I recall hearing about Alovoa a year ago and while it sounds nice with no ads or paid features, being open source, and private data being encrypted I have to imagine the userbase is incredibly small relative to other services. Google Play lists it at over a thousand downloads but it's also available through F-Droid so that may not mean much. I have to imagine the userbase is mostly men which might prevent some users from joining or sticking around.

Either way (TL:DR) I'd be curious to see what your experiences are with open source dating apps or even apps designed around making friends.

  • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I'd settle for an open source friend app but I doubt it would be better than bumble for friends.

    you get the same issue anywhere, no one is serious about meeting up in person.

    I have enough online friends.

      • JoYo 🇺🇸@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        Friendica didn't use activitypub until it was too late which might explain the lack of popularity.

        Bumble for friends is a separate service from bumble.