I’m a 54-year-old man, recently separated from my wife of 31 years - just earlier this month. Honestly, I’m already feeling bored and lonely, so I’ve been considering trying out dating apps (I’ve never used one before). However, my sons (30 and 28) tell me it’s a waste of time and possibly even a scam, and I’ve seen similar opinions online. So I’m not sure what to think.
The main problem is that some younger people don’t even know that dating apps weren’t always that ass. When tinder was new-ish you got unlimited likes and like 5 super likes a week or something. There were hardly any bots. Even with my lazily taken photos i would get a bunch of matches, meet someone, delete it, rinse and repeat.
When i use tinder now i get maybe 3 matches a month and at least two of them are bots.
I’m certain that tinder straight up doesn’t show your profile around if you are male presenting and don’t pay.
I have a female friend who also had tinder and we did a test. I set mine in men looking for women, free account both of us. I got her profile pretty soon, she never got my profile as an option.