I've seen a lot of news about people deleting dating apps due to fatigue. Tinder and Bumble's numbers have been flopping recently 

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-07/match-posts-sixth-straight-decline-in-tinder-users-shares-fall

 

Are you still using dating apps? Are you planning to delete them? Have you experienced dating app fatigue? It seems the dating world is a complete mess right now

Deleted them about a year ago. Horrid things

I'm switching to saunas 

Deleted them all a couple of months ago 

I'm using Grindr and Sniffies since for some reason I'm on a huge sex drive atm and I can't make it stop (I'm already talking to my psychologist about it tho) but besides that I don't use any, I tried using Tinder and Bumble but it seem like a waste of time + I'm not a person that uses constantly it's phone and social media + I'm not really photogenic so I only have a couple of pics, I'm really no interesting person to meet online lol

No 

Yes. I've met multiple boyfriends and also my best friend on Tinder.

 

I also have Grindr and Scruff but I don't use them much. 

Not in years  I want to meet my next serious partner in-person. If it's just physical, though, I have plenty of past flings to revisit. The idea of going back to dating apps is just exhausting 

 

 

 

Edited August 21, 20242 yr by Reginald

this is fantastic news tbh. nothing is more toxic

i use grindr & sometimes tinder but only on weekends 

tbfh i started using them less when i realized i couldn't remember some guys i f***ed last week like that **** is not healthy 

I gave up on them earlier this year but I downloaded Grindr again to hook up and also a dating app made specifically for autistic and neurodivergent folks recently.

 

Tried Tinder multiple times, never again. Hinge sucks as well. Never bothered with other ones. 

Stopped using it ~4 years ago since I'm not single anymore 

 

Seriously though, I've met none of my exes nor my actual boyfriend on these. Just quick lil s*x 

Yes, they've worked for me. I don't think I'd ever be compatible with a gay to who turns to 'run clubs' and gay frisbee leagues or whatever to find a partner anyway 

I just joined Tinder again and am remembering why I keep deleting it. 

 

The process goes: 

 

-Match with someone

-One person (maybe) messages the other

-The other messages back

-3 days go by

-1st person finally messages back

-2nd person has lost interest and moved on

 

Such a waste of time. I prefer meeting people in person, but that can be difficult to do as well unless you really put yourself out there. 

tinder and bumble are offloaded on my phone, but I use sniffies and grindr pretty regularly. tinder truly sucks ass and always has  idk why i've redownloaded it but i most likely was drunk off sangria and in my feelings, thirdwheeling perhaps 

Not in a while since I met this man at the beginning of the summer. However, as I'm moving out next week, I will probably return. He doesn't seem to be looking for a formal relationship, let alone a long-distance one, so things will end sadly. 

1 hour ago, Maxxxine said:

I don't think I'd ever be compatible with a gay to who turns to 'run clubs' and gay frisbee leagues or whatever to find a partner anyway 

why sis  

I like to chat on Grindr, (I almost never begin one though). A lot of guys think it's teasing even though my bio says "chat only".
 

It's only if a guy can prove he's happy to chat without an expectation of sex that I consider him a "contact" and someone I might yellow star and go back to on another occasion.

 

Many don't know how to process it when I say I am happy to chat but not meet (and that I'm telling them that upfront so they don't later accuse me of being a time waster).
 

Simply being on that app teaches you a lot about the urgency of the male sex drive. 

It can be funny when someone (without a face pic on their profile) opens a chat with a dick pic. On those occasions I am usually lost for words and think where does this chat actually go from here?

 

Then again maybe I'm simply not using it the way it's intended.

Men flirt with me everywhere, I don't need app's cheap and frugal dopamine spikes 

Does Sniffies count 

28 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

I like to chat on Grindr, (I almost never begin one though). A lot of guys think it's teasing even though my bio says "chat only".
 

It's only if a guy can prove he's happy to chat without an expectation of sex that I consider him a "contact" and someone I might yellow star and go back to on another occasion.

 

Many don't know how to process it when I say I am happy to chat but not meet (and that I'm telling them that upfront so they don't later accuse me of being a time waster).
 

Simply being on that app teaches you a lot about the urgency of the male sex drive. 

It can be funny when someone (without a face pic on their profile) opens a chat with a dick pic. On those occasions I am usually lost for words and think where does this chat actually go from here?

 

Then again maybe I'm simply not using it the way it's intended.

Hmm I don't understand why someone would use apps like that to find pen pals 

no i prefer meeting strangers at cruising spots 

4 hours ago, tjspy said:

I'm switching to saunas 

We need the younger gen to start appreciating bathhouse culture more. So many of us don't even know these spaces exist! 
 

There needs to be better marketing tbh. I don't know why saunas haven't advertised on Grindr etc 

Edited August 21, 20242 yr by Janet

2 minutes ago, Janet said:

We need the younger gen to start appreciating bathhouse culture more. So many of us don't even know these spaces exist! 

True, even tho I can be happy with the ~30yo I meet there (I'm 23) 

I use them when I want attention but not really to meet people outside of hookups, I'm up front though don't call me a toxic geigh