WTF Are We Doing With Online Dating?
7 min readSep 14, 2021
In essence, a dating app is a tool, and the dating world is a virtual reality where we interact with other people in order to meet a basic emotional need — human connection. Whether we tick the “relationship” or “casual hook-ups” box on the I am looking for… section of our dating profiles, the bottom line is we want to connect and potentially share intimate moments with others.