Search functions vs swiping functions on apps

[Sony12]

I have always been a searching functions individual when using the apps and I found it's a good way to stand out from the crowd where you have the ability to not only search through a lot of different people all on one page and sort through them how you wish (rather it be activity date or distance.....etc....etc....) and can send messages to the ones you like.

I have found though on many of the newer apps that it is pretty much entirely swipe focused and they have taken all searching functions largely away and you can only message them if they happen to click that checkmark back at you. 

I guess I can see the purpose of that because it will take away a lot of the dumb come on lines (and at times downright rude messages) that will get sent which does get irritating to some people. But man to me that takes a lot of the enjoyment out of the site and basically turns into nothing more than a window shopping app. I tried those apps at times and would just swipe through three or four different photos and would begin thinking how boring this is and lose interest in the entire app pretty quickly.

But I do see the reasoning behind it I guess. Overall people probably do give the apps a few more clicks if it doesn't require as much effort to use it.

[Gaeta]

I hated the swap only dating apps. Must be because I am from an older generation. The Bumble and Tinder were never interesting to me. I met my boyfriend on FB dating. It was very simple. We browse through the profiles, we give likes. If the person likes your profile too then you  can message. There is no options to know if they're online, or when they were online last, or if they read your message. All of that is absent so cannot generate unnessary frustrations. 

[Sony12]

38 minutes ago, Gaeta said:

I hated the swap only dating apps. Must be because I am from an older generation. The Bumble and Tinder were never interesting to me. I met my boyfriend on FB dating. It was very simple. We browse through the profiles, we give likes. If the person likes your profile too then you  can message. There is no options to know if they're online, or when they were online last, or if they read your message. All of that is absent so cannot generate unnessary frustrations. 

I honestly prefer to know their level of activity as that is a good way to decide who should be messaged. People that have been recently active or are currently online are much more likely to respond than people who haven't been on the site in days or weeks.

I have a feeling the swap based sites are aimed more at the 20 somethings.  

Edited May 20, 2024 by Sony12

[Gaeta]

2 hours ago, Sony12 said:

People that have been recently active or are currently online are much more likely to respond than people who haven't been on the site in days, weeks

See, l didn't care. I gave my likes and did not wait on anyone to like me back so it didn't matter they had checked their profile the day before or 9 months before. I clicked and left it to the universe.  

Edited May 20, 2024 by Gaeta

[Cael]

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