Once I realized many men swipe right on almost everyone, my investment in apps plummeted. That made me try to be even more selective on who I pick but it made online dating feel like a miserable job with no reward.

And this is a problem researchers have noticed! https://twitter.com/Aristophaenes/status/1391062029411233794">https://twitter.com/Aristopha...

link to PDF of full paper, titled “I Like That It’s My Choice a Couple Different Times”: Gender, Affordances, and User Experience on Bumble Dating https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/12657">https://ijoc.org/index.php...

What& #39;s funny is they claim women are selective bc they& #39;re sure of romantic prospects, but I never have been sure of them. I was selective bc I don& #39;t like to waste my time https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😂" title="Gesicht mit Freudentränen" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Freudentränen">

There& #39;s also the problem of looks-based algorithms. Hegemonic standards of beauty are inherently anti Black woman so it feels like another invisible disadvantage I don& #39;t want to worry about.