Is it easier to get a job now that we have many systems for handling applicants? Because it seems like hiring and getting hired is harder, or at least takes many more applications than in the past. Maybe there’s something similar where we’re spending more time tweaking filters to get to a manageable pool, but then accidentally filter down to a group of similar, yet incompatible people. We’re probably not great at judging what we want and maybe more constraints actually force us to consider people we otherwise wouldn’t and discover what we didn’t know we wanted by introducing some randomness. Perhaps dating apps would be more effective if it initiated the matchups and neither side was flooded with a list of people to filter through.

Yes, getting a job is easier too. More options, easier access, and easier application process.

You'd think so, but it's the opposite. Just look at making friendships, nothing makes you a friend better than proximity, convenience, and timing (childhood friends hello?). Facebook friends? Yeah, not so much...

We still have the friends that are proximal and convenient. Online dating augments that.