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A long time ago, a female friend told me that a cute guy had given her his number, and she really like that because it felt less vulnerable than giving out her number to a guy she just met. The next time I saw her, I asked her how it went with the guy, and she said, "Oh, I was gonna text him, but then I got too nervous, and now it's been too long."
That's frustrating and relatable at the same time
someone really needs to make an activitypub-based dating platform, it shouldn't be that much work since it's basically mastodon with a different UI..
Women on bumble making the first move: Hi
Business reps say a lot of things. Lete translate that business jargon for you:
"Our company has lost 95% of its value and shareholders are making death threats. We are desperate."
Every woman's profile on every dating app other than Bumble: "If we match, better say something more than hey or hello. Put in some actual effort!"
Women sending the first message on bumble: "Hey"
Also people who say "don't just write hey!" and then have absolutely no hooks in their profile.
Put a hook. Not a cliché or pickup line. Something you want them to talk to you about. You set the starting conditions. Use that advantage.
"I have an 11 inch penis. Around. Think about it."
manhole cover
I would definitely be intrigued, but maybe not enough to keep the communication going with this woman
Women on dating apps suck. Men on dating apps suck. The fact that it wasn't always this way tells me that either 1, people or 2, the apps have caused interactions to degrade.
the apps. OK Cupid was pretty much perfect back when I was single.
It was so good before Match Group got their hands on it…
Match group should be broken up and its leadership held responsible for any harms we can find from their prioritizing profits over happiness.
Crimes against humanity would only be a bit of a stretch in my mind. Declining birth rates and a loneliness epidemic, and these chumps have been making it worse for profit.
Dating apps are not incentivized to make successful matches because then you don’t need the app.
*People suck
Not on the first date, though, right?
Depends on how well the date goes.
Dating apps are cancer lol
well they are now.
they used to be a convergence point for people to find others that were actually looking for a relationship and not just a fuckbuddy.
just another victim of enshitification.
I haven’t used bumble in a while but when I left it felt like everyone still using it was just there to match and then go no contact. Kinda surprised it’s still being used by people
Just takes persistence. Its a low effort activity that most people are doing as the digital equivalent of window shopping. But you occasionally stumble on someone serious.
Its not really that different to real life. If you spoke to 500 single people of your preferred gender chances are you'd only get considerable interest out of a handful. Especially as you're using lemmy. /j
It feels like the apps started charging an insane amount per message which probably made a lot of people match and then go quiet.
Wait, they're charging per message now?? (I haven't been on a dating app in a decade.)
Yeah but you could save by buying a three pack for only $10!
I hope they all rot.
ew 'phone only app now' nope sorry, too much of a burden.