Speed dating is advantageous in that you get to physically see who you are dealing with at the physical venue of the event, such as a restaurant, café, or bar.

Thanks to the rotation setup, which allows you to talk to someone at the event for about 3-8 minutes before moving on to the next person, you get a very good read on what the person physically looks like in real time.

This isn’t the case when you are on dating apps.

Dating apps are photo-reliant.

The first impression you get of someone’s physicality is based on the photos the person has posted on their profile.

The sad part is that there are plenty of people who post misleading photos on their profiles.

A great deal of people who use dating apps constantly complain about how people they match with on dating apps tend to look different when they meet said person in real life.

The person appears older, younger, shorter, fatter, etc.

There are a plethora of these types of complaints from people who use dating apps.

When you are on dating apps, you are literally at the mercy of the person who has their photos posted.

You are giving blind trust to the person, accepting that the photos they have posted are authentic.

The scary part is that this person may not even be who you see in the photos.

The person could be using false photos of someone else who is more attractive than them so as to get more attention and matches from people on the app.

Even when the photos posted are of the actual person, they can have misleading filters or be from a time when the person was younger or more physically fit.

You don’t know any of this at all; you only see the photos that are posted on the person’s profile.

Once you match with this person, you are about to expend energy and time interacting with this person, under the impression that they look as they have presented themselves to be on the dating app.

When you finally meet the person on a real-life date, you are reeling from the reality that this person misrepresented what they actually look like.

Sometimes, you might not even be able to experience meeting the person on a real-life date, as someone who has posted completely false photos of themselves and of someone more attractive won’t even show up to meet you on a real-life date.

This is precious time and energy you have spent talking to this match on a dating app, to only never get to meet them in person because they were never the real person to begin with and know that meeting you in person would expose their lies.

Needless to say, speed dating saves you from all of this.

You get to meet the person in real life.

Not only do you get an instant confirmation of what the person looks like in real life, you get to talk to the person for a few minutes before having to rotate to someone new.

Unlike dating apps, where someone you match with can put on a fake persona through the text messages they send you, speed dating doesn’t give anyone that luxury.

You actually get to experience the person’s real personality in real time instead of a polished text message that was sent to you on a dating app.

All of this considered, you most certainly should try speed dating instead of strictly sticking with dating apps.

The truth is that both have their benefits.

With all the drawbacks that come with dating apps, they do have their positives, such as a larger pool of potential dates and the ability to tailor your preferences in what you are looking for in a potential partner.

Why relegate yourself to strictly using one way of meeting a potential date?

By exposing yourself to new ways of meeting potential dates, you get to take advantage of all of the positives that come with that new way.