Pros and cons of online dating in college

Online apps and platforms should not represent more than about a quarter of your time and effort – although they may result in most of your dates.

Re the plethora of options on an app like Tinder, it’s essential to cut through the noise by filtering like mad to exclude all guys who are not real prospects.

It’s a far better use of your time to get 75 matches and disqualify 70 of them quickly than to feel paralyzed by choice, especially since many of them are not suitable. It’s the same as if you met a cute guy at a friend’s party and then found him boring.

And you want to be specific, because we’re looking for someone who really GETS you, you know? Pro: You know that one picture that someone you love took of you when you’d just found out some awesome news or did some kick-ass thing at work, or maybe you were traveling and you’re all glowing and the lighting’s perfect and you’re not wearing that much makeup because you forgot all about it that morning and yeah girl, you look TONED at that angle, you been doing pilates? Con: I don’t know the percentage of people who post profile pictures of themselves from five years, two inches of hairline, and 20 pounds ago, but that number is HIGH. Pro: Unlike at the bar, where staring at anyone for more than six seconds can get you beat up or roofied, here you can stare all you want. You’ll end up sitting across from Pam from accounting in a strategy meeting and only seeing “MBA ISO BBM 4 sum PDA, NSA” plastered across her forehead.

You want to make it witty, because everyone loves a sense of humor, but not like you’re to be witty, because no one likes wink-nudge girl.

Tinder was released in September 12, 2012 by founders Sean Ra, Jonathan Badeen, Justin Mateen, Joe Munoz, Dinesh Moorjani, Chris Gylczynski, and Whitney Wolfe.

Although, other sources state that the founders are Mateen, Rad, and Badeen only.

Online dating applications target a young demographic group.

Whereas before, people had very little exposure to online dating, today almost 50% of people know of someone who use the services or has met their loved one through the service.

I know of many couples who have met online, and their stories usually reflect a quick expression on the part of both parties that they were interested in something real with one another.

I get the sense that instead of the dreaded DTR that couples have IRL, people who meet online are more likely to have a “Are we on the same page? My new post on Jon Birger’s book Date-onomics highlights just how challenging the numbers are today, due to lopsided sex ratios that favor men.