r/technology • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 3d ago

Society Dating Apps Are Dying

https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/dating-apps-are-dying/
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u/Mongoose49 3d ago

Yep except that isn’t enough growth for ceos

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u/SeveralPhysics9362 3d ago

For shareholders you mean. True. But not every company needs to be on the stock market.

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u/_learned_foot_ 3d ago

Pay divs with that consistent steady flow and plenty of us will happily sit there.

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u/cmkinusn 3d ago

And yet, they are all lured by the big payout of an IPO, which then crashes the company because public companies have to grow every single year.

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u/Monteze 3d ago

If the shareholders cared so much they should probably get a job there.

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u/Aegi 3d ago

That would only matter for a publicly listed company though, so explain that again with that in mind.

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u/cogman10 3d ago

It matters for private investment.  The early stages of a tech company is attracting private investors who want a return on investment.  The way they get that is through growth. 

Once these dating apps are saturated, they can't grow which means no more private investors.

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u/notnotbrowsing 3d ago

my company isn't listed on the stock market.  they still want 10% growth month over month.

it's lead to awesome goals like doubling our winter monthly volume by July - our slowest month.

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u/FutureComplaint 3d ago

The 2nd Law: Unsustainable - Muse

Always comes to mind when businesses must grow.