Dating apps are often a miserable experience for the participants, however for some reason they are quite popular and at times can be quite addictive.

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    8 months ago

    I think Breeze is onto something. You only pay for actual date you go on. It has some deal with bars and cafes and you pay 10 euro and the app set up a date and the first drink is included. You are also only ever exposed to a very limited numbers of potential dates. It’s not available in my country, so I haven’t tried it.

    https://breeze.social/

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      8 months ago

      Ghosters get their account frozen

      Daters are screened and verified

      You both pay upfront to show commitment

      That’s actually quite intriguing. Seems like it’s a German startup and only available in Berlin? Maybe it’ll catch on and I’ve never heard of such a concept.

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        I think it’s Dutch, but has recently expanded to Berlin. The scaling of the concept is probably a bit slow, since they need to partner up with local bars for the concept to work. But better slow and working than fast and predatory like Tinder. Instead of Silicon Valley’s “move fast and break things (and people)” maybe move slow and heal things are a better approach.

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      8 months ago

      With every single person I’ve dated using apps, we’d both agree to move the convo out of the app within the day of the match, so I’m not sure how’d that work once it hits mass adoption.

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        Well it already works and has been since 2019. Personally I prefer to keep communication within the app at least until the first date. But 10 euro for at date and a drink is reasonable for most people. I think it’s a nice service that the app setup the date and streamlines the important part. Tinder streamline the non-crucial part of just browsing people. Tinder is not really solving a dating problem, it’s solving a social validation problem.