> Greentext

Imagine how many matches a good looking girl gets. It's not even like this can't be true, because they can literally go through thousands of matches. And since you just see the photos and profile they can pretty much filter everything out that doesn't fit a high standard. That's literally the system of apps like this. Why settle for some average guy, who might or might not be nice, when they have tons of above average looking people to choose from?

Not that it's impossible for average guys on those apps, but the chances are just low because of those facts, as even average girls will have so much more matches than them. One can try, if they dare. But I'd stick to something like local interest groups. At least that gives you some sort of basis / topic to learn to know each other, without immediately going for the goal of finding your dream partner. And even if that doesn't turn out to be more, you could still end up making some good friends, which is also a very healthy thing that a lot of people need.