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Changes in how couples in the US met (i.ibb.co)
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[–] haohao@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Use more than two data points. It is possible that online dating was huge in 2017, but not before or after it. It's also possible that online dating was much bigger in 2015, and went down in 2017. This graph paints a fake tendency.