‘It’s not you, it’s me’ is the gist of college student qualms with dating apps. Hook-up culture declines while young people search for genuine connection.

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    1 year ago

    I took it the exact opposite way. College students aren’t using the app and the CEO was forced out… I’m sorry “stepped down”

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      Then it should be the other way around “CEO forced to step down as college students aren’t using the app anymore”, the latter caused the former.

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        Notice how you have to add the "“is forced to” to make even the “reverse” say what you want. I agree that it isnt a great title, but the “as” indicates things happening at the same time, not necessarily the former causing the latter.

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          Tbh I just wrote it from memory as I’m on my phone: Bumble CEO steps down as college students dump dating apps

          And I have to disagree, it definitely is a causality thing in a weird way, sure they happen at the same time-ish but it implies a connection between the former and the latter — the latter being used as a reference point around which the former is explained to have happened.

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            Don’t get me wrong, it’s a shitty title that could be more clear and I can absolutely see how you can infer that conclusion. But the fact that when you reversed it you had to add “is forced to” to drive home the point just kind of proves my point how weak the inference that the former caused the latter is.

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                1 year ago

                lol. I didn’t even realize you had rewritten it again. Further driving home the point that the order makes little difference.