Relationship experts agree that dating apps can be useful — but not necessarily for finding love
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- Dating apps probably won't help you find a serious relationship, said Miami-based matchmaker Claudia Duran.
- Duran said dating apps make you think there are infinite fish in the sea (there aren't) and give you an irresistible ego boost when you find out someone likes you.
- Other relationship experts say dating apps are helpful precisely because they show you how many options are out there.
Talk to two people — even two relationship experts — about the function of dating apps and you can easily get two very different opinions.
Claudia Duran is in the sometimes-helpful-but-mostly-making-things-worse camp: She uses the term "swipe vulture culture" to describe people's behavior on these services.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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