Things I learned after my first foray into dating apps over the past week:
1. Many people post pictures with their kids' faces in full view. I probably don't have to tell this community how dangerous that is.
2. I don't understand the use of heavy AI filtering on selfies. Many look like aliens with 10 inch high foreheads. Don't you plan to meet people in person? Will they recognize you?
3. There seems to be a high prevalence of septum piercings for women in their late 20s to early 30s.
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4. Many people seem to forget that the photos they are posting are public. I've seen plenty of things that don't violate the app's ToS but would sure get a closer inspection from an HR department.
5. You can't do much of anything with the free versions of these apps. By design.
6. Spammers and bots seem to like me so far. Real people? That remains to be seen.
@voltronic I'm still avoiding it, it's such a slog. But also, as a wfh introvert, I will likely never meet someone any other way. For what it's worth, Meetup sometimes has singles or speed dating meetups, at least in my area. Might be a consideration.
@haggardmom75
I never knew this was a thing, and it looks like they do have a bunch of events in my area. Thanks!
@haggardmom75 @voltronic I meet lots of people of almost all generations through social running groups like #parkrun and another from a local brewery on Monday nights. However, there are very few people my age (72) who run. (I was the only runner in the M70+ division at a road race last weekend.) I have yet to encounter any active single women within a reasonable age range of me.
@voltronic That's great! Hopefully it will be a more fun thing to try, and less tedious 🙂