none of them were related to travel or dating, it was all related to making money online
back in the day social media, affiliate marketing, dropshipping, trading, poker, etc... had massive forums and communities, and i was admin/member of a bunch of forums/skype groups/discord
at that time it was already popular to move to Mexico, Bali, Thailand and a few other locations, mostly because of cost, but it quickly became very popular for dating too
so that's how I ended up meeting quite a few friends that have been geomaxxing all over the world