What's your creative solution to solve the loneliness epidemic?
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Less pants
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Get a personality. It worked for me!
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Hamsters? I didn't know y'all enough to trust you with cats or dogs outright.
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Chatbots
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I don't think there is a solution. I think this is the path and these are the results.
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We turn the Internet off at the weekends
Do it during the week
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Just force everybody to interact. Obligatory meetings for the whole village/city district/city block (depending on size of population) every saturday morning with local news, coffee and cake and maybe games or time for chatting.
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This would work approximately as well as all the current apps. The people you want to date are either already in relationships, date without using the apps, aren't dating right now, or simply don't want to date you because you aren't their type or aren't good enough for them. The idea that the evil corporations know exactly who your perfect match is and are keeping them from you is a fantasy. The fact is, dating apps don't work for most people because most people don't put the effort in to present themselves well and put themselves out there.
I don't know man, i think the simpler answer of "capitalism and profit motive create incentives that don't yield good outcomes" is compelling. Okcupid was better and more feature rich before Match bought it.
There is some user error on the apps, though, as you say.
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Capitalism is a root cause. Let's get rid of that, or if that's too extreme that severely regulate it.
Jail all of Facebook's decision makers. Seize it (investors get nothing), and either shut it down or revert it to a simple message board. Require moderators. Ban the trash (eg: sovereign citizens groups). Remember that time they tried to see if they could make people sad by changing the algorithm? Find those people and ruin them.
Pay labor more. Work them less. I'd just do basic income, personally.
Make more walkable spaces. Fuck car culture. You don't meet anyone when you drive. Everywhere could have local spots where you see regulars.
More free public events. Brooklyn does "movies under the stars". There's also like yoga classes, bird watching, concerts. More of that.
Offer free education for anyone who applies in good faith. Offer classes on a range of subjects, but honestly I think a lot of people would benefit from lessons and practice on "how to talk to people" and public speaking.
Kind of a ramble. But I think if you leave capitalism in place, you're going to have problems. "Everything has to make the owners as much money as possible, immediately" isn't a formula for a good life.
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I don't know man, i think the simpler answer of "capitalism and profit motive create incentives that don't yield good outcomes" is compelling. Okcupid was better and more feature rich before Match bought it.
There is some user error on the apps, though, as you say.
I suppose this is a difference of opinion we are just going to have.
But in my experience, it is entirely possible to use the apps as they are with a lot of success if you put the work into having a good profile.
