We've gone full circle and reinvented the dating agency. If technology fulfils its original promises we would ideally be in a world where people didn't have "too little free time to meet people" and relationships would happen organically again.
Re:Show HN: Dating Site Without Pictures
by SenorSourdough on Sunday December 29, 2019 @01:57PM
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Is the problem that we have too little time to meet people?
It strikes me that the problems are more related to increased isolation/individualism, increased distraction, degradation of real-world communities, and increased fear of making unwanted/unexpected advances. People who have free time just aren't choosing to use it in ways that encourage the creation of organic relationships.
This exists and if you thought dealing with recruiters and job interviews was bad wait until you try a matchmaker. We paid for a friend to use one and I think she would have rather gone to a bar - at least there you know why you struck out.
The date you get sent on is engaging and topical: a dance class or a tennis class or a guided tour in a museum, something that's engaging in the right way and avoids restaurant first date awkwardness.