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Are Dating Apps Getting Worse? (www.wired.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Yes, and more rapey.

https://themarkup.org/investigations/2025/02/13/dating-app-tinder-hinge-cover-up

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Just need to be sure to buy all the flairs and special options and it'll surely work this year...

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can they get worse?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Also, were they ever good?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

OKCupid was alright before the buyout. I won't say it was great, but I went out with several people thanks to that site and met my current partner of 12 years there.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They haven't worked since all becoming for profit, rather than for... dating. Turns out setting people up should really be charity work, not for profit.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (11 children)

Maybe there should be a fediverse dating app?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I'm pretty sure there is a FOSS dating app, but I can't remember the name of it.

I doubt it has a half decent userbase though.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (5 children)

There's a thousand nerds, two furries and a woman.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (4 children)

I feel like you're vastly underestimating the number of flurries on the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

maybe furry nerds were only counted as nerds

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

I don't know I assumed there were twice as many furries as women.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Those apps are like Google search. They are designed to keep you occupied, to make you pay for subscriptions and click on ads.

They are not designed to find you a good partner.

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