Dating apps have influenced society in a major way.
They have changed the game of dating.
Society has never been in a position where love was a swipe away.
The smartphones we carry in our pockets connect us to dating apps that give us access to an endless amount of people with romantic potential.
This has never happened in history until the advent of the internet, which has put a modern spin on how we go about finding love.
Internet technology has changed so much about dating.
There was a time where people in society relied on friends, family, coworkers, or their communities to meet a romantic partner.
No more.
Thanks to dating apps, people can sign up on a dating app and have access to an endless volume of potential matches.
This has had good and bad effects in society.
For the good, people are no longer relegated to the people in their social circles when they are seeking out a partner.
When all you have are those in your social circle, you have no choice but to pick someone inside that circle as a partner, even when said person isn’t all that desirable to you.
The society of the past didn’t leave you much choice.
With dating apps, all of this has changed.
Dating apps have opened the world up to people.
People can choose to be matched with someone who lives in their city that they would have never come across on a daily basis, or go beyond that.
If their city isn’t enough, they can choose to be matched with people from different cities across the country or the world.
Dating apps have opened the amount of choice that people have in who they can date to such a massive level, it has become far too addicting.
This is where the bad of dating apps comes into play.
With the sheer volume of dating options that people have in today’s society, thanks to dating apps, there is a constant feeling that there is always a better match.
This is where people are never satisfied with someone they have matched with.
Even though they have gone out on several great dates with the person and are connecting, there is that underlying desire to get back on the dating app to see whether there is a better match waiting for them.
Unfortunately, with this insatiable mindset, people let go of great matches in the endless pursuit of the perfect match.
They get back on the dating apps and swipe away, searching for that perfect match.
The truth is, that perfect match doesn’t exist.
No one is perfect.
There are flaws in all of us.
Yet, with dating apps and the endless dating options they provide, people become addicted to the idea of finding a perfect match.
In doing so, they let go of great matches that they went on great dates with.
In the end, they never find that perfect match.
Of course they don’t.
No one is perfect.
Unfortunately, by the time they have learned this lesson, they have lost out on great matches from their past, many of whom have moved on and are no longer interested in them.