Tinder and OkCupid have given up on finding you a soul mate. Their ads even admit it.

Washington Post ^ | December 13, 2018 | Lisa Bonos

[C19fan]

We have reached a new height of dating-app fatigue: Even the online matchmakers have given up on finding you a soul mate.

It's not that you're hopeless. You're wonderful! You're a unique snowflake - so unique, in fact, that you should keep swiping and stay single as long as possible.

If you've seen ads for OkCupid or Tinder recently, you might notice something conspicuous: There's little mention of love or partnership. Instead of trying to convince users that their perfect match is just a click or a swipe or a wink away, OkCupid and Tinder are touting the joy of meeting new people yet remaining unattached.

[C19fan]

At least give the gay version of Tinder, Grindr, kudos about being honest what its "dating" app is for from the start.

[Uncle Miltie]

The "journalist's" name was misspelled.

It is Lisa Bonobo.

[jyo19]

When does the “gettin’ some strange” app debut?

[gaijin]

Online they’re all beatifically smiling billionaires with perfect boobs, loaded with grinning, big butted buddies:

In person..?

They’re pretty average, loaded with debt and pretty miserable.

[Zathras]

I joined a couple and met a few nice women.
We did share information that clearly indicates they all stalk users into staying on the website.

I would get pings from 35year old, I called “underwear models” from all over the USA.

The women I met said they keep getting inquiries from the same age bracket and commonly from Florida.

We quickly realized its mostly a scam and we dumped our memberships.

[rlmorel]

LOL, “bonobo” eh? There must have been a Freudian slip in there somewhere...

[Truthoverpower]

Sex is NOT it LOVE is Sex is only great in fact When there is LOVE ❤️ and TRUST

[Buckeye McFrog]

People were going to Tinder to find their soulmate?

RRRIIIIIIIIIGGGGHTTT!!!! /s

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan. Barnes and Noble would grab serious marketshare if they used the Nook to run an exclusive similar service, Nookie.

[JoeFromSidney]

Well, my wife and I were both widowed. We found each other on catholicsingles.com. We'll celebrate our 18th anniversary later this month. It can happen.

[Bon mots]

There are a whole bunch of memes for Tinder... LOL

[afterhoursarmory]

Met my wife via Plenty Of Fish. We’ve been together 6 years now.

[PapaBear3625]

People have been sold on the idea that, somewhere out there is their perfect soul-mate, who they will find if they just search long enough. The reality is, if you're a good person who is easy to get along with, you can maintain a good relationship with any similar person.

And if you're hard to get along with, and yet demand perfection in your spouse, you will never find that person, because somebody with more to offer than you has already snapped that perfect person up.