BY C STONE | STONE NEWS NETWORK
"Dating apps are like slot machines." is a very accurate term. With today's technology, it's easy to put up a profile, put in a few staged photos, and write a witty bio -- viola!
The sounds, interface, and reward feedback are meant to be addictive. Just ask anyone who uses Tinder, Plenty of Fish, Facebook, X, or instagram: The attention is addictive. The sounds are akin to a cash register chiming. Cha-ching! Another like from a potentially hot girl.
But wait. It's really a scammer impersonating a woman. Or even worse, a catfisher, and usually men, hunting for other men on the dating apps. That's a left swipe.
Having experienced many dating apps first hand, I'd have to say the vast majority of them are truly useless, vacuous ways of meeting people. You could literally set the maximum and minimum age limit for your matches to 18. It's kind of unbelievable.
Then, when you factor in the vast amount of people on these applications - it begs to wonder how much money these companies are making. I once thought the most ideal purchase would be combining Twitter, OnlyFans, and Tinder into one application - a subscription. It would be an instant hit. Three companies under a single entity, using a universal app that changes to Tinder, Twitter, or even OnlyFans - for $20 a month.
But no.
The dating apps that we have today are woefully awful and completely uninspired. And although you can gate-fence your audience by income and celebrity, it's still full of the same awful people you see in everyday life. Just because you're rich and famous doesn't necessarily mean you're a good person.
My experience with Tinder was a love-hate. I loved the attention, gaming the system, moving to cities and climbing their useless ranks. I left with 386 likes, mostly from Russia, uninspired and bored.
But, like a slot machine, it calls again.
Maybe this time?
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