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honestly i think it’s a shame that online ways to meet people are inferior than chance encounters. Chance encounters rely on luck, with online you get filters a
by armchairhacker 5y ago
honestly i think it’s a shame that online ways to meet people are inferior than chance encounters. Chance encounters rely on luck, with online you get filters and algorithms to pair you with similar people.
Unfortunately the filters filter out good people, the algorithms are shoddy and gamed, and you genuinely don’t know if who you meet online is some weirdo who could turn out to harass or stalk you (of course there are weird people in person too, but it’s a lot harder to look and act “normal” in real life than it is on Reddit).
- its_bbq 5y agoYou're acting like chance encounters are like uniformly random samples or something. If you're doing the same thing at the same place at the same time you probably have something in common. If that thing is a hobby you enjoy, you now both have a hobby in common.
- klabb3 5y ago> Chance encounters rely on luck, with online you get filters and algorithms to pair you with similar people. Agreed, but this change in topology isn't obviously beneficial or desirable. Superficial interest based similarities are not necessarily a good predictor of meaningfulness, and likely a negative predictor for understanding and acceptance of people who are different from us.