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Helping Joe, Episode 48

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Are You Frustrated With Tinder and Hinder?

"Tinder's about first dates. It's not about the fifth and sixth date," he says. "You need to give yourself the platform to show women that there's something there, and Tinder doesn't do that." Niels is using OKCUBE instead of Tinder because Miami isn't a good way for him to meet people.

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Speaker 3
I was going to say, I'll take that $100 and write you the better profile because it's not going to make a difference. Yeah, Tinder's about first dates. It's not about the fifth and sixth date.
Speaker 2
And if you don't want that, if you don't want fifth and sixth dates, that's fine, except it doesn't sound like you are particularly content with the first and second dates you're having right now. Is that fair or not fair?
Speaker 1
Yeah, I guess that's fair.
Speaker 2
Well, I mean, if it isn't fair, why isn't, then why are you frustrated with Tinder and hinge? If you're cool, if you're cool with sort of keeping it where it is right now, doing that first, second, third date kind of thing, then what is it about Tinder and hinge that's frustrating you?
Speaker 1
I don't know, it just feels kind of ineffective. I'm using it a lot and not going on a lot of dates anymore. The more I've used it, the less dates I go on or the less matches, the less people I match with. I don't know, maybe I need to have a better profile or something, or maybe this just isn't a good platformer. Like for what I have, Miami is just not a good way for me to
Speaker 2
meet people. I never thought it was, because Tinder's not designed for guys like you. I mean, look, it's designed for everybody, that's why it's so popular, because a monkey can do it. To be as successful as you want to be, your attributes, the attributes that get you the good dates with the quality women are not the attributes that are selected for on Tinder. You're smart, you are funny, you, yours is that you're in good shape, yours is more of a total package, that's not the right word, but it's like your stuff is a little more than skin deep, and that's not what Tinder plays to. You need to give yourself the platform to show women that there's something there, and Tinder doesn't do that.
Speaker 1
Like what do you think those platforms are? Like I have my guesses as to what they would be, but it's all
Speaker 2
the other ones. It's a match in OKCUBE, but in plenty of fish, places where you can write shit, where you can stretch your wings and display some of that, display some of the wit or self-deprecation or interest, where you can expand and women who aren't just looking to swipe right, who are usually 22 year olds and just on a win can actually contemplate who you are as a more well rounded person and make a more informed decision. And vice versa. Better women are on those platforms than are on Tinder.
Speaker 3
And Niels, back when you were
Speaker 2
doing this, what were you using? I was, I did this when match first started way back when
Speaker 3
it was like the only thing.

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