Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by ssully on Monday November 25, 2019 @11:49AM (#21629994)

I think this is the right attitude (and correct description), but not everyone understands this. I have a friend who finally started using dating apps after I've pressured him for years. From my view, he is a decent guy who is reasonably good looking, but had no luck getting dates the "old fashioned way". He hasn't had any serious relationships success (i.e. anything greater then 6 months), but he is actually getting dates now. He still complains about the "quality" of the dates, but I honestly think a dating app can only match you based on so much, and from there you have to take over the work.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:12PM (#21630254)

> I have a friend who finally started using dating apps after I've pressured him for years.

Dear God why would you do this to someone?

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by zulln on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:34PM (#21630554)

If the friend expressed that he wants to date, pressure/suggest dating apps make sense.

If that is not the case I agree with you.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by jakear on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:33PM (#21630545)

Loneliness sucks, and for some people it can be difficult to try to meet new people in “real-world” social interactions.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 25, 2019 @12:41PM (#21630630)

I'm one of those people, but dating apps only ever made things worse. I can't imagine why anyone would want to use them unless they literally could not live with being alone. Fortunately for me I have decades of experience at that.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by hombre_fatal on Monday November 25, 2019 @01:49PM (#21631387)

> I can't imagine why anyone would want to use them

I'll tell you why: Why be content only meeting the subset of women I can meet face-to-face in my free time when I can complement my social life with a dating app that helps me meet more?

I can do both.

I can only understand your confusion if you have zero success on dating apps and assume nobody else has any success, either. And there are people obviously having success on dating apps.

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Re:Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:47PM (#21632014)

> Why be content only meeting the subset of women I can meet face-to-face in my free time when I can complement my social life with a dating app that helps me meet more?

Show me the data that says meeting many more potential partners leads to happier more fulfilling relationships, because I certainly haven't seen it.

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