Pre-pandemic, my social life made dating platforms unnecessary. Now? No house or dinner parties full of acquaintances, no clubs or festivals, everyone's clustered into inner-circle friend groups, my employer moved out of the enormous shared office we were in, and on like that. The dating platforms are more necessary than ever.

So, naturally, there's never been a better time than this for some bad-faith behavior and profiteering.

Only a small proportion of people are available. On a dating site it's basically 100%.