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Anon tries dating apps (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 24 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hinge, Tinder, OkCupid, Plenty Of Fish and others are owned by one giant company called Match.com. You are not ugly, a monopoly just puts you down the pile by algorithm to prompt you to pay to increase your chances of more likes (that's not to say that making your profile look good doesn't matter). There are independent dating apps like Coffee and Bagel and Bumble, but either those apps don't have many people or copying Match's anti-consumer behaviour like Bumble does.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Can Lemmy be used for dating?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That really depends: are you looking for a nerdy man who lacks social skills or are you t4t and super online? If so, yeah probably. If not, feel free to try

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I am a nerdy man who lacks social skills looking for a nerdy woman(ish person) who lacks social skills.

[–] waldfee@feddit.org 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Any platform can be used for dating

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

I have read about people trying to use LinkedIn for dating, and I feel like that's a red flag. Those men should probably be quarantined.

[–] waldfee@feddit.org 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Exhibit 1:

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

What the fuck‽

[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Everyone on LinkedIn should be quarantined.

[–] LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hey, you can show mutual connections, even check their CV for suspicious gaps and given how fucked up half the people on there are, they'll probably tell you their private and political opinions!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh yikes

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ancestry.com

[–] syaochan@feddit.it 0 points 3 weeks ago

...if you're brave enough

[–] GardenGeek@europe.pub 4 points 3 weeks ago

There's Alovoa... an open source platform but it's even less densely populated than Lemmy

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

I bet someone did just that and succeeded