I can only speak from my own experience, but to give some people hope: it does and can work. I am a pretty shy person, and dating apps helped to take away that awkwardness and initial anxiety.
Some key things though:
1. You have to actually try and be persistent with using the app. It took me years to find "The One."
2. The app cannot do everything, you have to keep working on yourself, physically, and mentally.
3. Pay for the premium tier if you're serious, it does help. In the grand scheme of things, if you paid $100 to meet the love of your life, I would say that it's worth it.
4. Expect some bad dates. It just comes with the territory sometimes, lol. But, hey, it can be good practice anyway.
Just my 2 cents.
Edit: my success was on Tinder. Did not really have other sites where I was.
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