In my personal experience, I found meeting people in person a far more fruitful dating method than online dating. I was fairly successful in both. I'm not particularly attractive but I'm rather charismatic and I found online dating resulting in a lot more flubs than meeting someone with the intent of simply making a new friend based on shared interests and finding something more growing from that. The online dating did give me a lot of fun dates and sexual experiences, though.

But perhaps take it all with a grain of salt because I ended up with an old friend from high school when we moved in together to save money on rent.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Anyone I know that had success with apps, it was eHarmony. Mostly because it costs money and takes work to make a profile, already filtering out so much just from those two steps alone. But the work that it takes to make a profile also helps to actually find who you want to find, and for them to find you.

You have to actually know what you are looking for though, and ideally why.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Mine was OkCupid, but I know my results aren't common.

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I’m awkward and conventionally attractive, so online dating was better for me, because it allows me to make a connection with someone while I have time to think about my words.