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I can't speak for the state of apps today, but when I used them a decade ago I found they would be valuable for most people. It worked out for me and I'm not ex
by slothtrop 2y ago
I can't speak for the state of apps today, but when I used them a decade ago I found they would be valuable for most people. It worked out for me and I'm not extraordinary. At the time though you could ignore all the match/swipe gimmicks (which leads to superficial cursory evaluation) and just send messages directly, drawing on someone's profile.
- sublinear 2y agoSearching for people yourself on these apps got entirely replaced by the match/swipe gimmicks. They claimed it was for your own good to reduce harassment or whatever, but it's really just more profitable to gatekeep.
- slothtrop 2y agoIt does seem anti-user. A decade ago I could sort by % personality/interest in common (on OKC) or just look at everyone (on PoF). I can only imagine that women are still harassed, and that a messaging filter would have otherwise been trivial to implement.
- datadrivenangel 2y agoAnd now many of the apps hide people liking/swiping you unless you pay them! It's extremely predatory.