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blackbootz  ·  3841 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Airbnb and Lyft Finally Got Americans to Trust Each Other

    P.S: It's super shallow. I only swipe for people that I find attractive and have interest in common with so maybe that's less shallow. Eh, I think there is potential to make viable connections of it despite that.

I had Tindr for three days. Granted, this was while I was temporarily working in Iowa, so all the bios included sexy tractors and cowboy hashtags and there was an acronym for only being open to country dudes, I forget what it was exactly. This wasn't or isn't exactly my box of juice, but even though I was messing around, I still got way too "in my own head" about it all. About how shallow and game-able it was, and how the natural restrictions of the app select for things I don't think are good indicators for compatibility. A good display picture, something witty to draw them in. Even though that is pretty much what picking up girls when you go out is all about, looking good and saying something sharp. But good for you! Maybe now that I've moved to a big city, I'll try it again