What ultimately led me to give up on the apps entirely is the lack of excitement it became a game rather than a genuine adventure to find new and fun people.
But worst of all are the monotonous conversations and the continuous ghosting.
“Being a brown man on the Sunshine Coast I simply didn’t find many good people here who are interesting or were interested. ‘I’d rather slam my d*ck in a car door than get back on the apps’ Though some readers described an on-again, off-again relationship with apps, most who wrote in said they’ll never go back. Australians, in particular, have had a gutful – so much so that online dating usage rates are projected to slightly decline in the next five years, while the US and UK’s forecasts suggest growth. Over 10% of Australians are actively using one or more of the 1500+ online dating services now on the market, according to Statista estimates – low compared with the UK ( 16%) and US ( 18%).