I dunno, I thought it would be higher. I guess I’m just a slut surrounded by sluts (positive).
What do you think about the number? Does it surprise you? Does it surprise you that it surprises me? Did you expect it to be lower maybe? If so why?

I just find this interesting. No judgement (unless you want that you dirty little gremlin)

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    In terms of how it got worse, in my opinion, the biggest issue is that more people started using it who weren’t looking for hook-ups.

    There used to be a separation of apps for different purposes: OkCupid if you were younger and looking for a relationship, there was one for older people but I don’t remember the name because I wasn’t older at the time, and then there was Tinder for hooking up. And there were other apps, too, like PoF and others.

    Now everyone uses Tinder for everything including finding friends, so that initial hookup aspect is gone. I don’t know how the kids break their volcel pledge these days but Tinder has enshittified so much by getting too popular and mainstream that it’s become the super-app. OkC has also significantly declined and with it the ability to more easily find more meaningful relationships online, in my opinion.

    Also, they’re all owned by the same company now. No surprise.

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      Yeah I remember the influx of people with bios like “Just here for a friend!”

      That’s cool, I’m at the busstop waiting for a train.

      And then just all the enshittification and bots and weird gimmics. I find that hinge is a good time though

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        I think, if I remember right, PoF was the first one among younger people that paved the way and then other, better, and more popular sites came about that drew all the grass-touching normies onto them and made online dating acceptable.

        I guess PoF just got a bad rap for being weird because it was the first one that tried to do it when it was still considered socially unacceptable to say you met your partner online. It feels like they never got over that stigma after ironically helping make it acceptable.

        I only used it briefly. I think it’s still around though.

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          I think it’s still around though.

          yeah, it’s still around, and surprisingly accessible given what literally every other dating site/app has become.

          nonetheless it has been slightly enshittified in terms of limiting people’s interactions with the site if they don’t pay. just not as badly as other sites.