CBS Reports presents "Speaking Frankly: Dating Apps" | Full Documentary

Dating apps offer seemingly endless potential matches at your fingertips, turning an intimate experience into something that feels more like a video game. But because users hide behind virtual profiles, it's easy to ghost, harass, and view others as non-human - and now that bots are populating these platforms, some actually are. As the industry continues to grow, some experts question whether dating app companies are really interested in helping people find love, or if they have an incentive to keep people in an endless cycle of searching and matching without any real connection.
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[@InfiniteBlueWaves]

Best part so far: “Hi, my name’s Maurice. Executive by day and wild man by night.” Hilarious!

[@hayliececil]

"1:45" I'm the member of this club. For the people who wanna make fun, come and join? Join my Snap account *lindahot2k* to be added

[@vaughn4lif]

Another thing to mention here are the statistics. On tinder, men swipe right 45% of the time while women swipe right 14% There is a HUGE disparity. I'm just saying...

[@97I30T]

Online dating apps are also a total sausage fest. There are so many more men than women on dating apps. So, women are inherently going to be more picky with their swipes because there are so many more profiles for women to swipe through. Not to mention that women are biologically programmed to be more selective with partners than men are.

[@emuriddle9364]

10:10 "Paradox of choice" Yes. It's hard to weigh the cost and benefits of everything that's in front of you. And the mind prefers what is familiar.

[@nikki5095]

The woman at the end who says "the apps don't inherently make people less mindful," doesn't understand the subconscious. Many, perhaps most, apps are designed specifically to do just that. People are paid tons of money to design them that way. We can control some of what we do, but certainly not all of it. That's basically how addiction works.

[@emuriddle9364]

"Sense of self" Another good point. Knowing who you really are. And explaining that on your profile.

[@boostedhatch3]

I like the footage of the girl swiping on bumble and getting matches. That doesn’t happen for men unless you are the top 5%

[@Wildchile]

I get almost every match 😳😬

[@Wildchile]

@Donovan Ha ha I’m sorry!

[@leigh7507]

Oh come on, its not that bad. Look at my picture. I'm not top 5 percent and can get plenty of matches. Just have a decent bio and some okay photos

[@breannanorthrup5498]

that math is nearly impossible. there are statistics on how getting matches skews better for women but your math is alllllll the wayyyyyy offfffff.

[@escapedthematrix2373]

I agree. Dating apps greatly exploit female hypergamy. This is why all women on these apps tend to migrate toward the same top 5% of men. Jordan Peterson also discussed this troubling fact.

[@sundinfamforlife4129]

I met my bf of 4 years through online dating. I'm introverted so it's easier for me to meet people that way. I have no shame in admiting that.

[@emuriddle9364]

Dating apps is a different game, compared to real life dating. When you meet someone in real life, you don't know much about them. And want to talk to see if it will work out. With dating apps, the information is already there. But you don't know if they're real, or just a "catfish" (fake). And with IRL dating: The person is already there.

[@polycrase]

For 95% of straight men online dating is a waste of time and money and very demoralizing. For 95% of straight women it's awesome, they get all the validation they need without having to give anything in return.

[@billsimms2511]

But many women arent getting what they truly want out of online dating either. I’m talking about the ones that are looking for something other than validation.

[@yz4043]

The bot thing reminds me of that movie Her

[@evalangley3985]

Men get no replies and women just cherrypick over their 50 messages a day. It doesn't work.

[@tres5533]

All apps for men are really a waste of time and effort unless you're in the top 5% of looks according to various media sources. Women mostly use it to validate their looks and distract themselves in an entertaining way - meaning getting a ego boost. IRL intros are much better chances. So, just go up and kindly introduce yourself, with manners.

[@breannanorthrup5498]

hyperbole doesn't help your case.

[@owenjrable]

A lot of docs fail to talk about the gender-specific dynamics in online dating that differ by each group. It's treated as if men and women have the same experiences, when the reality is that couldn't be further from the truth.

[@emuriddle9364]

5:27 That makes perfect sense.

[@rkms5606]

Phone world and digital media does not allow us to truly know one another, just hyper- objectify or hyper-desensatize one another. You are worth getting to know and knowing someone else.

