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When Tinder first came out, the model was instantly popular with my millennial peers and it cemented itself into the subscription based window shopping economy. Swipe Right, if you like the pic. Swipe Left if you don't. Who cares if it's superficial? Now, I'm hard pressed to find any dating website that doesn't have similar features, and if they DON'T implement the Tinder model it's a site that's stuck in the 90s and a neglected userbase that's ripe for scammers, fake profiles and obviously spammy sex ads.
One of my cousins got married thanks to tinder, but then broke it off shortly after. I'm not entirely sure of Tinder's success rate, and/or why without this data other dating sites would go ahead and follow that model. The whole reason, I started w/online dating was because I (Naively) thought that it would be easier to meet people who were single and who weren't superficial. Boy was I wrong.
Don't get me wrong, I've had phenomenal success getting dates w/girls. I've dated more girls in the past year than at any other time in my life. Girls I would have never approached in real life. These girls were in no way whatsoever smoking hot models (That's not my type anyway) some of that is my eagerness to just accept any girl's invitation due to the fact that she ISN'T a superficial instagram whore, or a bot. I know I'm not smoking hot, or and don't have model looks, but it's my personality more than anything takes some warming up to. (as you all know about my weird political views) W/online dating especially in the tinder age. All of that is taken away. At least with the old model, there were carefully written out profiles about likes and dislikes. Not just emoji puzzles and links to an instagram account. Or worse empty descriptions.
Online dating is also really bad if you live near but NOT in a major city. I live 10 miles from NYC, and I ONLY ever get matched w/girls who live in NYC or farther away. I'm planning something w/someone who lives farther away in upstate NY. She can only meet up in a few weeks though.
So in conclusion, even though the old style dating sites are littered w/scammers, I miss the old style. I miss the way that we could all view profiles without paying, message anybody we want and see that she reads it hopes that she responds. If she doesn't no big deal, but it's waaaay better than just staring aimless at my phone hoping for a match. IDK if this post makes much sense but hopefully this girl works out and I never have to do online dating again. Because if she becomes my gf and then we break up, I won't go back to online dating.
YES I read the profiles.
One of my cousins got married thanks to tinder, but then broke it off shortly after. I'm not entirely sure of Tinder's success rate, and/or why without this data other dating sites would go ahead and follow that model. The whole reason, I started w/online dating was because I (Naively) thought that it would be easier to meet people who were single and who weren't superficial. Boy was I wrong.
Don't get me wrong, I've had phenomenal success getting dates w/girls. I've dated more girls in the past year than at any other time in my life. Girls I would have never approached in real life. These girls were in no way whatsoever smoking hot models (That's not my type anyway) some of that is my eagerness to just accept any girl's invitation due to the fact that she ISN'T a superficial instagram whore, or a bot. I know I'm not smoking hot, or and don't have model looks, but it's my personality more than anything takes some warming up to. (as you all know about my weird political views) W/online dating especially in the tinder age. All of that is taken away. At least with the old model, there were carefully written out profiles about likes and dislikes. Not just emoji puzzles and links to an instagram account. Or worse empty descriptions.
Online dating is also really bad if you live near but NOT in a major city. I live 10 miles from NYC, and I ONLY ever get matched w/girls who live in NYC or farther away. I'm planning something w/someone who lives farther away in upstate NY. She can only meet up in a few weeks though.
So in conclusion, even though the old style dating sites are littered w/scammers, I miss the old style. I miss the way that we could all view profiles without paying, message anybody we want and see that she reads it hopes that she responds. If she doesn't no big deal, but it's waaaay better than just staring aimless at my phone hoping for a match. IDK if this post makes much sense but hopefully this girl works out and I never have to do online dating again. Because if she becomes my gf and then we break up, I won't go back to online dating.
YES I read the profiles.
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