I feel the human race has made a rather amusing step forward to rule-by-algorithm. 30 years ago this would be dystopian, today its a byproduct of a mish-mash of open source libraries.
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Automating Tinder with Eigenfaces
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#72I feel the human race has made a rather amusing step forward to rule-by-algorithm. 30 years ago this would be dystopian, today its a byproduct of a mish-mash of open source libraries.
> I feel the human race has made a rather amusing step forward to rule-by-algorithm. 30 years ago this would be dystopian, today its a byproduct of a mish-mash of open source libraries.
Is this particular usage really dystopian? In the past, probably even 30 years ago, your family would likely have discouraged you from meeting people who were not appropriate to your status.
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#73That was step one. Now write a social network for your university.
in this case it seems it should be social network for bots. with tinder's users faces as avatars :)
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#74How many of you folks have found a long lasting, good quality date via Tinder? Serious question, no pun intended. For me, albeit using it for only cca 6 months, it was useless. Same for people around me. Yes, I got tons of likes, many conversations, a few dates that could be more if wanted, but women available via this were mostly... uninteresting. I am a bit picky (I am quite sporty type, and silicone beauties whose…
Guy with a bunch of experience (~1yr) on OKCupid here.
It seems that dating apps / websites (much like real life from what I can tell) are more or less down to sheer luck. I've met a couple of amazing girls through there but, again, sheer luck and all, circumstance made further dates impossible.
A friend of mine was on OKC for about 4 years and it finally paid off - he met an absolutely brilliant girl there, and I'm really happy for him.
At the very least, online dating is good to take you out of your standard dating pool, and makes for some really good war stories to share with others who are doing it.
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#75If I were single I would be using this. I'm totally blind so Tinder has never been useful to me. I don't know how well it would work but I could see having my friends help me train it by describing pictures to me. I was never a big fan of the like absolutely everyone option, I felt like it would be hard to start a conversation. "Why did you like me?" "The algorithm I use to make up for the fact that I can't see your picture decided I should like you." would at least be a unique way to start a conversation.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
As someone pointed out in another thread, we're ruled by algorithms now and have been for quite some time. Tinder itself is based on a human processed algorithm: IF ((I think that he/she is hot) && (he/she thinks I am hot)) THEN date(); The good thing about computer algorithms is that we can open them up and see how they work. Like, y'know, hackers. This program is doing the same basic task as a person would, "Look a…
> I, for one, welcome our algorithmic overlords. Just imagine a world where you'd never have to hear "because I said so" and "becasue fuck you, that's why" ever again. A world where for everything that goes wrong, there'll always be a clear way to fix it and some clearly identifiable someone liable for the mistake. A world where being handsome is no more an advantage than having blue as your favorite color. Etc. Mayb…
A lot of the advanced applications of algorithms are using deep neural networks. Unfortunately, it's notoriously difficult to figure out specifically why a neural network did what it did. You just end up with "because the algorithm said so, that's why."
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#77All were in agreement that it is not creepy, though some felt it was borderline. I wonder how much of the feeling that this was not creepy came from the fact that he wrote the code himself. To me these two sounds pretty different: "I came up with an algorithm that attempts to choose people and starts conversations the same way I would." "I'm using an app I found that chooses people and starts conversations for me." C…
All were in agreement that it is not creepy, though some felt it was borderline. If I was sitting face to face with a creepy guy I would also not challenge him that his actions are creepy. I would just do anything to calm him down, then leave at first opportunity.
That's a good point.
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#78Automate the matching, then the conversations, then the meet-up schedule. TinderPro could be a paid service built on top that has you swipe left/right for x pictures and then takes it from there and does all the rest of the legwork. You pay $$ per month and based on your settings, it schedules dates for you (based on openings on your linked calendar app).
NOTIFICATION FROM TINDERPRO: Congratulations you are now married.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
This phenomenon is endemic to dating culture in general. It's strange that the large majority of young Western women who have ridiculously fickle preferences, don't have the insight to realize the consequences of their behavior (or even notice the behavior in the first place). It makes the experience bad for 90% of the participants. Not a bad thought to have separate interfaces by gender, maybe there is something in…
The standard perception is that women are scarce and men are dime-a-dozen. I strongly suspect this might be true even in the gay dating scene (maybe someone qualified might weigh in on this hunch). Like in many social conventions, this scheme kind-of works as long as you subscribe to it. Men are supposed to be undiscerning, women are supposed to reject people like it's a bodily function. As long as you fall within th…
> The standard perception is that women are scarce and men are dime-a-dozen.
> As long as you fall within that schema and pursue your partners in a way that confirms their social expectations, you're fine.
I've never read such nonsense. This is straight out of the loser's playbook. People who think like this don't know their own value.
I know women who complain about not being able to find any proper men, so a decent guy is just as scarce (in Europe too).
If you actually come across as a discerning guy women have way more respect for you. It challenges them because it shows that the usual dynamic isn't in play and their usual tricks won't work. As a result they become more interested because you're different (and probably confident as well since you don't think like a loser who can only get what he's given).
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
The standard perception is that women are scarce and men are dime-a-dozen. I strongly suspect this might be true even in the gay dating scene (maybe someone qualified might weigh in on this hunch). Like in many social conventions, this scheme kind-of works as long as you subscribe to it. Men are supposed to be undiscerning, women are supposed to reject people like it's a bodily function. As long as you fall within th…
I think my comment came across as saying something other than what I intended (-4 at the moment). What I mean by "shitty gender stereotypes" is that, as you say, everyone is expected to conform to this model (guys and women alike). Under this stereotypical model, the pace is dictated by the women, which is why I singled this out - but of course it's a two-way evolution of behavior. "Kind-of-works as long as you subsc…
That's funny because my impression is the total opposite. The situation we are in now is the result of the disolution of traditional gender roles. When the norms were to marry young and marry forever, this problem did not exist.