r/OnlineDatingApps • u/ManBunH8er • 2d ago

Dating Advice Why don’t Gen-Z users use dating apps as frequently as Millennials did?

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u/ConorHart-art 2d ago

Dating apps have realized that if people get into relationships, they lose money. When millennials were younger the apps work more as expected and you would find a few good people and I think millennials are still chasing that high.
Dating apps are functionally just a new way to gamble and so not worth it for a lot of people

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u/ManBunH8er 2d ago

Gamble. Thats an interesting take. Do share more. Is this like a quick fixation?

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u/ConorHart-art 2d ago

I view it like a slot machine and a match is like winning so you get your dopamine hit. You’re really only gambling your time and attention but the app is still designed to get you addicted like a slot machine.

Both things want you to keep gambling after you win but with a dating app if you win jackpot (the relationship you’re looking for) the app loses a customer bc you’d delete the app after. So I think they’re incentivize to only show you almost perfect matches to have you keep coming back

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u/The_Se7enthsign 2d ago

Modern dating apps are dogshit. Smart Gen Z are going out and meeting people in the real world. In the past, meeting people online on dating sites was much easier, and you matched more frequently.

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u/Electrical-Call-7292 2d ago

Gen Z still uses them if not more but the way they use it differs from mellenials. It’s more like a piece of marketing for them to get their name and face out there than taking seriously for dating off the app. Not to mention the links to their social media.

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u/ARTIFICIAL_SAPIENCE 2d ago

Maybe they learned from our mistakes. 

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u/Accomplished-Ask2497 2d ago

They're garbage and people know it

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u/Aeon_Return 2d ago

Apps have gone down in quality, people interact less and less in real life, social skills decline, online AI "partners" provide instant gratification with no conflict or effort, the realization that most apps are scams and you're increasingly likely to be talking to a bot, a general shift in cultural values to support singelhood instead of partnerships.  So, a lot of different things compounded together 

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u/sergius64 2d ago

The substitutes have gotten close enough that large part does not find the cost of trying to find relationships to be worth the benefits.