Who told you that, the entire point was to talk to girls you lacked the courage to strike up a conversation with.
Saying ‘hi, I also like that band you have a shirt of’ was just too hard so we had to create trillion dollar monstrosities.
And now they just block you on first approach. Mission accomplished.
Oh well, now we have AI girlfriends as the next trillion dollar industry. We'll get it next time!
I thought that was true only for Zuck …