I'm 22m, consider myself reasonably attractive, but definitely not getting 100s of likes/matches per week. I'm decently successful, able to hold a conversation well in person, so I think I'm a pretty "datable" person.
I kind of stopped using dating apps for a while, but recently decided to start using them more actively/intently (ie sending likes/messages daily on Hinge, etc) and in the past week or two I've gotten maybe 5-10 matches on Hinge and 10 or so on Tinder/Bumble.
Out of those 10-20 prospects, I got like 4 or 5 phone numbers after chatting etc, all of which I tried setting up dates with, and all of which pretty much ghosted while we were texting. One girl even agreed on a date and time, texted me back and forth for a few days, and then just didn't respond when I texted her a few hours before! So yk that's cool
I know I'm definitely not perfect and nor will I pretend to be, but I feel like the quality of people on dating apps is just so low and its honestly pretty frustrating. I really don't know how other guys/girls use dating apps for actually finding a partner, because from my experiences I really can't see how other people get any use out of these apps.
Has anyone older had a different experience? Like I want to think people are more mature at 25, 28, 30, but part of me thinks it's probably just more of the same
Makes me question where people meet their SO outside of school/work, because it feels kind of impossible on dating apps tbh