[@dhedges1340]

I know this topic very well but this was still interesting.

[@snowflakemelter214]

🤫 PSST ! WHAT'S UP WITH THAT CONNECTION TO ABC ? 😜

[@joshuatoms7664]

This has been out nearly a year. 11K views, 141 likes. Mainstream news is dead. Bye.

[@KingBabaJames]

Dawn bro lol. Good observation.

[@eleazarg780]

Well it just shows that people are more into shootings and other depressing stuff. Fast news ...Cause other videos do well

[@yz4043]

I hope this doesn't make me cry

[@binalith4898]

ditto.

[@dkaoboy]

women on dating apps are bombarded with constant praise making them think they're more desirable than they really are. This mismatch creates distortion in the dating market place.

[@TheKim369]

How do you know this? I think the top few gals get slathered with compliments and propositions and the rest get just normal comments, and propositions. For regular gals, the praise comes from airline pilots, movie producers, surgeons, in other words, catfish. I think most of us have a pretty good grip on how to identify a catfish and our own desirability. We still walk around in the real world. I think there is a problem in the fact that, in the past, most women were without financial means and were vulnerable, and had to be grateful to be "picked". Now most women have the means to be self supporting and aren't desperate, so if men are serious, they need to up their game. The distortion isn't in women's perception of their own value, it's in men expecting a high value woman without themselves being high value.

[@breannanorthrup5498]

@@TheKim369 exactly. men have no concept of how hard women are trying to be nice enough looking to just be treated decently.

[@owenjrable]

@@TheKim369 You can't disagree with the experiences of what at least 4 other guys have had on this thread (not to mention millions of others) with any fair level of objectivity simply because you assume they are undesirable.

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

(Mar 10, 2024) 0:01 3:57 5:35 Ppl are lonely13:42

[@sarahl3721]

The opening interview looks like the most boring episode of "Knighmare" ever! Is it a real room or is she superimposed?

[@lebredamcelroy832]

You have a great way to start the day just keep FREAKING OFF WITH OLD *🐍🐕😳💯WINESKINS

[@samueljackson6188]

The Amish are right. Never adopt any technology that breaks up the community or makes you dependent on another person. So yeah, leave the phone in my mailbox when you come over. I am doing everything in my power to cut the wire and burn the bill. Got some ideas Ps: Bring back the Potluck and barbecues! Invite your neighbors over!

[@RikodiusRex]

Yeah. I match with a few and stop and then talk to them until they weed themselves out. I narrow them down to one. Stick with one. That one doesn't work, then I go back. I don't like the infinite options thing. I already emailed bumble about platform message security. They can spoof from those accounts, game the algorithm and use it as a conduit to intercept me. I'm in the middle of a legal battle and a criminal case that involves cyber stalking. The people that harass me use that app as a way to get in contact with me and scare me or intimidate me.

[@spark300c]

well I think dating app should interview men to weed out the bad ones.

[@starscream6629]

@@spark300c and the horrible women? There are stalkers and abusers among women as well. I’ve had some horrible experiences.

[@binalith4898]

woah

[@swingersbarn2387]

interesting

[@DapperHesher]

I'm apparently too ugly for dating apps.

[@binalith4898]

bummah, moooove to maaaine. we're all ugly up heah bud.

[@morecontenttalk7077]

So the answer to too much screen time is turning dating into a community college power point presentation? What will these experts think of next????????

[@morecontenttalk7077]

@@matthew8417 why are you responding to a comment that is over a year old?

[@Brandy_j5]

Some countries do not rely on dating apps, such as Colombia 🇨🇴. The culture is you meet someone face to face

[@spark300c]

any app that has more million users is too big.

[@cristiansontay3613]

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[@binalith4898]

mein gott

[@hededcdn]

Lol, feminists, remember this is what you wanted.

[@sueblack5794]

You mean women getting tons of choices on apps and men barely none? Well yeah that does sound like what they wanted. Jealous dude?

[@hededcdn]

@@sueblack5794 Jealous of what? Lol smfh

[@karenmassey8354]

Feminists didn’t create online dating.