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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SharkWeek to c/womensstuff@piefed.blahaj.zone

Are there any decent apps for finding friends these days?

When I get back from working overseas I want to put some effort into finding new friends - since while I've been away I've enjoyed socialising, and hadn't realised how little I've done at home since covid.

This would be for regular friendship, I'll keep my other activities to grindr or feeld. I also plan to try and find meetups for socialising purposes (language interchange, casual munches, LGBT groups).

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[-] SharkWeek 2 points 6 days ago

This is the thing, I used okcupid ages ago, too, but for dating. And I met some nice people ... but it turned weird at some point and I started getting loads of messages from Arabic men, and couples looking for a unicorn. And the connection with genuine women trailed off.

I gave up on it, and then promptly met my now-wife through a hobby meetup, lol

[-] dkppunk@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I started using it at close to launch 20ish years ago. It used to be great for dating and finding friends, but I’ve heard it’s terrible now. I met my partner there about 13 years ago, but it was already starting to get crappy.

I’m looking at ways to socialize more too. I hope you find something!

[-] SharkWeek 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks, I hope you do too!

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