People just have to designa better dating site that's not just a database with a sniper rifle, or a swipe-til-you-drop bonanza.
But you can't get funding for that...
Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
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Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#82Having just been back in the scene this past week, this is disturbingly accurate. I'm 41. I'm surprised by the number of women that are still on the site from the last time I went through this 5 years ago. I have a large profile, with a ton of hooks for conversation, and yet the number of girls I talk to on there either don't want to or can't be bothered to ask a question. And unfortunately, the one that does, I have…
I'm surprised by the number of women that are still on the site from the last time I went through this 5 years ago. Some sites have been known to retain profiles from members that have since quit...all as a marketing tactic. If you were to actually respond to one, you'll get silence on your side but the now-gone user will get a "hey, someone is interested in you, come back!" teaser.
OKCupid shows you the last time they logged in, and I've checked with a dummy account and it's off by 10-15min at most. I've also chatted with a couple, so there is definitely a real person at the other end.
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#83Every time I see an article like this on hacker news it reminds me of how disconnected and out of touch the userbase on this site is. I know so many people my age who claim to use hacker news, but I almost never see comments that seem to be from anyone under 30 or even 40. It really hammers home how startups and entrepreneurship is rapidly becoming a game only the mega-rich can play, and which virtually all millenial…
You can participate in startups by joining one. Certainly no requirement to be 'mega-rich'. I'm not understanding this notion at all.
There are opportunity costs to even joining a startup (the possibility for your job not to exist in a few months, the need to relocate to SF as opposed to a more affordable place or even taking a job near you) that dissuade people who aren't already independently wealthy or otherwise financially privileged (for example, being a Harvard alum with rich parents who can bail you out if necessary).
Starting a startup as a working-class person with the requisite technology skills? Good fucking luck.
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#84Every time I see an article like this on hacker news it reminds me of how disconnected and out of touch the userbase on this site is. I know so many people my age who claim to use hacker news, but I almost never see comments that seem to be from anyone under 30 or even 40. It really hammers home how startups and entrepreneurship is rapidly becoming a game only the mega-rich can play, and which virtually all millenial…
I worked at my first startup at the age of 26 and was the third employee, got to know quite a bit about the business side of things. I was far from mega-rich. I barely had a positive balance in my checkbook.
Did your parents?
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#85People just have to designa better dating site that's not just a database with a sniper rifle, or a swipe-til-you-drop bonanza.
Designing better mechanisms for dating sites doesn't have enough leverage on which dating sites become useful and valuable. Like, matching markets are well understood and very effective, but AFAIK there isn't anything in the online dating scene that works that way. It'd be straightforward to replace a Tinder-style swipe-fest with "put up profile & rank the profiles you see, then go on a date with the highest ranked profile that doesn't want someone they ranked higher". There's no point to doing that without a marketing budget.
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#86Earlier quoted context omitted.
Running background checks for a date is a thing these days? How times change...
"We're only a few years away from a point where no mating will ever occur because no one will pass the background check." -- Scott Adams
Is that the same Scott Adams who said that the only thing stoping him from murder is regular hugs.
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can participate in startups by joining one. Certainly no requirement to be 'mega-rich'. I'm not understanding this notion at all.
There are opportunity costs to even joining a startup (the possibility for your job not to exist in a few months, the need to relocate to SF as opposed to a more affordable place or even taking a job near you) that dissuade people who aren't already independently wealthy or otherwise financially privileged (for example, being a Harvard alum with rich parents who can bail you out if necessary). Starting a startup as a…
Huh. I've done nothing else but join startups my entire career. Not been without a job for more than a month or two in 20 years. The first time I ever got laid off was after Dell bought our startup. So no safety in huge corporations either!
I think the risks are overstated. A startup job is... a job. Like any other.
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#88People just have to designa better dating site that's not just a database with a sniper rifle, or a swipe-til-you-drop bonanza.
But you can't get funding for that... http://andrewchen.co/why-investors-dont-fund-dating/
Yeah, I saw that in the past.
I also wrote an article in 2008: "Why do dating sites charge?"
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
I worked at my first startup at the age of 26 and was the third employee, got to know quite a bit about the business side of things. I was far from mega-rich. I barely had a positive balance in my checkbook.
Did your parents?
Hahahahahahah....hahahahah! Wasn't expecting that question. No, we were barely middle class. There were months that we went without cable tv. I was already moved out and living on my own at that point, too.
Re: Clicking for Love – The Curious, Odious, Hilarious World of Online Dating
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
"We're only a few years away from a point where no mating will ever occur because no one will pass the background check." -- Scott Adams
Is that the same Scott Adams who said that the only thing stoping him from murder is regular hugs.
I don't know. I didn't do the background check.