Are dating apps damaging towards men's mental health?

[Physics-Man]

Yes

No

Other

[milyjohn]

Physics-Man,

Here's how it works...

"Hi, Penelope, I'm about to give up on this online dating stuff, but I just wanted to tell you I really liked reading your profile."

"OMG, really? I worked hard on it. I'm so glad you like it!"

"Hi, Penelope, I see you like dogs. Would you be up for a cup of coffee?"

"No, I just met a guy, and he really likes me."

The first guy is the real deal, and a player. He wants to keep Penelope on the back burner in case all else fails. Maybe it's 1:00 AM on a Saturday night, and Bambi is a no show. Now it's time for Plan B.

The second guy is also the real deal, but in Penelope's mind, her own stock got artificially elevated to the top.

The concept of online dating is genius... but it just doesn't work.

I'm the actual inventor of dehydrated water. It's for emergencies.

Penelope has bought about 40 cases from me.

So in answer to your question, YES, online dating is bad for most everyone. But the good news is... that first guy has zero game. Put guy A and guy B in a club setting, and guy B would win the prize.

[mandyfire98]

Depends on how you use it. If you're looking for an actual serious relationship than yeah it probably is effecting your mental health because dating apps are incredibly superficial.

If you're just looking for hookups then probably not.

[KrakenAttackin]

Men should abandon dating apps as the algorithms and female selection standards are overwhelmingly stacked against men.

I think it was Bumble that publicly admitted that 88% of women screen out men under 6' tall. This means more than 85% of the paying male subscribers will never even be seen by 88% of the women.

So the dating apps are sustained by legions of paying simps who are the main revenue source, but who don't have a chance with almost all of the women. The only successful users are Giga Chad's who bang their way through tons of females.

[AaronKrieger]

Maybe for some, since dating apps are very superficial and just odd. I think it is best for anyone to not take them seriously and stick to real life.

People are much different in-person and you can immediately tell if whether you connect with someone or not.

[RavVid]

Dating apps allow you to reach a larger pool of potential mates. For men, i think that means they get to be rejected by more women then in the past, since 60% of women are aiming for the upper 10th percentile of men. Most men are battling it out for the bottom 20% of women.

So I think YES

[Joshydavid25]

Yeah, I would say so.. It's making them feel inadequate and giving them a false sense of insecurity based on how they are responded to on those apps.. Even an above average guy can get his mental health destroyed because of how those apps work, and the amount of unreasonable standards on those apps..

[IceCreamSandwich]

Dating apps are damaging to everyone's mental health, but especially men since men are more likely to use them.

[TheSpaceGnome]

No, but they are useless when not enough women use them properly.

The population on most of them is primarily male, and most of the few women on them barely fill out their profiles.

[Avicenna]

I would imagine that they can be if you derive your self-worth from useless metrics like how many women message you back on them.

[NathanDavis]

if an app can do that to you...

then the real life in the real world will do a lot more to you...

[AngryCarl]

Potentially, maybe.. Dating certain women certainly could be.

[exitseven]

No they just separate him from his money

[kingmaker21]

No not at all dating app give so many options

[LazerBean]

Depends on the man.

[Zestyassmf1997]

Sort of. Sometimes.