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One thing I’ve noticed in London, being recently single after a 7 year relationship is that people’s behaviour on dating apps has changed pretty considerably.

Speaking to female and male friends, both sides are seeing them as a complete shitshow that’s not helping either side meet the right people.

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Honestly, I never had much success on dating apps. And I used them since the early 2000s.

Meeting people IRL yielded much better results.

But I have to admit, I met my latest partner in 2019, so I don't know how the pandemic would my current dating success.

I used them a lot from 2014-2017 and met a lot of people, both in London and in my brief stay in the States so I’m mostly comparing my experience now vs then.

> Speaking to female and male friends, both sides are seeing them as a complete shitshow

In what sense?

To simplify, women are completely inundated with poor quality matches, men get very few matches.

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