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I have a non romantic relationship with a guy. We have a history dating back to high school where we started as crushes, became friends and planned a relationship. Things did not work out and over the past few years we have lost contact and reconnected a few times. He is in a relationship, I am single and focused on completing a goal. Just to make it clear we do not flirt, or revisit the past so we are 100% platonic. In the past we spoke non stop. At present we just randomly message each other with well wishes or if we need to talk something over. The frequency of our interactions makes me believe we are acquaintances. The conversations are usually why have I not done this or am I wrong. The topics feel like a conversation one would have with a friend. I am not sure what to consider him, friend, acquaintance or neither?

Based on my observations I found that online dating through apps or websites tend to be less successful long term than traditional means of dating like meeting through mutual friends, meeting through work/school.

Why is this?

I used to have a Girls ask Guys account in high school when I was just a confused little teen asking about my crushes. I felt like at the time it was mostly other confused teens and young adults trying to figure out what feeelings were. but that was an old account thar I have abandoned and forgotten how to login

I created this burner account to ask about my current social and some past mistakes but I feel like this site is a lot more toxic then it was 4-6 years ago. that's not to say it was great then. There were people asking for nudes or spilling there messy abusive relationships. but now this site seem more politized and angry. There are constant post on how feminism ruined everything or how every girl is a moody lying slut. there are very thinly veiled post about gender roles and society that try to pretend they're just about dating advice.

I know this kinda content isn't just on G@G, I always seen this on Youtube, Reddit and any densely male populated site. I also noticed that most of the replies to questions are more male. even on very popular questions. this entire place feels like I'm on r/redpill or r/askreddit or r/amI theasshole

I just feel like men have gotten angrier in general but I can especially see it on this site. I am wondering if it's the kinda of content I've been engaging with or if this is what everybody sees.