Online dating is the elephant in the room.

As soon as anyone complains about it there will be anecdotes of the few people who did meet a partner that way, and flat out denials that it’s a problem.

After all, more people have more options so how could that be a bad thing?

Well exactly as you point out - tons of women get tons of attention so they believe they should shoot for the best of them and skew their expectations upwards, the high status guys get to shoot fish in a barrel, and then the bulk of otherwise eligible fellas get hung out to dry.

That there hasn’t been a significant backlash from “conservatives” in any Western country about these platforms but rather just complaints about fkn TikTok, shows that our “elites” are content with this breakdown in social cohesion so long as they can control the narratives.