Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
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Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#2Of course they do. All marketplaces like Tinder are ways of selling access to the 18-29 year old women who are attracted to men sector of the userbase (the scarce element in the equation) to the rest of the userbase.
To dating apps that aren't specifically gay/bi focused, everything else is a rounding error.
The OKCupid founder's data book was really eye-opening.
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#3This makes me suspicious that what's really going on is they are offering a lower price to those most in demand. It's in their interest to have more desirable prospects show up.
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#4This makes me suspicious that what's really going on is they are offering a lower price to those most in demand. It's in their interest to have more desirable prospects show up.
Can you describe how that's any different from saying "Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s"?
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#5This makes me suspicious that what's really going on is they are offering a lower price to those most in demand. It's in their interest to have more desirable prospects show up.
Can you describe how that's any different from saying "Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s"?
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Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#6Of course they do. All marketplaces like Tinder are ways of selling access to the 18-29 year old women who are attracted to men sector of the userbase (the scarce element in the equation) to the rest of the userbase. To dating apps that aren't specifically gay/bi focused, everything else is a rounding error. The OKCupid founder's data book was really eye-opening.
May you link that data book please?
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#7This makes me suspicious that what's really going on is they are offering a lower price to those most in demand. It's in their interest to have more desirable prospects show up.
Can you describe how that's any different from saying "Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s"?
making an economic decision to make more money is different than making an identitarian decision to hurt a group you dont like.
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#8The article this keeps refering to: https://www.which.co.uk/news/2022/01/tinders-unfair-pricing-...
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you describe how that's any different from saying "Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s"?
making an economic decision to make more money is different than making an identitarian decision to hurt a group you dont like.
So are you saying that Tinder doesn't charge more for these cohorts?
Re: Tinder charges more for young gays, lesbians and the over-30s, says Which?
#10Of course they do. All marketplaces like Tinder are ways of selling access to the 18-29 year old women who are attracted to men sector of the userbase (the scarce element in the equation) to the rest of the userbase. To dating apps that aren't specifically gay/bi focused, everything else is a rounding error. The OKCupid founder's data book was really eye-opening.
May you link that data book please?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dataclysm
(the first google result for "okcupid founder data book")