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The best dating apps aren’t even dating apps
With dating app fatigue rising, some peopl are finding love in unexpected places – the forums and sites they use to pass idle time online, as opposed to those dedicated to online dating.
As singles grow weary of the slog of swiping, couples are getting to know each other on traditional social media sites — in the Tumblr “Ask” box, in Reddit DMs, and even on newer platforms like Bluesky. Rothfels and her husband, Owen, had only interacted in passing, but she knew that they had similar senses of humor and political views – if not, they wouldn’t have both spent so much time in these online spaces. Rudy, a 54-year-old who had never used traditional dating apps, met his wife by chance in an erotic pen pals forum on Reddit, where their identities were obscured by their personas of mythical creatures.
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