Category: LFGdating
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This Week on LFGdating: Say GG
The week in one place: the ghosting guide, why people do it, ghosted vs. rejected, the founders’ 24-hour rule, the scripts for saying GG, and the numbers.
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Nobody Gets Ghosted by Us
Casey on the 24-hour reply guarantee, the founders’ personal inboxes, human profile review, and why ‘you always get an answer’ is a product decision, not a nicety.
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This Week on LFGdating: Swipe Fatigue
The week in one idea: dating app burnout is what an infinite feed does to a person, it’s been measured, and gamers can read the loop. All six posts, plus the bounded alternative.
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We Built a Dating Site That Wants You to Leave
The best email we get is a cancellation from someone who met their person here. Casey on why a subscription business and an attention business build different products, and every engagement trick we turned down.
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This Week on LFGdating: New Game+
The week in one place: why the post-breakup waiting period is folklore, seven measurable rebound signs, a 14-day re-entry plan, the data behind it all, and the founders’ own New Game+.
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Version 4 Was Our New Game+
We rebuilt the LFGdating app from the ground up this year with thirteen years of scars intact. Casey on why starting over is not starting from zero, and what that means if you’re dating again.
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This Week on LFGdating: Player Two, Actually
Six posts on what the research actually says about gaming and relationships, the number everybody argues about that predicts nothing, and the one free change that does more than any of it.
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The Hobby I Used to Apologize For
For about ten years Casey had a sentence rehearsed for admitting he played video games. Here is what pre-apologizing for your own hobby costs you, and the thing the research changed his mind about.
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This Week on LFGdating: Cuffing Season, Decoded
A week on cuffing season in one page — what it is, why it happens, whether it’s real, how to tell a seasonal thing from a real one, and a 30-minute profile tune-up before October.
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“Cuffing Season” Is a Cynical Name for Something I Actually Believe In
The word “cuffing” is a joke that lets everybody off the hook for wanting company. Casey on the blizzard, the first member who ever signed up, and the bottom line that isn’t financial.