u/Mediocre_Nectarine13

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Reactivated my Facebook to try Facebook dating and wow both have gotten awful

First Facebook dating was never that great, but since it’s free it seems like it’s full of more ghosting and go nowhere conversations than paid dating apps. Overall it felt really bottom of the barrel and felt more like an entertainment tool than people trying to find relationships.

Facebook itself seems like it is constantly giving me either political content or content that made me wonder what in the world I was seeing this for on top of all the negativity that seemed to permeate the comments on posts. Not even counting the fact that I almost started to feel awkward knowing about people’s personal lives and what they were posting.I got bored with it and couldn’t wait to deactivate it again once my Facebook dating experiment was over because it just wasn’t enjoyable anymore.

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u/Mediocre_Nectarine13 — 20 hours ago

I rewatched all the way up through season 5 and here are my random thoughts

  1. It’s a time capsule of the early days of YouTube: ignoring how weird it is to see everyone be young, you can see the enthusiasm everyone seems to have with the idea that they can make videos about what they’re passionate about and how a lot of them seemed to do it for the love of the game.

  2. The road trip episodes were the best: Honestly any episode where they hit the road are pretty great. From their first trip to Maggest to what happens in Memphis it felt like the shenanigans that always happened when you went on a road trip with your buds.

  3. Melvor stepping out from behind the camera was one of the best things they did: Since Billy and Jay and Dodongo were all such out their individuals, Melvor was the perfect person to be a foil to their personalities.

  4. The show really starts to hit its stride end of Season 2: Season 1 and most of Season 2 are entertaining but the Vegas trip in Season 2 is where I think they found their footing to make the show what it was.

  5. Season 5 is probably the best: So many great moments from the Memphis trip, to the beer for a PSX guy, Chris getting the Sega CD and scaring Eric in the basement. Lots of great stuff happened in this season.

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Unmatched the day of the date

Had a new experience today. Was talking to a woman on Facebook dating. We had a lot in common. Asked her out on Sunday to have coffee on Tuesday. Messaged throughout the day Monday and told her the location and time for Tuesday.

Wake up today and find out that she either deleted her profile or unmatched me without saying anything. I expected better from a woman who is almost 47 years old and close to 50. Is this a new phenomenon or what the heck is going on with online dating now?

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u/Mediocre_Nectarine13 — 3 days ago