Video-dating services may have stumbled into a model of courtship that reflects the online dating world today, but by the 1990s, when the first set of dating sites popped up — starting with Kiss.com in 1994, then Match.com in 1995 — video dating didnt really stand a chance.

How did 80s video dating work?

The 80s version of Tinder was video dating — and it looks incredibly awkward. The footage in Video Dating is from 1987, FFF says, and features men basically delivering the video equivalent of a Tinder bio. They sit in front of colorful backgrounds and try to sell themselves to the women who are (hopefully) watching