I’ll try and minimize personal info in this post so that it’s harder to dox me. I am a cishet white man without any romantic experience who is interested in trying online dating. I know that resources about doing this exist, but I don’t know how to find them without getting PUA or other harmful advice mixed in.

What do I need to know/do/have before I try this?

Which apps should I use?

Are there guides that give relatively simple information on how to avoid harmful situations with online and not online dating?

Thanks for the advice stalin-heart

  • leftAF [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It’s bad, I’d say skip the firms operating it for profit or just have profiles up assuming it won’t work or only by chance. They are not trying to pair people up and lose them. These things can function, it’s been done, but there are some obvious conflicts of interest. OKcupid though owned by Match has been mostly neglected and at least allows anyone to message anyone, and have it show up and you can just respond and exchange phone numbers. If you’re already in the zuckbook DB, and the option is available, might as well use their “Dating” feature. They have no significant incentive to fuck with people, there’s no subscriptions or anything they try to sell.