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I know plenty of straight couples who are married or in committed long term relationships and met on tinder.

I think there is a big early adopter advantage of any dating platform. After a while, the platform just deteriorates and starts attracting opportunists.

I also know a bunch of couples that met on tinder, but it's all from 3 years ago. I haven't heard of someone else who has been successful in finding a long term relationship on Tinder since.

That's because quality people have all moved on to something else. Tinder is mainly for hookups now: people who are traveling and want something casual, people who are married and want a 3some, people who are cheating, etc.

Everyone else has moved on to a better dating site, like Bumble, CMB, OKC, etc.

My current girlfriend and I matched 2 years ago on Tinder. It was my 3rd attempt at trying it again after closing my account twice after no success. I changed my tactic, and paid for Tinder Gold / Plus and bought booster packs. I played their game and eventually they let me win.

What was your old tactic, why wasn't it effective, and what is your new tactic, and why is that effective? :)

It sounds like there is no free lunch, so he paid for the lunch and it tasted just fine.

I am not contesting that, I just answered to "For women, online dating just doesn't make sense".

I met fiancee on Tinder and we are getting married Saturday :) Life is gonna be great. <3

I met my wife on Bumble. :) Anecdata!

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