I've used tinder/bumble since their inception, even had 3 long(ish) relationships form. I think the value the apps bring is connecting people who would never me

I've used tinder/bumble since their inception, even had 3 long(ish) relationships form. I think the value the apps bring is connecting people who would never meet irl (i.e many degrees of social separation). I don't like the idea of only connecting friends of friends, it promotes insular social circles, harder for bigger cities to become open when everyone stays in their cliche. I feel this becoming more of a thing with social media, people are losing the ability to branch out. Like others have already commented, the apps also put females on a pedestal to a ridiculous degree. I'm (barely) in the range of "top" males and even getting a lot of matches (~10-20 a day), the number of girls who are open and willing to create a genuine connection (on the app) is approaching 1 in 100.