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Men who don't have a social media presence, how has this affected your dating life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (14 children)

It’s never been an issue.

Do most people date by messaging random women on Facebook these days? Am I that out of touch?

Or is the implication that women have “posts pictures of their food online” as a requirement for considering dating someone? If so, who would want to date someone that shallow?

Maybe I’m just old, but I feel like I’m missing something here.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (10 children)

A point that came up in another discussion (elsewhere on Lemmy) is that it can be scarier for women to not find anything about a person that they're meeting for the first time (ex. From a dating app). So if they had to pick between someone who has a presence and someone who has no information, the presence would help.

This doesn't apply to people that you meet in person through work/school/activities or long term friendships

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Yes, I also saw a lot of discussion about this on Reddit's askmen. If you don't have a social media presence some women think it's creepy. It seems like the dystopia marches on. My 12 year old son thinks social media is poison and is unlikely to ever use it. I am concerned about how this will affect him in both dating and future employment.