Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps

Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps

  • abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world
    111·
    4 months ago

    I don’t think these are for parasocial interaction at all. Maybe for social media as a whole yes. But dating apps are pretty much intentionally trying to meet people. Instagram, Facebook, or TikTok sure, those are just interaction simulators. But those aren’t what we are talking about here.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
      1016·
      4 months ago

      I know what I said. People come up with all kinds of reasons to tell themselves why they smoke, but it’s because if the nicotine and that’s it.