“But there must be something to it”, you may say. “I just overheard my female coworkers talking about Tinder, and look at how many matches they get! How many guys they reject!”

Well, according to Tinder’s own data, 76% of their users are male, and only 23% are female.

So like... obviously it’s harder to be a dude on dating apps, and obviously it can feel like women just have a buffet to choose from.

This is literally nothing more than simple mathematics and yet everyone goes around spouting “dAtInG aPpS aRe pRoOf oF hYpErGaMy”.

Dating apps prove the 80/20 rule, you say? You mean the one where 80% of men go after (the only) 20% of women?