea or Coffee? - I like green teas but also some black teas like assam. I sometimes bake scones to eat with the tea."
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Is she surprised by the lach of pedophiles?
Why would they use Tinder?
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Can someone explain this to me? Are all of the men just setting their age range really low, or is it a matter of all the "good" people being paired up by that age?
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Welp seeing as how garbage dating apps are due to being optimized to keep you using them instead of actually finding a longterm partner, and all being owned by about 2 or 3 different holding companies...
Might as well shoot my shot here:
36 m, opinionated autist seeking female autist within ... i dunno, +/- 5 my age.
(trans fem ok, ambi gender ok, just please don't be a fully advanced, PHD level bedroom = pigsty goblin)
For more details, see my comment history.
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A confounding issue is the apps themselves have gotten worse over time. Like, old okcupid you could search. You could type in like "final fantasy" or "the Mets" and find people who liked those things enough to put them on their profile.
Now you're limited to whatever the app decides to give you. Well, the app doesn't want you to leave so that incentive doesn't line up.
Fuck me that's bad, last I used it was in 2019, and even then it wasn't fantastic.
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A confounding issue is the apps themselves have gotten worse over time. Like, old okcupid you could search. You could type in like "final fantasy" or "the Mets" and find people who liked those things enough to put them on their profile.
Now you're limited to whatever the app decides to give you. Well, the app doesn't want you to leave so that incentive doesn't line up.
A lot of the more popular ones, okcupid included, all got bought up by Match Group and almost immediately started trending anti-consumer in their updates or removal of features. They want you paying, they don't give a shit about success.
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A lot of the more popular ones, okcupid included, all got bought up by Match Group and almost immediately started trending anti-consumer in their updates or removal of features. They want you paying, they don't give a shit about success.
100%. Match group should be broken up.
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Pretty sure that's how catch a predator got their content.
You'd do way better by doing that in the cheese aisle.
How to Catch a Predator is exactly the opposite - shadowy online interactions where you don’t know what’s really going on.
When an obviously fully adult woman in her cutest yoga pants asks you, an obviously fully adult man, about meat - everyone is 100% aware of the situation.
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This reminds me of the conversation I had with my co workers the other day. They basically warned don't do to your 10th/15th year class reunion, especially if you're in a relationship. All the girls who were used to constantly being in demand suddenly... aren't. And they're HORNY. And not in a very good way. In a very sad/depressing way.
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I saw a girl on tiktok say something similar about how after a shit day at work she will look at hinge and be even further upset about the people who have liked her on hinge, as though this is all she deserves in life.
It sounds extremely depressing out there these days.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Let's be honest, most men that use dating apps are those looking for hookups. So if you're a woman looking for tge same then go ahead but you're not gonna find a long term partner there unless if you're one of the lucky few
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Can someone explain this to me? Are all of the men just setting their age range really low, or is it a matter of all the "good" people being paired up by that age?
You missed the point I think.
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I have zero sympathy for cis straight people who think they have limited dating options.
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ask for help on pics
I would like to second this point, especially if you're not practiced at taking selfies. I've seen some fine looking men IRL whose profile pictures looked like potato.
It doesn't have to be this way. People like to help, and most would be happy to see you meet someone special. Might as well ask.
Thirded. People like to think that their match will be deep enough to look past something superficial like a bad photo, but that's not how most of us work. People see a decent photo and then check the rest.
You don't have to be a model or movie star. Good lighting. Clothes that fit. A background that's not, like, a dingy bathroom or your car.
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Let's be honest, most men that use dating apps are those looking for hookups. So if you're a woman looking for tge same then go ahead but you're not gonna find a long term partner there unless if you're one of the lucky few
None of the men I know that are using the apps are looking for hookups. There are many such men, but there are lots of people looking for other stuff as well.
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100%. Match group should be broken up.
It's an especially insidious type of monopoly to me because it deals with relationships, they can manipulate millions of people, affecting the creation of their families and kids.
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Let's be honest, most men that use dating apps are those looking for hookups. So if you're a woman looking for tge same then go ahead but you're not gonna find a long term partner there unless if you're one of the lucky few
I don't know a lot of people that use dating apps but in my anecdotal experience all the male friends I know that use them are actually looking for a good long-term relationship. But you're probably right that they are a minority.
