be bold and ask someone to hang out

it's delightful to meet lots of people in the world, but unless you actually ask someone out, you probably aren't going to end up in love.

you don't even need to frame it as a date! You can just ask someone if they want to get coffee or grab sushi or go check out the art gallery opening you've meaning to visit.

you can do this IRL (especially if it comes up easily in conversation - I got closer to one of my good friends because we were talking about a movie theater we both liked and made plans to go) The Instagram DM slide is also great here.