Summary of my two years and a month of dating app experiences in the U.S. - People Met: 44 people in person—42 Americans, 1 Canadian, and 1 Korean. - Conversations: have had countless conversations that often started with a simple "hi," followed by the typical dating app pattern of being ghosted or sometimes losing interest yourself. - Matches and Swipes: swiped thousands of times, leading to many matches, though only a fraction progressed to actual conversations or meetings.