Sydney Bradley

So I think Partyful's trying to streamline that in a way.

It does sanitize the process though of

Like, you're totally right.

Why don't we just go up to someone and say, hey, I have a crush on you in person.

But people are shy and awkward and this generation is so used to swiping and matching in an app that maybe it feels horribly more natural to be matched together on an app than it is to go get someone your number in real life.

There's a lot of fatigue, especially around the swiping apps.

The swiping apps, you

It's sort of this gamified version of dating where there's an endless bounty of people you could potentially be with.

And the dating apps have also seen this reflected in a lot of their stock prices right now.

It's been up and down for the past couple of years.

And people want new ways to date.

That's why there's a lot of AI dating apps trying to

win over people with AI matchmaking.

I've tried those out too.

And I think there's two wheels of new dating apps.

It's either IRL or AI.

And with the IRL, things is trying to go more simulating 90s, 2000s ways of meeting that feel a bit more natural and anti-app.

Actually, one of Partyful's founders said it directly on LinkedIn recently.

Are dating apps dead?

Maybe.