"Their promotional narratives spoke about reducing love to a simple procedure. Dating apps promised a love that 'works.' But they do not 'work' as they are supposed to, yet they create the expectation of love as an efficient business. Users get frustrated with this."
"College students are in the fortunate position of being surrounded by many similarly aged peers, and their social networks are in a constant state of flux. Online dating sites and apps are typically going to be especially useful for folks whose networks feel frozen and who don't have as many opportunities to meet new people through friends of friends," he tells me. "So it makes sense."
"Platforms like TikTok have created space for women to upload videos talking about their issues with the hookup culture, such as not getting what they want relationally, feeling used, the double standard, and, in some cases, the lack of sexual pleasure for women," Bogle says. "In previous decades, w
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