• spamfajitas@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      The apps hadn’t been so thoroughly ruined by Match Group yet. OKCupid used to publish interesting detailed reports about dating habits. Plenty of Fish wasn’t full of bots and scammers. The apps that charged you for basic features were largely avoided. The experience was weird and new.

      The dating app landscape as it is now is basically just whichever is the latest one until Match acquires it.

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        7 months ago

        Those of us who are right on the cusp (let’s say 95-99) all use the apps but end up finding partners irl instead anyway. Either that or not at all. Just not on the apps.

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      7 months ago

      Gen z and millennials are the only cohorts now? Get off my lawn.

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        7 months ago

        No no of course not, I simply forgot Gen X existed and I don’t care how earlier generations did it, they seem miserable and bitter.

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        7 months ago

        Gen x is not considered, as they are the middle child of generations.