Blog: Next New
Suggest a new type of "new media" that doesn't currently exist. Describe it. Many generations now have been using various types of social media and dating apps from Friendster to Facebook to Tinder to now even Bumble. Dating apps are all fun and games, but I've noticed that the percentage of those that actually get paired up and matched between two parties is really low. In other words, though people are using these apps, they don't actually end up with dates or with relationships. On the flip side, I've noticed that many people, including family and friends of mine end up in relationships because their other friends or family members happened to introduce them to someone else. So for example if my friend Josh had a friend named Stacey and I was into Stacey, Josh would match Stacey and I up and we'd now have a thing. I feel like that type of personal connection and intimacy has existed for generations (e.g. arraigned marriages, family-of-fami
