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Dating apps are good for relationships
In other words, the middleman is out; apps are in.
Dating apps are good for relationships
Finger of woman pushing heart icon on screen in mobile smartphone application. Online dating app, valentine’s day concept.
February 14, 2020 at 8:00 a.m.
“From Your Valentine” is no longer written on a card accompanying flowers, candy or a red heart. Nowadays the words are transmitted digitally, even to someone we have never met in person. Cupid has gone online and mobile. Dating apps are changing the world of personal relationships beyond recognition.
And despite the handwringing from many quarters, the change may actually be for the better.
In the United States, one
In other words, the middleman is out; apps are in.
And here’s the good news: Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Rosenfeld and his colleagues found that digitally-mediated relationships are in no way less satisfactory or less durable than others. In fact, only relationships initiated at school or in church yielded higher levels of satisfaction than the rest, after one takes demographic and sociological characteristics into account.
Stunningly, breakup rates are not influenced by how couples meet. In fact, only meeting through friends was different than the average — and unexpectedly, in the direction of higher rates of relationship dissolution.
Why? Maybe in part because people who use dating apps tend to have very specific personalities. Psychologists
The ostensible value that users obtain from dating apps lies in that they improve the efficiency and effectiveness of dating, as a recent study documented. Users have access to a wider set of potential dates, and can easily and quickly compare them before making a decision. Not surprisingly, people are willing to pay for it. According to Match.com, Meetic, OKCupid and Plenty of Fish, among other platforms. Tinder is the 2nd highest-grossing app overall worldwide, according to the
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