We are in a technological age where artificial intelligence is taking over taking orders at restaurants, bioprinting human cells, and sending CEOs of powerful tech companies into the vastness of space in auto-piloted space capsules.
Given this reality, it makes sense that there is a mobile matchmaking app that has totally streamlined the process of hooking up.
DOWN is just that.
It is an online dating platform that was created in 2013 by Colin Hodge, but initially got its start as a Facebook web app by the name of “Bang with Friends.”
Online dating is a common practice within the LGBTQ+ community.
To be more precise, as much as 50% of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in a comprehensive survey conducted by Pew Research stated that they have utilized dating websites to meet potential partners.
This is practical, given that dating sites already present like-minded individuals as potential matches, taking out all the guessing about a person’s sexual identity, while providing a much safer environment for queer singles to meet than there is in real life situations.
Thanks to internet dating services, queer people are able to meet in a much more convenient and less stressful fashion.