~50% having zero interest in ever dating someone from the app is such a huge number, what the hecc. I knew that people used these apps for a lot of reasons, most notably perhaps for validation, but I did not realize that it was half of the population of a dating app
Using the app for social connections that are explicitly not dates has always felt weird for me, but also something that feels a lot more reasonable. Bumble even launched a “friends” version for this specific reason.
I wonder how poly and lgbtq+ inclusive this survey actually was (currently waiting for it to be indexed on scihub or to get access via researchgate)
I’m curious to read more into how they quantified “to cope with negative emotions”. It’s unsurprising to me that this is not a good way to cope, but I’m curious as to what exactly they’re trying to cope with - is it validation or desire issues as stated above or something else? How was it measured?
Tinder for entertainment??? this is wild, I want to speak with someone who does this and pick their brain
Want to read more from the authors about the predictability of satisfaction as crossed with age, which probably requires me to understand what variables are involved with this regression.