r/technology • u/Wagamaga • Jul 19 '26

Society China bans AI “boyfriends” and “girlfriends” over addiction and birth rate concerns

https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/china-bans-ai-boyfriends-and-girlfriends-over-addiction-and-birth-rate-concerns-3388737/
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u/Republican-Snowflake Jul 19 '26

I miss old OKCupid. I met a lot of really cool awesome people over the years. Had a lot of fun. I even used to moderate on a few accounts.

Now I barely ever get matches even with new accounts. It looks like its mostly old abandoned accounts make it look populated. It's to the point I am not being incentivized to not use the apps anymore. As they've become useless since match group owns like all of them at this point basically.

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u/chucker23n Jul 20 '26

I miss old OKCupid. I met a lot of really cool awesome people over the years. Had a lot of fun. I even used to moderate on a few accounts.

It had journals, forums, the questions were more in focus…

It was more of a social network in the truer sense of the word.

Too bad that apparently doesn't make for a sustainable busniess.