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Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by SaturateDK »

chroem- wrote: post #36

Dating apps are extremely broken, and yet they're almost all owned by a single company: Match Group. I have a suspicion that these apps are left intentionally broken to keep users fruitlessly searching and boost engagement metrics. I can't find a complete list of the companies they've acquired, but last time I checked, Match owns over 20 different apps and dating sites, including Tinder, OkCupid, and Hinge. We really…

I think you would find these interesting.

- https://web.archive.org/web/20190429100515/https://static.iz...

- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/us/match-com-lawsuit-ftc....

- https://caseysoftware.com/blog/working-for-a-dating-website

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by LudwigNagasena »

vbtemp wrote: post #34

I had an idea for a dating app a while back, in which the basic idea is that you pay the service to message someone (above a free weekly limit of say 1 msg). The pricing would be reactive - as popular attractive people get more messages, the more it would cost to message them, growing exponentially in order to limit incoming messages to approx a few a day. Unpopular people who got few messages would have a price that…

Desperate ugly men will crowd out handsome guys who can get laid on Tinder without paying for anything, and you will basically have a service for finding a sugar daddy.

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by adlpz »

tantalor wrote: post #39
vbtemp wrote: post #34

I had an idea for a dating app a while back, in which the basic idea is that you pay the service to message someone (above a free weekly limit of say 1 msg). The pricing would be reactive - as popular attractive people get more messages, the more it would cost to message them, growing exponentially in order to limit incoming messages to approx a few a day. Unpopular people who got few messages would have a price that…

Can I buy options on sending a message in the future, and then sell those options on a derivative market?

Yeah what the world needs is an app where people can bet you'll age badly and short your "conversation tokens". Capitalism!

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by theflyinghorse »

brenden2 wrote: post #8

I'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…

Interesting idea for sure, but it seems to me that unfairness is built into the species' firmware. Women simply inherently have more value on dating "market" (feels weird to call it market, but I can't exactly articulate why).

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by toxik »

jacquesc wrote: post #45
chroem- wrote: post #36

Dating apps are extremely broken, and yet they're almost all owned by a single company: Match Group. I have a suspicion that these apps are left intentionally broken to keep users fruitlessly searching and boost engagement metrics. I can't find a complete list of the companies they've acquired, but last time I checked, Match owns over 20 different apps and dating sites, including Tinder, OkCupid, and Hinge. We really…

I've noticed Hinge go way down in quality since Match bought them. Where on Tinder, 1/10 gals ever reply to a message. Hinge used to be 1 out of 2 (or higher). Now it's slowly creeping down to Tinder levels. Or maybe it's just me.

It’s somehow in the nature of dating apps to wax and wane, much like social networks. There’s some sense of novelty and excitement that wears off eventually. I think Tinder will eventually die too, and by the sound of it, already is well on its way.

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by pastor_elm »

brenden2 wrote: post #8

I'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.

As a guy who has been on dating apps, being able to hold a conversation puts you at a significant advantage. I don't see how restricting the ability to have one helps, unless your intention is to help guys who can't or shoot themselves in the foot early.

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by babaeth »

vbtemp wrote: post #34

I had an idea for a dating app a while back, in which the basic idea is that you pay the service to message someone (above a free weekly limit of say 1 msg). The pricing would be reactive - as popular attractive people get more messages, the more it would cost to message them, growing exponentially in order to limit incoming messages to approx a few a day. Unpopular people who got few messages would have a price that…

I think it's an interesting model, one of the issues I see is that unpopular users who are almost free to message would seem "cheap" which could make them even less attractive.

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by friendlybus »

brenden2 wrote: post #41
cft wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But it will select a certain type of people

Dating has always been a quid pro quo interaction, and it probably always will be.

There's more to give and take than money.

Re: Greensboro Man Creates Dating App Where He's the Only Guy Allowed

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Post by babaeth »

tantalor wrote: post #39
vbtemp wrote: post #34

I had an idea for a dating app a while back, in which the basic idea is that you pay the service to message someone (above a free weekly limit of say 1 msg). The pricing would be reactive - as popular attractive people get more messages, the more it would cost to message them, growing exponentially in order to limit incoming messages to approx a few a day. Unpopular people who got few messages would have a price that…

Can I buy options on sending a message in the future, and then sell those options on a derivative market?

Sell those tokens in an ICO to fund the app development!
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