SeeingSomeone: 'I can’t kick the feeling that I’m swiping left on people I would otherwise like IRL'
I’ve been on the apps for a couple of years now and have started to notice how much I allow my own little dating-app heuristics to determine my love life. I’ve developed rules to avoid people. I’ll swipe past certain jobs . I’ll skip the overly sincere and people posing with exotic sedated animals .
Of course, it would be cool if we were clustered based on our values or personality traits instead of how we look, but the algorithm just isn’t that smart. It’s not doing any intensive, principle-based matchmaking — it’s just serving us profiles similar to other profiles we liked. Instead of considering the merits and faults of each profile, just go full smooth brain and like people based on whether you would kiss them. If I were you, this is how I would message my matches:
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