While I agree that in person should definitely be a part of it, as a bit of anecdata I made a huge meetup push for two years (I went to meetups 2-3x a week, eve

While I agree that in person should definitely be a part of it, as a bit of anecdata I made a huge meetup push for two years (I went to meetups 2-3x a week, every week) in order to meet new people and date, and did get a few dates out of it, but mostly just new friends (that being said, I do know a few people in those same groups that ended up as long-term couples through it, and one of those couples got married eventually). Meanwhile every relationship I had at that time came from OKCupid, including my wife. I wouldn't be surprised if all the dating sites are now garbage thanks to them all being owned by Match Group, but at least back then they weren't terrible and I had good luck with it as an average-looking nerdy guy, much more than in-person. I do credit going to meetups regularly with me becoming a bit more well-rounded and sociable of a person and more dateable as a result, though. Good luck on your dating app personal project. I worked on one professionally for about six months a long time ago, and it was an interesting and fun project, for the most part (that never went anywhere, we treated it seriously but the client was a narcissist that got lucky in real estate that assumed he'd get 10 million users in a few weeks of release with no marketing, he eventually killed the project when he realized that wasn't going to be the case). I've had ideas for different takes on dating/social apps since that time, and almost considered pursuing it, but it seemed to be too dominated by Match Group, especially post-Tinder, and I care more about games than apps anyway.