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From what I understand...they don't. Everyone that I know who participated in online dating mostly just gave up on it.

That's strange, from my point of view it seems that nobody meets in real life any more, almost everyone seems to have met on Hinge

For me Hinge proved most successful out of everything I tried, it gave me the most matches that actually resulted in real world dates and eventually to finding my current partner of almost 3 years now.

N.B. I only ever use free versions as I do not believe in paying for these apps so cannot speak to paid versions.

In the real world maybe? I never understood the point of hookup apps like Tinder.

Tinder isn’t a hookup app for the majority of users. I met my wife on there a few years ago

> I never understood the point of hookup apps like Tinder.

Access to hundreds+ of interesting people from the comfort of your couch? I've met many interesting women on tinder, that I'd never have met "in real life", including my fiancé.

Facebook Dating worked best for me as a 48 year old, and that was after 4 years bouncing between different apps having roughly a couple of dates per month. It gets pricey, and just so time consuming.

Hinge and Bumble.

they don't