It’s been trending this way for years, but seeing it graphed out like this is shocking.

What do you think are the effects of this drastic change?

  • oce 🐆@jlai.luEnglish
    6·
    2 hours ago

    They may not be perfect but it’s better than sitting around swiping for the perfect person that may not exist.

    I actually appreciate having information on personality, background, hobbies and dating intentions up-front, rather than play a guessing game for hours or days.

    • exasperation@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      14 minutes ago

      When I was dating in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s, I remember adding dates as friends on Facebook, somewhere around the first date, specifically to be able to get a sense of their personality/background/interests, and to show off mine, even for people I met in person.

      It wasn’t online dating through a dating app, but online presence was still a huge part of the actual process.

      Even before that, in the early 2000’s, I remember stuff like AIM profiles that could at least link to photo albums that show off things that you’ve done recently. And even then having always-on broadband Internet, to where we’d be logged into AIM or ICQ, was its own flex.