Online dating apps have surpassed human intermediaries in forming US heterosexual couples

Evidence

During 2019, it was reported for the first time that the majority of heterosexual couples in the United States had met through such digital apps, surpassing the human intermediary role of institutions that had traditionally facilitated romantic relations until recently (Rosenfeld et al. 2019). The ritual use of online dating has thus become an integral part of everyday intimate life. — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities, 342

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the book’s core theme of speculation reshaping social imagination — dating as a speculative market of matches parallels the financializion argument running through the book. — connects to: Online dating markets frame romance as return on affective investment — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s…, 50; Relying on AI partners could alter our understanding of intimacy. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 26; All communication media presuppose double contingent selectivity between partners — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 592 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Online dating markets frame romance as return on affective investment #expands (0.80) — Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos, 50
• Relying on AI partners could alter our understanding of intimacy. #expands (0.72) — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 26
• All communication media presuppose double contingent selectivity between partners #qualifies (0.70) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 592