i'm a 20 somthing girl and there is nothing i hate more than dating apps. or online chat. or anything that doesn't allow me to interact with the person i'm trying to gauge face to face.
on the other hand, meeting strangers can be dangerous if you're a woman. especially if they're men. /especially/ if they're men you know nothing about except what they said about themselves in a /dating app/.
I’m not a 20 something year old girl and dating apps suck because meeting people sucks unless you’re the type of person who enjoys and is good/lucky at meeting people. Which if you are.... you probably wouldnt feel a need to be using a dating app or dating service to begin with and you’d just meet people in the world around you already. To me they were just tools to make an introduction to someone I wouldn’t have likely met otherwise (or not at my convenience and whim,) and It was just someone makes contact, make small talk, and someone sets up a date. The same way dating a stranger works without technology, except I didn’t have to wait around or get all fancied up and spend nights and weekends out trawling or dealing with singles scenes. It’s like the difference between shopping in store and shopping online, you can’t get as good a read, but it’s ok because it’s suoer convenient and there’s a very relaxed unlimited returns policy.
on the other hand, meeting strangers can be dangerous if you're a woman. especially if they're men. /especially/ if they're men you know nothing about except what they said about themselves in a /dating app/.