Online Dating: If You Haven't Had Good Results...Read This! (Part 1) (Page 2)
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Online dating is bullshit, ur better off going to meet people IRL.
It's either your attractive or not on online dating apps
Are you really 17?
Yes I am
How long you been online dating?
I actually only done it a few times.
I dont use it for hooking up, I just use it for curiosity.
On some dating sites I'd get matches and the ones where people can pm you directly, the girls would pm first.
Some sites I get no matches at all, and am bombarded with bots.
I'm not really a user, I'm just using it for curiosity sake.
Actually, the fact that it has not worked well for you doesn't mean that it is BS. That just means that it hasn't worked for you. Why do you think that about one of every five couples meet online if it doesn't work?
Well actually it does work well for me.
I'd get a match every so and so but it is bs in the long run weather u agree or not.
The amount of guys outmatch the women of those sites. Men are always constantly matching so the women can pick and choose easily really.
Bio helps but it doesn't carry over good looks
@games I am guessing you are using the free version of whatever app right?
I've gotten multiple apps just outta curiosity. I'd get matched a lot on some match none on others, but I could care less
I'd never even think about using online dating even if i could get matches on the tip of my finger
Meeting people is much better, I can't be hooking up with random strangers man
So do you lie about your age? I am pretty sure you can't choose 17?
I'd just pick 18. I'm just 1 year down, not really a big difference.
I'd get matched with 20 year olds and so.
One time matched with a 30 year old who liked my body.
It goes decent for me
Since it goes decent for you... have you ever met anybody from an online dating app?
No way, I just use it for curiosity.
However, I was gonna do it one time but I realised the person who I was trying to meet with was a gay guy who was posing as a girl so I just quickly blocked and ghosted them.
I'd never meet up with random strangers.
Random strangers are just so unpredictable.
I don't know if they are catfish, men posing as women, have stds, maniacs, kidnappers. U just gotta keep shit like this in mind when ur looking for people to randomly meet online.
can't be too trusting
LOL wow you really know your online dating.
I know how this sherade works. It's just not a good method. Yeah some people meet and are successful by chance but I just wouldn't reccomend it
I know how this sherade works. It's just not a good method. Yeah some people meet and are successful by chance but I just wouldn't reccomend it
There are 40 million people who use online dating and 20% of those see success. So 8 million of those who found success happened by chance?
How accurate is that really.
I have had my hands on some of the biggest dating apps out there and I see the numbers... I would say it's pretty accurate. I mean they can't all be just the good looking ones can they?
Well if its accurate so be it. All those guys may not be as good looking, but it's much easier if your good looking on average.
You can get a date from online dating as a average guy, but you need to try a lot harder than the other guys your competing with in that scenario.
I still dont take online statistics literally, I've just searched up how many people find success off dating sites and I'd get random numbers ranging from 17percent to 39 percent.
That makes sense.. . but what is the difference between online dating and meeting people in the real life? Don't you still have to try harder and compete with those same guys? Why would it be any different?
Not to mention 17 to 39 percent success rate? Those are pretty good odds... would love to see anyone get those odds in trying to meet someone in real life. Just saying.
Online dating you can lie easier.
Real life u actually can use ur personality.
Ur actually seeing how the person is like irl while online u can just put a persona.
Me personally, I'd rather not randomly hook up with online strangers.
Online Dating is a tool to meet people in real life where you can then showcase your humor and personality. Not sure why you think online dating is all about "hooking up with strangers" because it's far from it.
I'm staying far away from those.
Ok so in summation.. you have said that online dating is bullshit and it's either you are attractive or not on online dating apps. So am I too assume it's not the same way in real life? Women will bypass your looks in the real world but not online?
Yeah
Online Dating isn't the thing. It's the thing that gets us to the thing. It's like sending a resume. You don't get the job until you pass the interview. It's no different in real life. If she doesn't find you attractive you ain't getting an interview. It might take a few years but you will get it someday. Thanks for the conversation and the comments.
Welcome
It's only for girls, not guys
For every heterosexual girl who gets a date online, there is a guy who also got a date online.
medium. com/.../tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a
medium.com/.../tinder-experiments-ii-guys-unless-you-are-really-hot-you-are-probably-better-off-not-wasting-your-2ddf370a6e9a
You are citing a study
1. performed by a "scientist" who operates anonymously under the name of "Worst-Online-Dater";
2. focused exclusively on Tinder;
3. he defined a male's attractiveness by the number of likes that the guy received;
4. and then he concluded that "attractive guys" (defined as those who received the most likes) actually receive the most likes!
This is far from compelling evidence.
Ignore the stuff said other than the numbers, which are the only important parts
Liars figure, and figures lie. Someone citing statistics does not mean that their data and conclusions are valid.
I'm not saying they are objectively valid, but I haven't seen anyone claiming that online dating works give any numbers on the matter. Rather they simply say how many guys vs women are on the sites and how many relationships are formed on there, which are too general. I can't give the exact number, but I remember another study that showed guys swipe right 43% of the time, compared to 2% of the time for women and are far less likely to reply than men and don't even get me started on how likely women are to message first.
You are really worried about how often someone swipes right on a hookup site?
It highlights how high girls standards are compared to guys
This is the most common way that couples meet now.
Sadly it is here to stay and so are cheaters and cat fishers
There is nothing sad about online dating when approached the right way.
That is the problem, because you play by the rules, it doesn't mean the person you are talking to are too.
That is why people who do online dating is taking a big risk, like kerb crawling and street hookers.
And everyone you meet in the bar is a decent and honorable person?
You see the point I am making
And you see the point I am making. Women can be liars, cheaters, etc. regardless of how you meet them, so the criticism you are making doesn't show that online dating is worse that traditional dating.
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Online dating s*cks.
That is what people say when they have not had good results, but it is the most common means by which couples meet in the 21st century.
Not really. You said thats how 19% couples meet. Which means its the minority. Also, dating sites have too many men and far too few women. Its stupid.
1. More couples meet online that through any other method. That is what I said.
2. How many good women do you need on a dating site? I only need one!
I was saying in terms of online vs offline. Only 19% meet online. Which means 4/5 people meet irl. Different places and in different ways but they are all irl.
And im not looking forward to searching hours online for a woman. Also, you never know their intentions. People aren't who they say they are on the internet.
. . . and every woman is honest if you meet her in a bar?
Wouldn't trust someone i meet in a bar either.
Eliminate everyone and you can have a nightly date with Rosie Palmes.
im sure you know more opportunities than just the bar and the internet