dating apps

5 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement May 21, 2024 by Arthur Brooks · across every show →

Everything said about dating apps, oldest first

May 21, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Brooks: 59% of Romantic Relationships Now Start on Dating Apps
“And so you find that 59% of relationships start on the apps now.”
Arthur Brooks May 21, 2024 ▶ 41:02 Harvard Professor: THIS is the Secret to Human Wealth & Happiness | Arthur Brooks
May 21, 2024 negative
Insight
Brooks: Dark Triad personalities perform exceptionally well on dating apps and early dates
“In generally speaking, dark triads, they present very favorably. They're very successful in the dating market. For example, they do unbelievably well on the apps. They do really well on early or, you know, The first and second dates. They do incredibly well be…”
Arthur Brooks May 21, 2024 ▶ 13:42 Harvard Professor: THIS is the Secret to Human Wealth & Happiness | Arthur Brooks
Oct 8, 2024 negative
Opinion
Rad: Rival dating apps are just Tinder clones with one minor feature
“All these other products, their marketing message Somewhat now, but especially when they're starting, was we are Tinder, but we have this one little feature. Yeah. I'm like, that's not really a company. I mean, like, that's, where's the vision in that? Where i…”
Sean Rad Oct 8, 2024 ▶ 1:00:40 Tinder’s Founder on Becoming a Billionaire, Tinder’s #1 Mistake, and Free Speech
Feb 26, 2025 negative
Assertion Contradicted
Brooks: Dating apps funnel 80% of overtures to dark triad men
“80% of the overtures toward men go to 10% of the male population, and those are not the right guys. Those are a lot of dark triads. The dark triads are the ones who show the best in every format, including in, in, in dating profiles.”
Arthur Brooks Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 48:11 Harvard Professor: There Is a FORMULA to Happiness | Arthur Brooks
Dec 4, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Manson: Dating apps have negative ROI because they optimize for wrong traits
“I personally think that the apps are Negative ROI for people's dating outcomes. And it's primarily because they're optimizing for the wrong things.”
Mark Manson Dec 4, 2025 ▶ 5:28 The Confidence Expert: How To Build UNSHAKEABLE Self Confidence | Mark Manson
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