this shit feels like work
how did it ever take off?

It enabled women to go Chad-only and started the inceldom boom.
The sad thing is that it might have been useful, had it been more like the fag app they based it on, and had a grid with just a limited distance available.

>>81586565
online dating is how 90%+ couples meet in 2025

proof most men get nothing. Lol

>>81586525 (OP)
it was better when it was new enough that every photo on a phone was recent

>>81586737
is it really that high? i'm autistic and i meet people irl

>>81586565
ugh why did I even bother asking here. Is there a no topic high effort bored that doesn't retread the same old tired points?

>>81586825
yea but what they dont mention is that most people meet through tiktok or instagram not swipeshit

>>81586847
i used instagram to know about irl functions where i meet people. i've bypassed needing to fight the hostile interface by bookmarking all the local accounts so i can open them all at once

i would not attempt that without at least 64 GB RAM

>>81586837
Oh, fuck you faggot. Because it's fucking true and it's in a nutshell.
If you expected a 300 post thread, you're just a bitch.

>>81586876
Yea which is why its so riduculous to say people are meeting online. They're badsically meeting through friends.

>>81586925
No what I expected was about 6-8 quality replies from men about the early days of tinder and why they liked it. I may not have been there but I know for a fact this blackpill shit wasn't started or at least taken off by then.
Also ALSO tgis comment doesn't even really engage with the post because its not like other sites are inherently less prone to women selecting for chad. Like a site where you can just browse profiles doesn't make her just want to click on ugly men.
So yea effort post over.

>>81587105
Bumble does a lot of things better.

>>81586525 (OP)
The novelty of it surely contributed to its initial popularity. It was a way to hook up without lifting a finger . Much like the good bulk of successful tech startups, once it got a good enough section of the market in a stranglehold, it had free reign to make it as dogshit a service as humanly possible to reduce margins. Needless to say, having this garbage not as an alternate avenue but THE MAIN way to meet a partner led to a severe cultural shift which in return made the app even worse. Pair that with everyone staying inside in 2020 and you have a disaster-grade social erosion and trash service.

>>81587124
Still owned by the subhuman faggots of the match group, the ones responsible for all this shit in the first place

>>81587124
even so its still swiping idk how people find it fun or think its better than scrolling through a list of profiles with no look limit and you can message anyone

>>81587228
How did it get big though? I know there was some shit about advertising on college campuses but if its just a cash injection why the hell any better service not compete?

>>81587245
That's how they get people hooked on the app. Ooo what if the next one's even better?? It's a mini FOMO

>>81587245
you can pay once for lifetime and just see who has swiped you. it's worthwhile for anyone non-monogamous.

i haven't done it because i filter by the one thing i care about and swipe right on the handful users a week who have that attribute

otherwise i just meet people irl at various alt things

>>81587273
It tapped the mobile market right when it was in upswing with thr iphone for tennagers fast with great efficacy through the snappy swipe system. People are retarded and giving a list tends to just result in choice paralysis. Simple as

>>81587279
I actually long "lifetime" products but this shit is so ass to use I think I'll avoid it this time lol I have no idea how normies find this fun

>>81587306
Yea thats probably it. I remember an app called yikyak that came out the same time. Looking back on it they may have been less destructive for society if it ever took off.