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Very anecdotal, but in my experience people have no attachment to or enthusiasm for dating apps. I've heard (acquainted) couples say the met on dating apps. No

• rkomorn 9mo ago
  My counter anecdote would be that almost every time I mention my spouse and I met on a dating app, people ask me which one. Edit: people ask me which app, not which spouse.
  • hobs 9mo ago
    I think the difference is are they people asking in a relationship or not - asking which app is categorically asking where they can find someone to hook up with.
    • rkomorn 9mo ago
      Or it's curiosity (genuine or polite). Maybe, for some people it tips the scale into trying the app either because they were already thinking about trying some/any app, or switching away from their current one. I don't know if anyone who's asked me has started using the app as a result, but I think it (anecdotally, again) supports an idea that a successful results for one app organically helps its name recognition. Edit: unless you meant the difference was between people asking which app vs which spouse.
      • hobs 9mo ago
        No, you understood me exactly as I meant it - which app. I met a partner of five years on the apps and people often asked how we met but they never asked which app (Tinder) - we actually saw each other on multiple apps but she did not respond on Bumble because it forced her to send the first message, which I thought was interesting feedback.
• xigoi 9mo ago
  It doesn’t matter which one because they’re all owned by a single company and converging toward each other.