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 🐆English
    151·
    1 month 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
      5·
      1 month 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.

    • GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Yes. There is nothing bad about having some more information up front, but in my experience some people will describe themselves as they think others want to see them and not always who they are. In which case it can take a few hours, days or even months before you really start to see who they are.