Never pay for online dating (2010)

geraldwhen wrote: post #2

I paid for OkCupid to get advanced filters to find my wife, shortly after this article was written. I paid for a single month of premium back in the day. So this article is odd.

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Re: Never pay for online dating (2010)

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Post by pranit10 » Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 2:56 PM UTC

oof maybe they should have taken their own advice

Re: Never pay for online dating (2010)

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Post by par » Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 2:56 PM UTC

Amazing how, even 12 years later, this is even more true than it was back then.

Re: Never pay for online dating (2010)

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Post by aliqot » Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 2:56 PM UTC

OkCupid used to have great engineering blogs often with an embedded and nuanced social commentary regarding the haves vs have-nots when it comes to the dating world. I believe at one point they divided users, or rather let them self-classify as A-team and B-team. Some would never even pass each other in the hallway based on this score and designation.

Re: Never pay for online dating (2010)

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Post by teeray » Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 2:56 PM UTC

You, as a user of a dating app, are forever in a Nash Equilibrium with the dating app. When you find the love of your life, you delete the app forever. Therefore, everything the app does to help you find that person works directly against their own goals (user growth, “engagement”. subscriptions).

Re: Never pay for online dating (2010)

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Post by unsupp0rted » Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 2:57 PM UTC

... unless you live in a place in which your dating prospects are few or non-existent, in which case you pay for the "travel mode" feature.