Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by HWR_14 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @09:52AM
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Right, but most people in your generation say things like "thankfully, tinder wasn't around when I was dating"
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Re:What Constant Surveillance Is Doing to Children
by conductr on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:18AM
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Maybe. But also that could mean a few things.
Tinder has an interesting arc. At first, it seemed really awesome and many people liked it. It supplemented the traditional dating process. This is what I wish I could have participated in. I think there was about a decade of that after which it replace and became the dating process. Meaning, talking to strangers, flirting, starting a conversation and asking someone out at a coffee shop or whatever became unusual. Then it became awkward. Then it became cringe. I don’t want to participate in today’s dating scene at all, largely because of this app dominance and how it’s changed the society and norms.