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adaml_623yesterday at 11:27 AM1 replyview on HN

This anecdote does not really feel like an argument that dating apps suck. Sounds like you were using them wrong somehow


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rTX5CMRXIfFGyesterday at 12:05 PM

I mean, that’s not really an informed skepticism is it? Respectfully, you’d have an idea of what the commenter means if you’re attractive.

In my own experience I quite agree. When you have more than a hundred matches, it just sucks, because the fact that you have that many matches means you’ve cast your net too wide. You swiped right solely on the basis of looks but the good dates are good because other factors like personality and similarity in interests and sense of humor turn out to actually matter. Those are things best gauged via face-to-face interaction.