Number of 'lonely, single' men is on the rise, says psychologist

Re:Number of 'lonely, single' men is on the rise, says psych... by kwere on Monday August 15, 2022 @03:23PM (#32474086)

could that be selection bias? a lot less of niche people today on big apps, and more casual(superficial) mainstream "scene"? like in those time people were selfselecting on certain traits and really motivated on soulmate search?

(european POV, internet became mainstream in 2010s with social networks)

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Re:Number of 'lonely, single' men is on the rise, says psych... by klyrs on Monday August 15, 2022 @04:17PM (#32474837)

> (european POV, internet became mainstream in 2010s with social networks)

Wow. In the US, 2010 was about when AOL stopped stuffing our mailboxes with install disks... (some research later) make that 2006.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nma...

https://www.vox.com/2015/5/12/8594049/aol-free-trial-cds

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Re:Number of 'lonely, single' men is on the rise, says psych... by icedchai on Monday August 15, 2022 @04:02PM (#32474647)

Possibly. I'm also older now, which probably doesn't help...

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