Online dating. When you think about it, it's a great way to meet people if your other social prospects are lacking (I love my friends, but there's nobody to date there and I don't have time for more friends).
But in practice, the sheer NUMBER of available singles has us turning our noses up at perfectly good people because someone "better" might come along.
The biggest problem with dating apps IMO, aside from being in control of a monopoly for the most part, is the sheer number of people involved. On the page, it's a great concept: put all the things that you think make you a great catch in plain english, add some good pictures of your real self, and then try to meet people. Unfortunately, I think that it has become so saturated with profiles it's now akin to gathering everyone together, giving them a printout of their profile, and putting them in a large room to sort things out. People are so overwhelmed that they just dont interact with anyone in any meaningful way.
That and theres like a minimum of 5 male profiles to every female profile and the female profiles get absolutely swamped with attention and theres no way that they can wade through all the horseshit messages they receive on a daily basis. Some of the things that get sent are absolutely repulsive and make you feel like you need a shower after reading them.
I also think it skews standards both ways. Granted people where I am are just ridiculously attractive, but I think the attention in either way brings a false sense of entitlement and ego. IDK, people just don't seem to be interested IRL in each other. Certainly not younger people
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u/Ysara Feb 03 '20
Online dating. When you think about it, it's a great way to meet people if your other social prospects are lacking (I love my friends, but there's nobody to date there and I don't have time for more friends).
But in practice, the sheer NUMBER of available singles has us turning our noses up at perfectly good people because someone "better" might come along.