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The discords I'm in barely even contains gamers. Most of them are local trans spaces. Would it surprise you if I told you that I barely play video games with the people I've met on discord, and mostly spend time with them by meeting up in-person?
Dating apps have shitty incentives because they have a profit motive, and they don't earn money from you finding people, but from keeping you on the app and maybe even making you desperate. Although hookup apps still work fine I suppose
Then there's the whole problem of how dating apps work with swiping and superficial judging of people
Well, fair, it's gonna differ location to location. Though I want to specify that I don't live in the US, I live in Oslo, Norway