These were women whom Ok Cupid had selected as potential matches for him based on his profile and the site’s algorithm.The first woman he clicked on was very beautiful, with a witty profile page, a good job and lots of shared interests, including a love of sports.He wouldn’t have walked up and said, “Oh, wait, you like the Red Sox?! ” before putting his hand in her face and turning away.But Derek of 2013 simply clicked an X on a web-browser tab and deleted her without thinking twice.
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In the course of our research, I also discovered something surprising: the winding road from the classified section of yore to Tinder has taken an unexpected turn.
Our phones and texts and apps might just be bringing us full circle, back to an old-fashioned version of courting that is closer to what my own parents experienced than you might guess.
If this mentality pervades our decisionmaking in so many realms, is it also affecting how we choose a romantic partner?
The question nagged at me—not least because of my own experiences watching promising relationships peter out over text message—so I set out on a mission.
