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ted (not lasso)
@ted
strong opinion, strongly held: on the whole, dating apps are worse for mental health than any other social media platforms
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
Probably more so for women. There has to be a better way of doing it on the internet
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JA Westenberg
@joanwestenberg.eth
1000000%. Anecdotally from my friends who are still dating, Tinder has become a source of toxicity / spiralling emotionally and mentally.
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Winston Laoh
@winstonlaoh
Used almost all of them for a couple years. Definitely terrible for mental health, I think it also really skews perception. Ended up meeting my girlfriend IRL at a concert, so there ya go.
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Brian Smocovich
@bsmokes.eth
Near impossible to find somebody you have genuine chemistry with. All my longer term partners I’ve met IRL. Apps are a waste of time and terrible for our brains.
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Gabriel Ayuso
@gabrielayuso.eth
💯 I did meet my soon-to-be-ex-wife on a dating app. It's possible to make quality connections but sifting through all that noise might not be worth it. Especially now vs 9 years ago when I met my ex. Some apps are worse than others though.
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Nicholas Charriere
@pushix
Depends if you're trying to date or find the one imo. They can be used for both, are toxic for one but are a really good tool for the other.
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GIGAMΞSH
@gigamesh
holding out for an AI girlfriend
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Mac Budkowski ᵏ
@macbudkowski
I downloaded Tinder in around 2014. Deleted it after a week. Re-downloaded it lately and deleted it again.
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kugusha 🦋
@kugusha.eth
whenever I opened a dating app, it felt like I’m shopping online for some objects. The illusion of endless choices doesn’t help to build any connection or commitment. So IRL girl here too
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Alok Vasudev
@alok
strong opinion, weakly held: dating apps might destroy civilization
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Cyber Shakti 🎩😇😈💃
@cybershakti
Iza true, and very stressful! Can’t go on a date without calculating worst case scenarios and 5 friends on speed dial
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humpty
@humpty
Never used one. My wife did, before we were married, and found some matches but never anything meaningful beyond a few dates. We met irl and she said she had a better experience from it than all men from the app. But maybe that’s just me.
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Joe Toledano
@joetoledano
I think generally agree, but Twitter/X has been a real challenge these past 2 weeks.
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@bias
Even if true: I’d rather we fix the social media platforms first as you’re describing a subset of online people that are affected by this versus the majority who are affected by the suboptimal platform wars
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Sandiforward
@sandiforward
Scott Galloway article a few years back threading a few data points together around this. Alarming - https://www.profgalloway.com/a-fewer-good-men/
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rileybeans
@rileybeans
I haven't actively dated in two years and I can't imagine what it's like since then. It's been my primary source for idk... a long time? Definitely not an experience I could handle right now.
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Mattie Fairchild
@scav
Signed
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eunika🍒
@eunika.eth
Never used one but I agree that they are bad
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Zeronium
@zeronium
I guess there’s the high upside of a positive experience with a dating app, which you likely won’t get with regular social media usage.
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