Manuela López-Restrepo
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I think part of app retention is this mindset I've seen in some people where if you just keep swiping, there will always be a better person waiting for you.
A hundred percent.
I feel like the type of person that I want to meet who has kind of the same approach and values is not going to be somebody that I meet on an app.
And if you've been on them over the course of a few years individually,
It kind of feels like you're in like a haunted old saloon and you see the same ghosts over and over again.
Like, oh, wow, you're still there in the same stool with the same drink.
Yeah, I don't really think so either.
Yeah, that is very real.
Yeah, it feels kind of desperate.
I've never really been into accepting or using them.
You know, in Pokemon, when you come on too strong and then it runs away into the wild grass, it makes me kind of do the same thing.
I mean, hearing about this, it just affirms something I've felt for a long time.
I just don't trust the free market to help me find love.
I don't know, maybe a government somewhere could make one without rose jails and whatnot.
You know, the city government of Tokyo made one for their citizens.
I live in New York City, so maybe a city dating app could be Zoran's next project.
There is something about the directness of why we are here that I'm finding really difficult to navigate.
It's making me nervous.