strong opinion, strongly held: on the whole, dating apps are worse for mental health than any other social media platforms

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Probably more so for women. There has to be a better way of doing it on the internet

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dating apps are actually a worse experience for men tbh. done a lot of research on this to validate my decision not to use them hahaha

OKCupid: women rank 80% of men as worse-looking than "average"

Tinder: the bottom 80% of men are competing for the bottom 22% of women, so 78% of women are competing for 20% of men. if an economy, Tinder would be 8th most unequal

Hinge: the top 10% of men are getting ~60% of all likes

So am I right that a men don’t rank as many as below average? Which is a tough one as women are better at making the best of themselves, but the assumption would be men are the harsher critics.

the psychological change in the brain from an app to in person interaction is another effect as well that should be studied. Same could go for instagram and other web based apps. You bring up a great point... how do we fix this?