Grindr：这个 app 为什么没人用了？

Speaking of finding friends, I want to tell a story.

This is a story about a store.

This is a very, very big store.

Before, many people went to this store.

I also went to this store.

Have you been there?

I think you have been there.

What do we do in the store?

We look for friends there.

We talk there.

We drink tea there.

At that time, the store was very good.

There were many people.

There were many friends.

Everyone was very happy.

I was also very happy.

You could see me.

I could see you.

We could all talk.

This was very simple.

This was very fast.

I wasn't tired.

You weren't tired either.

But, that was before.

That was yesterday's matter.

That was last year's matter.

Now it is 2026.

Now, the store has changed.

The store is different.

Today, I went to the store again.

I walked to the front of the door.

I wanted to go in.

But, someone was in front of the door.

He didn't let me go in.

Who is he?

He is a person from the store.

He looked at me.

He said: "Hello."

I said: "Hello."

He said: "You need to give money."

I didn't understand.

I said: "What?"

He said: "You need to give money."

I asked: "How much money?"

He said: "Five hundred kuai."

Really?

Five hundred kuai?

Five hundred kuai is a lot.

Do I have five hundred kuai?

I look at my money.

I have one kuai.

I have two kuai.

I have ten kuai.

I have one hundred kuai.

But I don't have five hundred kuai.

Five hundred kuai is too much.

I asked: "Why?"

I asked: "Why do you want five hundred kuai?"

He said: "Because we have new things."

He said: "We have very good computers."

I didn't listen.

I was not happy.

I didn't want to give money.

I wanted to go home.

But, I wanted to look for friends.

I wanted to see friends.

So I went in.

I didn't give five hundred kuai.

I just looked.

I walked inside.

Inside the store was very big.

But, I couldn't see people.

Where were all the people?

The tables were there.

The chairs were there.

The cups were there.

But where were the people?

I looked in front.

There was no one in front.

I looked behind.

There was no one behind.

I looked above.

There were no friends above.

I looked below.

There were no friends below either.

I was very cold.

This place was very cold.

At this moment, I saw a person.

He was standing there.

He was very tall.

He was very good-looking.

I thought: "Is he my friend?"

I walked over.

I walked in front of him.

I said to him: "Hello."

He spoke very fast.

He said a lot of words.

He said: "I love you."

He said: "You are beautiful."

He asked: "Who are you?"

He asked: "Where are you?"

I was also very happy.

But, something was wrong.

His eyes didn't move.

His hands didn't move.

He was not a real person.

He was a computer.

He was a machine.

Do you know?

He was not a human.

I was very unhappy.

I didn't want to talk to a computer.

I wanted to talk to a person.

I wanted to talk to a real person.

In this store, there were many people like this.

They were all computers.

They were not our friends.

This store had many things.

There were many things I didn't like.

I couldn't see friends.

I only saw things.

I was very tired.

Finding friends is too hard.

In this store, it is too hard.

I am leaving.

I am going to another place.

My friends have left.

They went to a new store.

That store is very small.

But there are people there.

There are no computers there.

It doesn't require five hundred kuai there.

I am also going there.

Goodbye, big store.

I don't like you anymore.

This story is finished.

What is this story about?

This story is true.

This is not a store.

This is something inside a phone.

Its name is Grindr.

This is a place to find friends.

Before, it was very good.

Now, it is not good.

It wants a lot of money.

Five hundred kuai a month.

It has many computer people.

Those are not real people.

That is AI.

No one likes it.

Everyone has left.

This is the story of Grindr.

It has no people now.