this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
1079 points (96.6% liked)

Microblog Memes

8387 readers
3955 users here now

A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

Rules:

  1. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

Related communities:

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] kadup@lemmy.world 88 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Honestly, 90% of the need for dating apps would vanish if people had more free time away from work and well-kept public spaces for entertainment that didn't expect you to purchase anything.

So rather than a government-run dating app, how about a government-sanctioned 4 day work week and well kept public parks?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Yet again, low-density exclusionary zoning causing car-dependency (which is why the "third spaces" you're talking about have all-but disappeared) is revealed as the root cause of almost every problem we have.

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I don’t know if I buy that. I think people simply like hiding behind a screen for many interactions these days - including dating.

Not that Im against your idea but maybe just the 90% part seems inflated.

[–] kadup@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but we would need to put the idea in practice to determine what's the cause/effect relationship here.

Are people more addicted to their screens because the real world became hostile, or is the real world becoming hostile because people are glued to their screens?

I'd bet on the first option, but I could be wrong.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Real relationships require a vulnerability that dating apps can not provide

[–] Kage520@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

I love my screen time but if there was free ping pong somewhere outside or something I'd go there a lot. Same for rock climbing, board game spaces... I'd get out for a lot. Screen time is a cheap substitute for this real stuff.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But who makes the profit in your silly goose scenario? Somebody has to be making money or it's a terrible idea!

[–] Forester@pawb.social 1 points 1 day ago

This is what we call long-term investment a taxman wins once you have kids