There is a new online dating app out there for those of us who want all the rewards without all that pesky work.
The app is called Let’s Date, it’s simple and elegant in its design, and breaks out of the typical dating app mold – Lazy daters rejoice! There is virtually no effort required!
All you have to do is set up your profile with a few pictures, and choose from a somewhat limited selection of adjectives that describe you. There are pigeonholes like “partier, intellectual, beach bum,” etc and things of that nature that are generic insights into your personality. After you choose those, you can connect with your Facebook account and it will fill out your interests based on what you have on your FB page. (This can be edited as well, if you don’t want potential dates to see that you just ‘liked’ midget porn or the Human Centipede). Finally, you choose from another limited list of how you describe your idea of a good time – going to bars, clubbing, seeing live bands, etc. That’s pretty much it for your profile. You can even provide a link to your Facebook page that viewers can follow, but I think most people omit that step.
Once your profile card is created and you have chosen your target city, you can begin browsing profiles of whatever you’re looking for. There is literally no work involved. You don’t have to read profiles because there is no essay section to fill out. My strategy has been to just look at people’s pictures because the “profile” part literally does not tell you anything about that person. The great thing about this is that it works the same way for the women. On most other sites you have to read profiles and try to think of clever openers to hook some interest. On Let’s Date you just look at someone’s card, say Yes or No, and move on. This evens out the playing field, as the girls can’t see that you’ve viewed them unless you select Yes on their card. Even then, the app’s design functionality is such that they only get a message that says that “someone among the next 5 profiles has selected Yes on yours.” The way it works is that if you select yes on their card, then they also select Yes for yours, you can begin communicating. This is beneficial in several ways – first, the girl doesn’t know exactly who selected her. Second, any card that she says Yes to is automatically preselected against the others, she will rationalize that she likes you better than them, even though you have not had any communication whatsoever. More unsolicited messages will be had as a result of this, because she can’t reject you if she chose you first. This also reiterates the fact that online dating is a numbers game. You will barely remember someone who you selected Yes to and never see again, and the ones that you see often, you can be sure that they are interested in you (if they select Yes for you, their card will show up more frequently).
So far I have gotten 5 or 6 solid leads after just a few days, and three have given me their phone numbers and opened up texting communications. Unfortunately this all occurred right as I am going on vacation, and have had to postpone all dates until later in the month. I may lose some or all of them just because of the time constraints (opening them in text and then disappearing for 10 days). It may be hard to open them upon my return, and so far I only have one concrete date set. However, this app has increased the online dating timeline exponentially, getting numbers with virtually no effort required. This will probably lead to more flakiness as there has been no genuine communication, but for the man who is spinning plates (as you all should be), I would suggest giving this app a shot to get the potential going.
As I said, I will be on vacation for the next week, which may hurt my chances with the 3 girls I am talking to now, but I will report back with my findings. This may just be a game changer for online dating.
