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I tried Tinder for the first time and it's genuinely awful. (reddthat.com)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Anchorxiety@reddthat.com to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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It's so obviously designed primarily to get you to spend money on it, not to help you meet people. Some people have liked me, but despite daily swiping, I have no matches. It's clearly hiding them to get me to pay. On top of that, I had to verify my profile several times as well because I kept getting locked out of my account. It also deleted my bio because it thought I was sharing a social media handle (because how dare you chat to somebody outside of Tinder).

And before anyone calls me a fool for continuing to use it, I'm deleting my account right now lol.

When it comes to dating, nothing tops just going out and meeting people face to face without predatory apps acting as a "middleman".

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, old people had to socialize before the internet long enough to cement social skills so they’re the only people capable of human interaction, as a demographic, whereas younger people act like deer in the headlights if you try to have a friendly conversation with them and they don’t already know you.

[–] AskewLord@piefed.social 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

people i do know in 40 also can't hold a conversation for more than like 5 minutes without taking out their phone.

and then complain they don't have 'deep conversations'. yeah well.. you actively do everything you can to prevent that... that's how it goes.