For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones

‘It’s quite soul-destroying’: how we fell out of love with dating apps::For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones

  • Clbull@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    It was actually OkCupid.

    They also did one where they looked at how men and women rate each other on looks, and found that women rate a whopping 80% of men as below average attractiveness.

    This was made back when you could rate profiles out of 5 stars.

    Archived link to that blog post

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I stand corrected. I used both back in the day. I even met my wife on there! Somehow I got the 2 swapped in my mind.

      • Clbull@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        The way I remember them is that POF had a horrendous turquoise website design and looked like a circa-2003 webpage that hadn’t been updated in years, while Okcupid was a lot more competently designed.