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The World of Japanese Dating Apps
- personlurking 8y agoInteresting footnote at the bottom, not talked about in the article itself: "Nearly all of the Japanese dating apps I looked at require male users to pay fees on a monthly basis" For those curious about blood type personality theory, here's the Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_personality_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type_personality_theory
- laurieg 8y agoIn Japan simply putting a picture of your face online is viewed as suspicious. Many people post no face pictures on social networking whatsoever. My experience on dating apps is that about 50% of women would not post a picture where they could be identified. I found the mention of religion a little bit out of place. For the vast majority of people religion has absolutely no connection to dating. Also, I think there is a fairly clear demarcation between "having fun" dating that you might do in your college days and early twenties and "serious" where you are dating with the intention of marriage and children. Anecdotally, people have fun until they feel it's time to settle down, after which they very quickly find the type of person they want to marry and get married.
- personlurking 8y agoI would imagine there could be a niche market for hikikomori to connect, though it'd be more virtual than IRL, for obvious reasons.