[aahortwwy]

> Why would online dating make offline dating harder?

By de-normalizing offline dating and removing participants from the offline dating pool.

> Unless you're young and in the LGB group most people find their partners offline.

In Australia, online dating is the single most common way that people meet their partners and it's not close (35% online, 21% through friends, 13% at work).[0] I would be surprised if this is dramatically different from other Anglosphere countries.

I don't like online dating because of how completely inefficient it is, but it's hard not to believe in it when it's becoming the de-facto way people pair up.

[0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-26/australia-talks-natio...