MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swipingwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-link‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swipingwww.theguardian.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square146fedilinkfile-text
Online dating industry in crisis as shares fall and nearly half of all users report negative experiences on the apps
minus-squareTiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoWtf was your radius set to???
minus-squarezalgotext@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoOkCupid only checks the swiper’s radius, not the swipee’s. So you can set your radius to 1 mile, but you’re still going to get swiped on by the scam accounts in Singapore, and OkCupid will use that fact to lure you into buying a subscription.
minus-squareChessmasterrex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months ago50 miles, I have no interest in dating people on the other side of the world.
Wtf was your radius set to???
OkCupid only checks the swiper’s radius, not the swipee’s. So you can set your radius to 1 mile, but you’re still going to get swiped on by the scam accounts in Singapore, and OkCupid will use that fact to lure you into buying a subscription.
50 miles, I have no interest in dating people on the other side of the world.