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Dating App Survey: ASD Experiences

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Giobal

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Hello everyone,
Currently, I'm occupied with a study project concerning dating apps. In this project, my focus is on the experiences of people with ASD, ADHD or Asperger's syndrome with dating apps. To gain a deeper understanding of these experiences, I have designed a survey containing some questions.

So if you happen to have one of the above mentioned conditions, it would be greatly appreciated if you could take a moment to complete this survey. Any information you provide will contribute to my research progress! It will only take about 5 minutes.

Survey: Dating App Survey: ASD Experiences
 
Maybe you could answer a few questions first. We are not simply...

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Who are you? Are you a medical or mental health professional or is this part of a commercial research?

What organization are you attached to (if any)?

Where is the information going?

What privacy protection are you using?
 
Every researcher I have seen identifies themselves like Tom has explained. They include all of that information, including their name, very transparent.
 
Tom said:
Maybe you could answer a few questions first. We are not simply...

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Who are you? Are you a medical or mental health professional or is this part of a commercial research?

What organization are you attached to (if any)?

Where is the information going?

What privacy protection are you using?
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I'm just a university student and the survey in question is for my school project.

I'm not port of a organisation or anything. This information is solely being used for our project and nothing more. It is also completely anonymous and no information whatsoever will be published or shared with other students.

You can fill in your email for further contact but this option is also optional and not required.

I apologise for not providing enough information about our survey and hope to have clarified myself.
 
Giobal said:
I'm just a university student and the survey in question is for my school project.

I'm not port of a organisation or anything. This information is solely being used for our project and nothing more. It is also completely anonymous and no information whatsoever will be published or shared with other students.

You can fill in your email for further contact but this option is also optional and not required.

I apologise for not providing enough information about our survey and hope to have clarified myself.
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If the survey is intended to provide data for an academic study, some basics would include:

Names of the students / researchers

Names of the professor / supervisor and their contact info

Intent of research

Statement confirming that the study has been cleared/ approved by the university's ethics committee or similar

Statement on data protection and retention
 
anyone's found specific dating apps that feel a bit more autism-friendly?

I've struggled a lot with small talk and figuring out unspoken rules on apps. Would love to hear if anyone's had better luck lately or found workarounds that make things less confusing or frustrating.
 
MissVissis said:
anyone's found specific dating apps that feel a bit more autism-friendly?

I've struggled a lot with small talk and figuring out unspoken rules on apps. Would love to hear if anyone's had better luck lately or found workarounds that make things less confusing or frustrating.
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Well, i did find the app named "Boo", where a lot of people are ND (found there my ASD boyfriend), but of course most are still NT.
 
Tired said:
Well, i did find the app named "Boo", where a lot of people are ND (found there my ASD boyfriend), but of course most are still NT.
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I’ve had a bit more luck with spontaneous video chat platforms like ome tv, where conversations feel more relaxed and less pressured than dating apps. It’s helped me practice talking to people in real time without the same expectations. I still find texting on apps super draining, so this kind of setup feels more natural for me.
 
MissVissis said:
anyone's found specific dating apps that feel a bit more autism-friendly?

I've struggled a lot with small talk and figuring out unspoken rules on apps. Would love to hear if anyone's had better luck lately or found workarounds that make things less confusing or frustrating.
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There is Hiki:

Hiki | Autism, ADHD, Neurodivergent Dating App & Social Community

It works the same as traditional online dating apps I think, but at least the people on there are neurodivergent in general, so you at least have that in common with them?
 
Dating apps essentially come down to a popular old phrase - "a picture is worth a thousand words." That's that. Every app or date secured comes down to if both people see pictures of each other (or enough of them) to meet their standards / guidelines / wants, and then they start to talk. I do think that bio's help, but they are probably only 20% of the equation at best.

I'll use myself for example. If I'm on a dating app and looking at a woman's pics she has specifically chosen herself...to expressly represent herself...I'm paying attention to everything in the picture. I'm paying more attention to the background than her, honestly. Yeah, there's the physical attractiveness of said woman, of course. Still, I'm looking at everything else around her in said pics. Is it a clean house? Are there 6 dogs or whatnot? Is she showing off her clothes completely (as in...is her wardrobe mostly night life, partying attire)? Does she mostly have down to Earth, everyday attire? Are her pics "only" her out partying (making it look like that's all she does)? Are they a mix of locations? Are they her with family mostly and being grounded?

Pictures alone can show you a ton, or they can very much help you put pen to paper and make a list of questions to ask her, if you are further interested to find out what may or may not worry you. Pictures can reveal red flags, obviously. Pictures can also reveal being doctored, too, though. I know it's getting better what technology can do to make awesome pics for folks, but there's still enough hiccups to reveal someone is being fake or hiding something. It'll be evident in all of their pics being that way, I mean. I don't mean just one pic out of the lot being a funny or creative art filter....I mean all of them just look too "perfect" or whatever.

I don't mean to come across like Sherlock Holmes, but in this world, it is about necessary. If I were to use an app ever again for dating, I'm going to be Holmes, Watson, Poirot, Mrs. Marple, Perry Mason, Encyclopedia Brown, Batman and then some all rolled into one.
 
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