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Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by johnisgood » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:51 PM UTC

JacKTrocinskI wrote: post #13

Date your friends! :D On a more serious note though, why not? If their mission is to help connect people and this helps connect people that otherwise had trouble dating and this does so in a meaningful way then sounds good to me. Privacy is always a concern no matter what the app/site/technology.

The article says this: Facebook Dating won’t match you with friends, unless you choose to use Secret Crush and you both add each other to your list. All of your Dating activity will stay in Facebook Dating. It won’t be shared to the rest of Facebook.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by unethical_ban » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:52 PM UTC

I am shocked by the ignorance here. "Why would Facebook do this? Nobody trusts them, they've run out of ideas, etc."

They're the largest social network in the world, and this site is a filter bubble of privacy advocates and relatively anti-social people. Do you truly believe there isn't a market on Facebook for dating? Do you really think Facebook brand is universally tarnished in some way that this isn't a good move for a company with such power and money on hand?

Come on.

I'm angry at myself for not predicting this. Although back in the day, it was allowable to search for people by a lot more filters, such as town, interest, school, etc. to find people. Now it's doing it for you.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by indiantinker » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

Interesting choice of pilot countries/regions.

Re: Facebook Dating

#34

Post by jonknee » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:53 PM UTC

tryitnow wrote: post #26

estsauver wrote: post #16

I think this might be a (relatively) rare strategy error for Facebook. If the success of Snapchat, LinkedIn, and also the separate WhatsApp/Instagram properties proves anything, it's that there are very different faces of ourselves that we show to the professional world, to our friends, to partners, and to the world at large. If I was facebook, I would very explicitly announce this as a spin out project, under a diff…

I agree, but I think the "dating self" and the "facebook self" overlap a lot for most people. It's also important for a dating app to have critical mass. Almost everyone is on FB, only a fraction of those people are on IG.

Among all people sure, but among people in the dating demographic? I would not be surprised at all if more people in prime dating ages are on IG than FB (especially in an active manner, do young people post on FB in any real way?).

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by Diti » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:54 PM UTC

Dating platforms are incentivized to keep the client (whether they are a paying customer, or an individual giving them passive income through advertising) from leaving the platform. What do you think is in Facebook’s interest? You leaving the platform to live a satisfying love life?

Re: Facebook Dating

#36

Post by gtirloni » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:54 PM UTC

AlphaWeaver wrote: post #23

>The consolidation of social activities (such as the process of dating, dating apps, and the network effects that result) into these walled gardens makes being a conscientious objector of social media more challenging each time they announce a feature like this. I and others don't want to use Facebook. Please don't leave us with no choice. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19790889

> I and others don't want to use Facebook. Please don't leave us with no choice

What? You don't want to use then don't use it. That's your choice.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by djsumdog » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:54 PM UTC

strikelaserclaw wrote: post #14

Finally, all the tracking they've done on their users over many years could yield the best matching algorithm :|

It can't be any worse than OKCs.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by bengotow » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:55 PM UTC

Man what a shame, if they weren't a decade late (both in terms of competition and in terms of folks having trust in Facebook), this could have been cool.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by btbuildem » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:55 PM UTC

mberning wrote: post #18

They did it with marketplace and took a very significant bite out of places like craigslist. I’m sure they can do the same for dating.

It seems super broken (search??), but somehow people use it in droves.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by jacobush » Thu, Sep 05, 2019, 2:55 PM UTC

jonknee wrote: post #34

tryitnow wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree, but I think the "dating self" and the "facebook self" overlap a lot for most people. It's also important for a dating app to have critical mass. Almost everyone is on FB, only a fraction of those people are on IG.

Among all people sure, but among people in the dating demographic? I would not be surprised at all if more people in prime dating ages are on IG than FB (especially in an active manner, do young people post on FB in any real way?).

I agree for I what I assume you mean by prime dating ages, but think there are more prime dating ages which are not so "prime" in other ways, if you will.