u/Bass_Thin — reddlx

Dating at uni and in your 20s sucks

dating feels genuinely broken. you either match with someone on Hinge and the convo dies in 3 messages, fancy someone in your lectures but never actually do anything about it, and everyone says they’re lonely or want to meet new people but then nothing happens.

I keep asking people for suggestions and its always bs advice. "just stop looking bro and it will find you."

So ive decided to take matters into my own hands and start a matchmaking experiment this summer. Yup like seriously.

Im tired of the apps and tired of the bs. ive got a few friends to also help me with this and we are thinking to do fun stuff like video call blind dates or an event where everyone meets their date or soemthing. We will match make everyone and basically act like that friend that sets you up on dates. We would literally send people a text "Hey sis you should meet Jack... [insert photo]" like the old school way.

We've somehow got a lot of people who are also feeling the same way and are down for this. Even if its just to make friends in a low pressure way. But to actually start i think we may need a few more people.

Was hoping reddit would help...Comment or DM if you'd like to join?! or if this is a terrible idea or have any other suggestions then lets talk about it

EDIT: since im getting a lot of DMs - here is the google form for the experiment to be notified! - https://forms.gle/8hojq9rFP7JkwW6k7

u/Bass_Thin — 1 day ago

▲ 1 r/UniUK

Might start being a matchmaker this summer (seriously)

Bit of a random one. A few of my friends and i have been so fed up with dating at uni and the whole loneliness feeling that seems to never go away despite all the Hinge's and random social apps that come and go. Its probably going to be even worse for us this summer if we don't actually do something about it too which is sad, imagine hot British weather and stuck at home or in random parks with no friends or anything to do.

So we decided to take matters into our own hands and run an experiment this summer off the basis that "what if we all had a friend that could make intros" e.g. that friend who can set you up on a date, or a friend you should meet, or that knows what tonight's plans could be. AND consistent too…

so yea we are actually going to try be "that friend" for people, and eventually ourselves too. Because it gives us something to do and hopefully improve our own social life while we are at it. Its not an app, we are not going to charge for this either, its just going to be vibes and basically just texting everyone with people they should meet.

We somehow have almost 500 students who are down to get matched in some way, but I reckon we need more people to actually do this properly so figured Reddit might actually be the right place to ask because I see so many posts here about dating burnout / loneliness / wanting to meet people more naturally.

is this a terrible idea? How would you solve dating and loneliness? As I don’t think London needs more events. But hey if you'd want to be part of the experiment, comment or DM me :)

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u/Bass_Thin — 10 days ago

▲ 1 r/studentjobs

We are looking for university students or gen Z who can help bring us more waitlist sign ups to our google form via outreach (e.g. messaging friends or chats) or content. We can pay per sign up or per video.

Our startup is in the social and dating space. We have 400 people on our waitlist already and one ambassador, suggesting there is strong appetite for what we are building. We will provide the templates, strategy, support, and your own google form to track sign ups.

Our preference is for students in the UK/EU.

If you would like to apply see the google form below or alternatively DM me!!

https://forms.gle/BNP1KpPk182kAPcA7

u/Bass_Thin — 19 days ago