• AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml
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    9 hours ago

    Dating apps should be publicly funded like a kind of public utility. And private dating apps heavily regulated and prevented from advertising. Because currently they making profit by keeping you single.

    Like water and air, love should not be for profit.

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      We need 3rd spaces, online dating is just worse in general. People meet at trading card places and card shops because that’s just where people hang out, but that doesn’t exist anywhere else really besides bars.

      People are becoming more isolated and more online, it’s way easier to see if you like someone (and you’ll be exposed to many people) if they happen to be in your vicinity rather than typing in text on a dating app.

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        6 hours ago

        I think it’s more that the entire business model of dating apps means they profit from people staying single and looking, not finding long term relationships.

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        6 hours ago

        Hahaha!

        You could have private ones but non-profit. Not sure the size of the minimum network effect though. Probably lower than for social media. Maybe we should add education courses on relationships too. And free therapy. It’s guberment all the way down!