I'd go as far as saying avoid people who spew things like "we" on the internet. It's crap. They don't know you, and you don't know them.
Go to bars. They're full of young people looking for love. Don't fall into this app dating thing. It's a trap. Why else would they be tripping over to promote it?
Are they though? I mean When I meet people through apps I know exactly what they're looking for. But approaching people I've met in person for the first time leads to a whole spew of issues mostly due to me not knowing what they're looking for (as most people tend not to be communicative about that as the article describes).
The issue with going to bars is that you meet the kind of people that go to bars looking for love. I don't go to bars looking for love, and I doubt I would have much in common with someone who does. The same thing applies to dating apps by the way, I've never used one and don't plan on using one.
I've met all my best friends by following my interests in a relatively social space. This ensures that I have something in common with the people I meet, and filters people to be people closer to me than people going to bars or using dating apps.
Surprisingly this may still be true (I thought people didn't drink as much these days) but it's significantly less common than apps for couples now.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.1073/pnas.1908630116
Also not very popular for lesbians.
https://www.graphext.com/post/how-couples-meet-and-stay-toge...
Swinger bars it's still around, but partly because they're less of a sausage fest due to the crazy door fees for men...