The Upstream Cause of the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is the Loss of Community

Re:The Upstream Cause of the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is t... by tenacious_tuna on Friday August 02, 2024 @10:18PM (#41144232)

Also interesting insofar as what "met online" means. Dating apps are certainly the most common, but one of my partners and I met on a Discord server for a shared interest, which is certainly "online" but not necessarily in the same context as "dating apps"

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Re:The Upstream Cause of the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is t... by littlestymaar on Saturday August 03, 2024 @02:29AM (#41145006)

This. I have a couple of friends who actually met their partner on World of Warcraft in the mid 2000s. But I suspect it's a very small fraction of the “online” group, especially nowadays with dating apps being so prevalent.

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Re:The Upstream Cause of the Youth Mental Health Crisis Is t... by throwaway48540 on Saturday August 03, 2024 @04:42AM (#41145421)

I'd expect that the fraction is much bigger, actually. In mid 2000s the couples that met through online games were the "weirdos", "normal" people met online on dating sites. Today gaming is pretty much mainstream and while dating apps are probably a majority, it's now absolutely normal to meet people while playing games.

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