Well, one very obvious way in which No. 2 is true is that the overwhelming majority of people do not know about things like Photofeeler or Mate, can not infere that it must exist and thus do not do research to find it. Also it is not trivial to distinguish if a given tool / advice is any good.
Another aspect is that your assertion that there is little dating advice out there is just wrong. Just Google “Pick Up” or PUA.
Well, one very obvious way in which No. 2 is true is that the overwhelming majority of people do not know about things like Photofeeler or Mate, can not infere that it must exist and thus do not do research to find it. Also it is not trivial to distinguish if a given tool / advice is any good.
Another aspect is that your assertion that there is little dating advice out there is just wrong. Just Google “Pick Up” or PUA.
But this probably is only a partial explanation.