>>82149664Never tried a dating app, except when I was 16 and larped as a therapy dog who gained the ability to type because why the hell not. Shit was wild.
But yeah, you'd probably have a much better chance just shooting your shot... literally anywhere else. Dating apps show people too many other people, and so that illusion of choice fucks over people's minds, either subtly or significantly, and also there's no basis in anything aside from looks for that initial one-off.
If you walk up and talk to someone, or at least shoot a random message on a non-dating platform, you're showing some semblance of confidence and emotion and personality to boot, things that people can choose you for more than just looks.