Brittany Luce

Like it was such a big part of my early 20s.

And I remember being so shocked hearing that this is what the dating scene is like now for a lot of people.

Like actually the first time I heard this was last year.

I was out on the street talking to people for a different episode about dating with this group of 20 something girls.

Oh, so they feel like they have ultimate choice, like all these choices in their phone.

So the apps kind of train people out of having to experience rejection.

And so now the cost of going up to someone, it feels too high.

Listen, I don't disagree with you like at all.

But also, you know, rejection can be really psychologically tough on people.

And according to researchers from East Tennessee University, people who are rejection sensitive are more likely to date online.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I mean, look, I've been in the trenches before.

I don't really blame anyone for wanting to have a smooth experience while dating, but people looking to avoid the sting of rejection might not actually be getting what they want out of apps anyway.

Here's Lauren Howe.

She's a professor at the University of Zurich.

She co-authored a group of studies in 2015 about rejection and self-definition.

And she spoke to It's Been a Minute producer, Liam McBain.

Something else I found interesting is that dating online also makes people more reject-ive.

That's Tila Prank.

She's an associate professor in social psychology from Tilburg University in the Netherlands.