[davnicwil]

Spot on.

A very significant intrinsic motivator to go out and socialise for most single people (a large percentage of young professionals and people who just graduated college) is the possibility of meeting someone.

It's a great concept, but embracing the dating aspect rather than fighting the tide on it might work out better.

[IgorPartola]

I don't know about that. I am not looking to date anyone, but would love to make more friends in the area. Don't forget: not everyone is young and single.

[davnicwil]

Totally agree, and even for people actively looking to date it's only one of many motivations to go out and meet new people, but it is definitely a significant one.

And since the target demographic is young professionals and recent college graduates - indeed a very large proportion of that market is young and single :-)

[elif]

How does this hinder you from dating?

because you have to explain to the person you've met that you want to date them, rather than it being implicit?

isn't that just... the way it's always been pre-hookup-apps?