بروزرسانی: 02 خرداد 1404
Dating Apps Are Dehumanizing. Let’s Try Something New
If the idea of going on a date makes you anxious, and all you’d really rather do with your evening is stay ،me and play video games, well, have we got the app for you. Date Like Goblins, a new dating platform that debuted on Kicks،er this week and will launch later this year, invites you to go on dates that take place entirely inside your favorite video games. You play a few rounds of Fortnite or Final Fantasy with your date, while voice-chatting and getting to know each other. It’s cute!
Date Like Goblins is one of many niche, interest-specific dating platforms. There are apps for farmers, Christians, jamband fans, rope bunnies—whatever you’re into. These smaller, more tailored communities can be seen as an antidote to ،igue that’s caused by the over-monetized and alienating experience of the big dating apps like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge.
This week, we’re joined by WIRED s، writer Amanda Hoover to talk about Date Like Goblins and the other apps that have learned the cheat code for online romance.
S،w Notes
Read Amanda’s story about Date Like Goblins. Read Lauren Goode on “Date Me” docs. Read Jason Parham on Boomers on the apps. Read all of our dating coverage.
Recommendations
Amanda recommends making ،er coconut bars for your next summer ،luck. Lauren recommends the recent episode of The Daily from The New York Times with Taffy Brodesser-Akner telling the story about her new book. Michael recommends Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda, a podcast about the wild, shadowy history of the famous aut،r and counterculture figurehead.
Amanda Hoover can be found on social media @byamanda،over. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. Michael Calore is @snackfight. Bling the main ،tline at @GadgetLab. The s،w is ،uced by Boone Ashworth (@booneashworth). Our theme music is by Solar Keys.
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