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Comment on 32, f. Are there any dating sites that are actually free and don't suddenly force me to pay to actually use the site?

cecilkorik@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

From my understanding (and experience) dating apps/online dating in general is dead, fucked up beyond repair by capitalism, toxic incels, predators, scammers, crooks and most recently AI. No technology can possibly survive such an onslaught and most of them wouldn’t profit from doing so. They have a financial incentive to attract repeat customers.

In person meeting and dating should be the obvious alternative, but apparently nobody goes out socializing anymore since COVID and nobody can afford hobbies because of the economy and chronic social malaise and terminal online doomscrolling has broken people’s ability to form human connection anyway so I think civilization is probably just ending after these last few generations, frankly.

If there is a useful option I’d love to know what it is too.

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surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Go to protests. Meet cool people.

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- Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Meet unemployed people.
  
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  - surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I’ve been to protests. I’m employed.
    
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    Samskara@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    I have also been to a few protests while employed. I have organized protests and got laid by activists while unemployed.
    
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- scarabic@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah you can’t really talk though.
  
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ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I think civilization is probably just ending after these last few generations, frankly.

Probably for the best…

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iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
My coworker met someone on Hinge, I think it was, just a year ago and they’re moving in together.

Not trying to say it’s easy but I don’t think it’s useless.

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- Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You can always find outliers. That doesn’t mean playing the loto isn’t useless.
  
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  - Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Found my partner on Hinge as well, so it kind of per definition isn’t useless. That being said, I don’t think one should invest too much time and energy into it since online dating can be incredibly emotionally and mentally draining.
    
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- Impound4017@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  A friend of mine also found their long-term partner on Hinge. Dating apps are kinda dead, but if you’re looking for something other than hookups, it seems like Hinge is one of the better options.
  
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xavier666@lemmy.umucat.day ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

dating apps/online dating in general is dead, fucked up beyond repair by capitalism, toxic incels, predators, scammers, crooks and most recently AI. No technology can possibly survive such an onslaught and most of them wouldn’t profit from doing so. They have a financial incentive to attract repeat customers

Thank you for writing exactly what I was thinking.

I heard that Japan is starting to implement a government sponsored/made matchmaking app. The core advantage is that the intention of the platform is to actually match people and make people have babies. Plus, if someone is being naughty, the penalties can be much higher than a simple account ban.

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user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

I think civilization is probably just ending after these last few generations, frankly

Someone’s probably trying to stop that already, in a way. Low(er) sentences for rape and abortion bans. Maybe will be followed by something else, like decreasing age of consent. Or banning things like hysterectomy, salpingectomy, vasectomy.
All the good solutions /s

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devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
DaveCat has it right.

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