18 and just started tinder. I was a relatively shy guy, but now im much more confident, especially in comparison to before.

I dont have many mutuals, because i took a gap year after high school, but even with the few ive had, ive been with 8/10, to even 9/10s, for my age.

After downloading tinder, ive seen this go down to 6/10s (at max) to even 4/10s,

My question is, why bother with dating apps, when building mutuals gets you more of everything. Friends, more attractive girls, mutuals, networking, charisma etc.

I have been told im the most attractive guy in my friendgroup, i admit that doesnt mean much, i know im not even near to a model in attractiveness, or even an attractive guy in general, but for Irish standards im an average looking guy, but still, this goes back to my question, even at my level (which is average at best)l, i know that i can pull 8 and 9s out of 10 in real life, so why actually even bother with tinder???