factual

Roommate Ads Were Honest Dating Substitutes

Newmark's intuition that people are not genuine on dating apps traces to women telling him, before Craigslist had dating sections, that they used roommate ads to find dates because in a roommate ad a man would be relatively honest.

factualpending

Speaker

Craig Newmark

Evidence Quote

they used the roommate ads for dating because, in a roommate ad, a guy would be relatively honest

Source

Conversations with Tyler - Craig NewmarkConversations with Tyler
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:33:55 AM

My Notes

Loading notes...