It’s been trending this way for years, but seeing it graphed out like this is shocking.

What do you think are the effects of this drastic change?

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    18 days ago

    I wish there was some granularity to “online.” I met my wife on a BBS in 94. It wasn’t a dating site, it was a discussion board, and neither of us was looking to hook up with anyone. There are lots of things like that, but I’m guessing dating apps/sites are the biggest component.

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      18 days ago

      The number of people that met on BBS would probably not even register as a line on that graph, lol. You are a rare gem, good sir or madam.

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        17 days ago

        I wasn’t meaning to say that my situation itself was representative, just that most people see that line and think dating sites, and that’s probably not completely correct. There are lots of online venues, like games, that aren’t dating sites, but I didn’t know what the breakdown is.

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        17 days ago

        People who randomly throw out acronyms expecting everyone to know them are TEBM.

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      18 days ago

      Honestly, WoW would be a not insignificant chunk of people that met online if it was split up into more granular data.