Are there any useable friend-finder apps?
Are there any decent apps for finding friends these days?
When I get back from working overseas I want to put some effort into finding new friends - since while I've been away I've enjoyed socialising, and hadn't realised how little I've done at home since covid.
This would be for regular friendship, I'll keep my other activities to grindr or feeld. I also plan to try and find meetups for socialising purposes (language interchange, casual munches, LGBT groups).
Okcupid used to be good for this, I was a super early user of their website. 15ish years ago, I traveled for work a lot and I added where I would be to my profile. I met a lot of super cool people, went to concerts, and ate lots of good food in so many places. But I’ve heard that place has been enshittified pretty badly.
Is Bumble any good anymore? How about HER or is that more focused on dating?
This is the thing, I used okcupid ages ago, too, but for dating. And I met some nice people ... but it turned weird at some point and I started getting loads of messages from Arabic men, and couples looking for a unicorn. And the connection with genuine women trailed off.
I gave up on it, and then promptly met my now-wife through a hobby meetup, lol
Yeah, I started using it at close to launch 20ish years ago. It used to be great for dating and finding friends, but I’ve heard it’s terrible now. I met my partner there about 13 years ago, but it was already starting to get crappy.
I’m looking at ways to socialize more too. I hope you find something!
Thanks, I hope you do too!
In the UK we use meet-up.com and bumble bff I dunno if they're in Spain?
Thanks, unfortunately meetup.com seems to be only used for advertising experience days and the like in Spain ... I suppose I should check again though, just in case
I wasn't sure if Bumble bff was still a thing, I'll definitely give it a try too :-)
Thanks!
It might help to know where you will be.
I'll be in Spain
my ass initially read this as "friend binder" and I wondered how one would bind one's boobs with friends...
but i suppose bumble? or if you're willing to go without apps, look locally, some neighbourhood gathering spots may have posters talking about x and y meetups.
I always imagine binders as being hard to put on, so maybe it's a team effort?
(also, ouch! I will never doubt the dedication of a dude who wears one, they must really hurt)
Anywho, valid point about checking IRL ... I have a couple of male acquaintances who might know of stuff worth going to :-)