Not sure who actually made it but the main guy in the app is pretty funny. At :30 in the video 'if life gives you lemons, like your personality for example..'
Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed
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#22I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
Payment going to message recipient is going to create perverse incentives and people are going to monetize this aspect. So you’ll have many frustrated users who are simply being gamed for messages.
I'm not convinced that's a bad thing if that's the type of interaction people want.
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#23I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
> One idea I've had is to disallow conversation in the app, and instead focus on making date plans if there's a match. I like that idea. The business model is tricky to figure out. You'd have to ditch subscription fees and advertising (since both of those models disincentivizes real matchmaking in favor of long-term endless use of the app).
All these apps suck at doing what they're supposed to do because they need to generate money. As soon as you want to make money in this domain you will sacrifice the core feature.
Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed
#24I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
> One idea I've had is to disallow conversation in the app, and instead focus on making date plans if there's a match.
Shooting from the hip, I'm guessing this would not do much to even out that male:female ratio.
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#25I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
> except that the payment goes to the recipient I believe you just described escorting/prostitution. Not that I am against sex work, but that app would be DOA.
Nope. Meeting in person ain’t prostitution. This is how a bunch of Americans meet their partners (in bars, coffee shops etc.).
Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed
#26I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
https://www.google.com/search?q=dating+app+focused+on+actual...
The app I was actually looking for with the search isn't in the top 10, but you can see that it's been tried more than once.
Do you mean paying a potential match? It would be a dating site for cam girls and professional escorts.
I mean, you might actually be on to something there :)
Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed
#27I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
> except that the payment goes to the recipient I believe you just described escorting/prostitution. Not that I am against sex work, but that app would be DOA.
Perhaps just donate the money to the recipient's favorite charity.
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#28I've thought about making a new dating app. The existing apps suck for 2 reasons: in most markets men are at a significant disadvantage because of how men and women differ in the way they approach dating (and there's also a significantly unfair male:female ratio in many markets). Additionally, none of them are really designed to get people off the app, but rather they're built to increase engagement and keep people o…
> One idea I've had is to disallow conversation in the app, and instead focus on making date plans if there's a match. I like that idea. The business model is tricky to figure out. You'd have to ditch subscription fees and advertising (since both of those models disincentivizes real matchmaking in favor of long-term endless use of the app).
I would just charge $10 for the app one time, or perhaps $10/year as long as you keep using it.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
> except that the payment goes to the recipient I believe you just described escorting/prostitution. Not that I am against sex work, but that app would be DOA.
Nope. Meeting in person ain’t prostitution. This is how a bunch of Americans meet their partners (in bars, coffee shops etc.).
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
> except that the payment goes to the recipient I believe you just described escorting/prostitution. Not that I am against sex work, but that app would be DOA.
Nope. Meeting in person ain’t prostitution. This is how a bunch of Americans meet their partners (in bars, coffee shops etc.).
The issue is the payment part, not the meeting in person part.