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Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: JAB <here@is.invalid> Newsgroups: misc.news.internet.discuss Subject: Are dating apps full of Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:42:00 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <vba2kq$3thuv$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: JAB <here@is.invalid> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2024 18:42:02 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3c6ea5cad505fb8ea76c7a4ba0db3ae6"; logging-data="4114399"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19oM2TabKhQjbWp+o5Urpv5" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:w3uzPC9+vP88w6MuTcV37mPkfOk= Are dating apps full of status-conscious singletons looking for rich partners? .... .... Online daters don't have to choose between love and money: they can keep swiping until they get both. Facetune, swanky vacations, high-powered jobs and cultural references (or lack thereof) advertise the lifestyles of the "haves" and commoditizing our dating lives -- creating a relatively frictionless technological "upgrade" from a time when young, aspirational middle-class singletons met through their university or country club. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/i-want-to-meet-someone-rich-are-dating-apps-a-hotbed-of-status-conscious-singletons-looking-for-wealthy-partners-c5dbfa87 Old news, in earlier Internet days, this could plainly be observed with their descriptive words used.