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‘It’s quite soul-destroying’: how we fell out of love with dating apps::For a decade, apps have dominated dating. But now singles are growing tired of swiping and are looking for new ways to meet people – or reverting to old ones

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[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've thought about it before. The thing is with all the images getting loaded so much it would get expensive quick.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I think the bots and scammers would pose a much bigger problem

[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

And wait til you see the pool of actual candidates.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Easy solution: date the bots and scammers!

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 1 points 1 year ago

I think those could be dealt with, but just the sheer bandwidth of someone loading 3-10 images per profile and then rapidly flicking through them and onto the next one...

The storage costs would be one thing, but the bandwidth of that would be another entirely.

As much as I'd like to think that people would donate, I've found the majority of people to be pretty cheap and unwilling to donate money for something they can get for free.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yet Lemmy exists right now with videos and everything

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think most major instances only allow linking to videos and won't allow you to directly upload it.