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Literally just a bit under average height unless anon is Dutch or something.
I've always found to have more luck on dating sites like Plenty of Fish and OKcupid than I do on the more modern dating apps.
I don't know if any of them do this today, but I really liked the ones that had personality quizzes and matched people to you via personal compatibility.
Those personality tests netted me several relationships and 2 consecutive marriages.
To me, I see that as highly effective.
I want one based of Spotify recommendations.
That's actually a really good idea.
You can tell a lot about a person by the flavor of their earworms.
Yummy
There is one that does that but its mostly focused towards alt/goth/metal people.
Interesting.
OkCupid is terrible, it's basically just Tinder at this point, in fact the literally all owned by the same company anyway.
That's really sad to hear. It was a uniquely user driven platform back in the day.
Its fall was like when pre-2023 Reddit became modern Reddit.
What's khv?
Kissless, Hugless, Virgin or Kissless, Handhold-less, Virgin. (Khhv = kissless, hugless, handhold-less, virgin)
Yeah it's not easy. And it sucks to have to market yourself like a product.
There's a reason none of these sites/apps share data anymore. It was way too depressing.
Try being on the apps for a year without a match. Really helps boost the old self esteem.
Do young people not go places to meet new people anymore? I haven't been single since dating apps got real popular, but I still feel most people who partner up probably aren't meeting on the Internet.
I haven't been single in a long time, but any time I go out there always seems to be single women looking for company, at least enough to try hitting on a dude with a ring.
Less walkable communities, less free time, and more remote work lead to isolation. Our capitalist society was not designed for meeting people, it was designed to make people work
But why are selfish millennials killing the birthrate?!
Our capitalist society was not designed for meeting people
This is strange because people that are coupled (and eventually have children) are stronger consumers than a single person.
Your thinking too long term, gotta think how will this effect this quarters earnings?
People who are actively dating also spend more money. We gotta bump those numbers up, Johnson, get the people dating and spending! Lets make a day where couples will spend money on each other.
Lets call it Valentines day, and we'll put it in each quarter. It'll be a hit.
I mean you say this but Tinder and all its clones don't make their money off of people trying to get a date. They make money by pushing you to the brink of what they think you'll tolerate to not leave the platform, but make matches scarce enough that you pay for premium placement; their goal is to sell premium service, not hook you up.
And actually getting you into a LTR is the opposite of what they want, because it removes two people from their pool.
Exactly, capitalism is all about short term profits. If you're a publicly traded company it's literally law
Don't use dating apps, they're not worth your time.
If you're a guy you're going to be doing all of the messaging and conversational work almost all of the time.
Just go get a hobby that involves meeting up with people and something will happen organically. Also you'll be happier and get better interpersonal skills.
But all of my hobbies are total sausage fests