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Re:‘Why am I talking to 10 guys?’ The rise and fall of datin... by foepys on Sunday November 20, 2022 @07:12AM (#33680329)
> Why would exchanging numbers […] with someone be a goal?

Because it is the next step on the way to exclusivity.

On the dating platform you are one of potentially hundreds (or thousands) of message chains and easily overlooked. In their phonebook you are most likely not.

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Re:‘Why am I talking to 10 guys?’ The rise and fall of datin... by HWR_14 on Sunday November 20, 2022 @07:49AM (#33680510)
So it's a promotion that happens to one out of hundreds or thousands of message chains, where the expectation is that it happens after several days of messaging in Tinder and standing out from those chains?
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