this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2024
40 points (90.0% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26890 readers
1948 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics. If you need to do this, try [email protected]


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

Dating apps are often a miserable experience for the participants, however for some reason they are quite popular and at times can be quite addictive.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I think Breeze is onto something. You only pay for actual date you go on. It has some deal with bars and cafes and you pay 10 euro and the app set up a date and the first drink is included. You are also only ever exposed to a very limited numbers of potential dates. It’s not available in my country, so I haven’t tried it.

https://breeze.social/

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ghosters get their account frozen

Daters are screened and verified

You both pay upfront to show commitment

That's actually quite intriguing. Seems like it's a German startup and only available in Berlin? Maybe it'll catch on and I've never heard of such a concept.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I think it’s Dutch, but has recently expanded to Berlin. The scaling of the concept is probably a bit slow, since they need to partner up with local bars for the concept to work. But better slow and working than fast and predatory like Tinder. Instead of Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things (and people)” maybe move slow and heal things are a better approach.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

With every single person I've dated using apps, we'd both agree to move the convo out of the app within the day of the match, so I'm not sure how'd that work once it hits mass adoption.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Well it already works and has been since 2019. Personally I prefer to keep communication within the app at least until the first date. But 10 euro for at date and a drink is reasonable for most people. I think it’s a nice service that the app setup the date and streamlines the important part. Tinder streamline the non-crucial part of just browsing people. Tinder is not really solving a dating problem, it’s solving a social validation problem.