Dating apps are broken. Maybe it’s better dating apps die soon.
On the supplier side: Misaligned incentives (keep users on the platform) and opaque algorithms lead to bad matches.
On the demand side: Misaligned incentives (first impressions, low cost to exit) and no plausible deniability lead to predators being favored.
Real dating happens when you can observe many potential mates and there is a path to getting closer. Traditionally that was schools, clubs, church, work. Now, not so much. Let’s build something that fosters what was lost, now double down on a failed principle − 1-to-1 matching.
Are you libertarian about this specifically? Do you think it’s better if people also have the choice of dating apps? Or would you ban them if given the choice?
As I have said elsewhere:
Dating apps are broken. Maybe it’s better dating apps die soon.
On the supplier side: Misaligned incentives (keep users on the platform) and opaque algorithms lead to bad matches.
On the demand side: Misaligned incentives (first impressions, low cost to exit) and no plausible deniability lead to predators being favored.
Real dating happens when you can observe many potential mates and there is a path to getting closer. Traditionally that was schools, clubs, church, work. Now, not so much. Let’s build something that fosters what was lost, now double down on a failed principle − 1-to-1 matching.
Are you libertarian about this specifically? Do you think it’s better if people also have the choice of dating apps? Or would you ban them if given the choice?
I said die, not kill. Let the predators continue to use the dating platforms if they want. It will keep them away from other more wholesome places.