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1. aurareturn · 1790814390 · focus · HN ↗

   Maybe part of the solution for any country dealing with low marriage rate is to ban all private dating apps and only government issued apps are allowed.

   Private ones will always prioritize profit which means they want you to keep using the app which means they don’t want you to find a partner.

   Modern dating apps makes it so that an average woman will have unlimited choices but the average man will have next to none. Before dating apps, they could have been a good match. But with dating apps, the woman has unlimited higher value men. How could these average women marry an average man if she’s being taken on dates constantly by top 5% men?

   The problem is that these higher value men will not commit because they also have unlimited options.

   Even if she marries an average man later in life, she will feel resentment towards him. Therefore, these women just choose to stay single. This is especially viable now because women often are more educated and have good income.

   Now we can see why young men are increasingly becoming far right and longing for far more conservative world.

   Modern dating apps are just manifesting natural instincts on steroids. I don’t blame either party. Just an observation.

   1. itake · 1790829319 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't understand how a government app fixes the problem.

      I've talked with women about this offline and they usually fire back with: "You expect women to lower their standards?"

      Women would rather delay pregnancy until they find a suitable partner, than risk being with the wrong guy.

      The only thing I _maybe_ can think of is governments could only show profiles in your 'tier' (looks, social economic class, etc), whereas private dating apps found that showing everyone pretty people keeps people coming back.

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