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> if you wanted to meet somebody you probably went to a nightclub I'm sure that I have seen somewhere here before some hard statistics on where partners meet i
by Mediterraneo10 5y ago
> if you wanted to meet somebody you probably went to a nightclub
I'm sure that I have seen somewhere here before some hard statistics on where partners meet in Western countries – maybe someone still has a link. In spite of the existence of known meat markets, those meat markets are not the source of most of the population’s relationships. Instead, people come together through mundane things like friends of friends, people at work, people in the neighbourhood, classmates, etc.
- purplecats 5y agoIt doesn't seem _mundane_, it seems safe. They meet via social proof rather than via randomness.
- pcbro141 5y agoThis Stanford study (2017) says 39% of hetero couples meet online today. Wow, that's really high if true: https://www.statista.com/chart/20822/way-of-meeting-partner-heterosexual-us-couples/ https://www.statista.com/chart/20822/way-of-meeting-partner-...
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoWaste enough time flinging pigeons at the wall and eventually they all end up in holes. If everyone spends a stupid amount of time with online dating then that's where a lot of the matches are gonna be even if it's not an efficient way to get that end result.
- EForEndeavour 5y agoHow do you measure efficiency? Isn't "eventually leads to significant other" a relevant metric? If couples are finding each other online more than they are elsewhere, then online matchmaking is outperforming offline channels.
- dvfjsdhgfv 5y ago"Online" is not equivalent to using a dating app.
- atmosx 5y agoThe club thing is popularized by ads, movies, video clips, etc. It is not as common as TV makes it to be.
- interestica 5y agoCollege as a Marriage Market https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26923692 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26923692