I recently came out of a relationship and many years later I returned to the world of online dating apps. I'm not a super hoy guy but I'm not ugly either, I've had my fair amount of success with women through my life. However, I had a huge disappointment when joining these apps and starting the journey.
Initially I was getting some matches, but 90% of them would never bother to reply, no matter how funny/sharp/insightful my opener was. Of the rest, about half would ghost after just a few messages. So I ended up with just a few active matches. Of these, one turned out to be a con artist that created an incredible story to end up asking money from me (luckily I made a reverse image search and found out that she was stealing pictures from another woman), and the rest ended up in a real date in which I found out that they looked nothing like their pictures (highly photoshopped or very old).
And finally, after some time I depleted the dating pool and now I hardly get any more profiles to swipe at all.
Initially I thought that maybe I just became too old and/or unattractive for this but after sharing my experience with some friends they told me they went through more or less the same process. Also many people posting on online forums share the same experience, and the consensus is that:
- the hottest 5-10% of guys get most of the attention
- any woman will have dozens of matches in a few minutes as most guys tend to just like all the profiles without screening them
- many women (especially the hot ones) don't go there to hook up with anyone (except maybe one of the top 5% guys), only to get an ego boost or to spend their idle time
- if you are in the bottom 50%, or I would even dare say 70%, of guys you will have extremely low chances of ever getting anywhere as you will be competing with 10+ guys for each average woman
- there are plenty of fake profiles (either scammers or bots created to make you pay)
- overall, without the proper mindset it can be an experience that drains self-esteem and brings along serious depression to many people
I tried Tinder, Bumble, YouLove, Badoo, Facebook Dating and a few others, some I paid for premium and some I didn't, but there was not much difference in the end result. Maybe there are some better ones out there that I didn't try but I didn't really feel like going any further as they all seem to follow roughly the same philosophy.
I know for a fact that for most people (including myself) meeting someone in real life dating will always outweigh the online experience. But it's also true that modern life excludes way too many people from these opportunities because of time or location constraints, so there is definitely a NEED for an app that actually works and brings results to the average or below-average guys.
My ideas after a bit of brainstorming:
- A "social credit" system for users that will increase or decrease according to their behavior. For example, a guy that swipes right quickly on all women or a women that won't speak with a match will see their credit decrease.
- Offering a certified photo service where a local photographer could take some high quality pics and at the same time make you earn a badge indicating that your photos are real and recent (higher credit score).
- Organizing virtual fast dating events where you're randomly (or using a certain algorithm based on interests, location, social credit, etc.) matched on a 10 minute video session with someone and during that time you can get the attention of that person and decide with some criteria whether you actually want to meet them irl.
- Organizing local social meetups for different activities where people can simply gather and have fun.
What is your experience with these apps? What would you like to see as a user?
I am also very interested in the experience from a woman's perspective. What would make you happy and make you want to use such an app for more than just randomly looking at guys when you're bored?
Initially I was getting some matches, but 90% of them would never bother to reply, no matter how funny/sharp/insightful my opener was. Of the rest, about half would ghost after just a few messages. So I ended up with just a few active matches. Of these, one turned out to be a con artist that created an incredible story to end up asking money from me (luckily I made a reverse image search and found out that she was stealing pictures from another woman), and the rest ended up in a real date in which I found out that they looked nothing like their pictures (highly photoshopped or very old).
And finally, after some time I depleted the dating pool and now I hardly get any more profiles to swipe at all.
Initially I thought that maybe I just became too old and/or unattractive for this but after sharing my experience with some friends they told me they went through more or less the same process. Also many people posting on online forums share the same experience, and the consensus is that:
- the hottest 5-10% of guys get most of the attention
- any woman will have dozens of matches in a few minutes as most guys tend to just like all the profiles without screening them
- many women (especially the hot ones) don't go there to hook up with anyone (except maybe one of the top 5% guys), only to get an ego boost or to spend their idle time
- if you are in the bottom 50%, or I would even dare say 70%, of guys you will have extremely low chances of ever getting anywhere as you will be competing with 10+ guys for each average woman
- there are plenty of fake profiles (either scammers or bots created to make you pay)
- overall, without the proper mindset it can be an experience that drains self-esteem and brings along serious depression to many people
I tried Tinder, Bumble, YouLove, Badoo, Facebook Dating and a few others, some I paid for premium and some I didn't, but there was not much difference in the end result. Maybe there are some better ones out there that I didn't try but I didn't really feel like going any further as they all seem to follow roughly the same philosophy.
I know for a fact that for most people (including myself) meeting someone in real life dating will always outweigh the online experience. But it's also true that modern life excludes way too many people from these opportunities because of time or location constraints, so there is definitely a NEED for an app that actually works and brings results to the average or below-average guys.
My ideas after a bit of brainstorming:
- A "social credit" system for users that will increase or decrease according to their behavior. For example, a guy that swipes right quickly on all women or a women that won't speak with a match will see their credit decrease.
- Offering a certified photo service where a local photographer could take some high quality pics and at the same time make you earn a badge indicating that your photos are real and recent (higher credit score).
- Organizing virtual fast dating events where you're randomly (or using a certain algorithm based on interests, location, social credit, etc.) matched on a 10 minute video session with someone and during that time you can get the attention of that person and decide with some criteria whether you actually want to meet them irl.
- Organizing local social meetups for different activities where people can simply gather and have fun.
What is your experience with these apps? What would you like to see as a user?
I am also very interested in the experience from a woman's perspective. What would make you happy and make you want to use such an app for more than just randomly looking at guys when you're bored?
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