The dating game is evolving every day and with both Millennials and Gen-Z looking for partners online, their patterns are quite different from each other, and thus influencing the relationships they have over time. 

While everyone on the internet is trying to find the right light and angle for that perfect selfie, there is always something new that is driving how people attract matches. 

Gen-Z daters on Indian dating app, QuackQuack, are focused on a completely different game that is not what you would expect today.

They are choosing authenticity to attract the right match. According to the app's latest survey, 2 in 5 Gen-Z daters are now embracing a trend called 'reverse catfishing', a dating strategy where users intentionally put up unfiltered, raw, and even flawed pictures with purposefully toned-down achievements to find the most genuine match, who has the potential to love them even at their lowest. 21 per cent of these daters say not flexing at all is the newest flex.

The app has been observing the steady rise of this trend since early 2025, reinforcing GenZ's focus on unfiltered authenticity. The survey was conducted from the beginning of April among 7,463 daters between the ages of 18 and 27 to have a better insight into this new trend. Participants came from metros, suburbs, and rural regions and belonged to various career fields, including IT, healthcare, education, finance, marketing, content creation, and more, as well as students and young startup owners.