31 Hilarious Bumble Screenshots That Accurately Sum Up Dating These Days

As funny as they might seem to others, disappointing interactions can take their toll. A survey of 1,000 American dating app users found that 78% of them feel fatigued with the dating app world sometimes, often or always.

Interestingly, women feel more burnt out than men, with 80% reporting at least some level of burnout, compared to 74% of males.

Younger generations are also feeling the burn the most, as Gen Z respondents were the most likely to “always” feel some level of dating app exhaustion.

According to the survey's results, one in five (21%) dating app users lie about their age, with men (23%) being slightly more likely to tweak their numbers than women (19%).

Other reported fibs involve income (14%), as well as hobbies and interests (14%). Adding to that dishonesty, 13% admitted to lying about their employment, dating history, and even their current relationship status.

Just 12% overall claim they lie about their height, with 15% of males and 11% of females admitting to the crime and contradicting a common stereotype that it's just the men who falsify this information.

When it comes to screen time, Millennials lead the generations, spending 56 minutes per day on dating apps, with the average Baby Boomer clocking in 37 minutes.

We see a lot of examples of what not to do but according to the study, leading with a compliment may be the way to start a conversation, as suggested by 27% of the respondents.

A very similar share, twenty six percent, prefer another route, claiming they tailor their first communication based on another user’s profile.

One in five (19%) said they recycle a rotation of conversation starters used with all sorts of people.

And companies are aware of these problems. Match Group, the company with the world’s largest portfolio of dating platforms, including Tinder and Hinge, has announced it is increasing its investment in artificial intelligence.

AI bots are supposed to help users determine which of their photographs will be the most popular, write messages to people, and provide “effective coaching.”

But who’s to say those “struggling” users who may be lacking in social skills, and begin to rely on AI assistants to craft conversations for them, won't have difficulty once they arrive on real-life dates?

Dr. Luke Brunning, Associate Professor in Applied Ethics at the University of Leeds, has coordinated an open letter calling for regulatory protections against AI on dating apps.

He believes that trying to solve the social problems caused by technology with even more unregulated technology will make things worse, and that automated profile-enhancing also entrenches a dating app culture where people feel they must constantly outperform others to win.

“Many of these companies have correctly identified these social problems,” Brunning said. “But they’re reaching for technology as a way of solving them, rather than trying to do things that really de-escalate the competitiveness, [like] make it more easy for people to be vulnerable, more easy for people to be imperfect, more accepting of each other as ordinary people that aren’t all over 6ft [tall] with a fantastic, interesting career, well written bio, and constant sense of witty banter. Most of us just aren’t like that all the time.”

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