Dating apps lose their luster with college students::undefined

    • @[email protected]
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      312 years ago

      Yeah no doubt. Not saying there’s no reason to be on the apps in college. I’m just saying there’s less and less opportunity for meeting people in person by chance at social events the older you get, and the more your social life includes people from work, married folks, parents, etc.

      College is the densest pool of single people with lots of free time you’ll ever experience bar none.

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        32 years ago

        Definitely true. Unfortunately, the irl dating scene in those “dense pools of singles” follow the same pattern as the apps; Everyone keeps wanting and expecting to get the top tier guy/girl, simply ignoring (=swiping left) all others that would probably be a better match and/or have more in common.

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          22 years ago

          sure its callled not giving someone a chance, being quick to judge, the apps tend to make the personalities and behaviors we have more obvious because they make it easier and more efficient to express this, but like others have said some of these apps are challenging to use by design, they want to extract money from you, not get you a date

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      72 years ago

      Then you look for the other person at the party standing there back to the wall looking like a deer in headlights and make friends or at least form a D&D group.

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      272 years ago

      I mean, that sucks, but it’s not like things are going to get better once you’re outside of the conditions mentioned

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      2 years ago

      thats why hints are bad, people should be more direct. time is a wasting. In american culture it is actually considered rude to be too direct, which is part of the problem, that mixed with social anxiety and widespread hate and ignorance.

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        12 years ago

        Yeah, it really is super difficult to put yourself out there if it’s not something you do regularly.