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Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by petre »

PaulHoule wrote: post #12
internetter wrote: post #3

I like the open source aspect, I've been looking for an ethical dating app for a long time, and based on the README it looks awesome! But then I clicked onto the site, and things did a 180, based on the edgy marketing copy on the landing page I don't think this is the site I'm looking for, as 'normie' as that might make me. > There’s plenty of dating apps out there: Tinder, Bumble, OkCupid, Boo, Hinge. We think they’…

The only people who think like think those are "great" apps are successfully promiscuous people around big cities with vast dating pools.

I wonder how they get away from becoming prostitution as a service apps.

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by johnnyanmac »

asdaqopqkq wrote: post #52
johnnyanmac wrote: post #41

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is it really "inceldom" to not want an app to literally rig my matches to not be the best matches until I put X time into it? Look into some of the dark patterns used today compared to 2010 before making an assumption on people wanting an "ethical dating app". Especially in a community skewed on tech.

Sure, it's just that sometimes when people talk abou "ethical" dating and dating apps they are mostly talking about limiting the top guys from taking most of the women or keeping most of the women busy. Usualy via forced monogamy or some sort of forced "fair play". I'm of the opinion that top guys should have a bigger piece of the pie than the avg dude but there should be a limit, something in-between "winner takes a…

Maybe on a general forum. But "software ethics" is a topic of increasing interest as of late, and a community like HN would point to dating apps as exhibit B of dark software patterns that enshittify society as a whole. That's my first and best interpretation of such a comment on here.

Social dynamics after these dark patterns are resolved is a whole other topic. And honestly not a topic I'm interested in talking about.

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by andrewflnr »

petre wrote: post #80
andrewflnr wrote: post #64

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> It may be ethical as far as not charging users to connect Actually, I think "charging users to connect" is the only way to make an ethical dating app. The key thing is, everyone pays the same amount, and gets the same abilities within the platform. No freemium, no free riders. Everyone helps keep the platform sustainable. You do still have to deal with the perverse incentive to keep people on the platform, but I ha…

It could be run by the government, since they're the ones who need to worry about demographic decline.

Oh yeah, dating.gov will really bring in the singles.

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by asdaqopqkq »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #82
asdaqopqkq wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, it's just that sometimes when people talk abou "ethical" dating and dating apps they are mostly talking about limiting the top guys from taking most of the women or keeping most of the women busy. Usualy via forced monogamy or some sort of forced "fair play". I'm of the opinion that top guys should have a bigger piece of the pie than the avg dude but there should be a limit, something in-between "winner takes a…

Maybe on a general forum. But "software ethics" is a topic of increasing interest as of late, and a community like HN would point to dating apps as exhibit B of dark software patterns that enshittify society as a whole. That's my first and best interpretation of such a comment on here. Social dynamics after these dark patterns are resolved is a whole other topic. And honestly not a topic I'm interested in talking abo…

You already know there is an overlap between the two.

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by Asraelite »

andrewflnr wrote: post #83
petre wrote: post #80

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It could be run by the government, since they're the ones who need to worry about demographic decline.

Oh yeah, dating.gov will really bring in the singles.

The government is allowed to hire a marketing team.

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by defrost »

tveita wrote: post #86
andrewflnr wrote: post #83

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Oh yeah, dating.gov will really bring in the singles.

fertilize.us

Back in the day if you really wanted to hook up there were the Bachelors and Spinsters Inseminators Balls.

The burning cars and ferals weren't for everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH_RWBSQ9ic

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by netdevphoenix »

derbOac wrote: post #46
progmetaldev wrote: post #13

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Unfortunately, I don't think we're going to ever be getting an ethical dating app. It may be ethical as far as not charging users to connect, or not trying to keep users constantly staying single so they are always using and checking the app. Without that "addiction" potential, I think even a completely open dating app would fail miserably. If people were able to connect and move on quickly, there would be little rea…

I'm not sure what would constitute ethical versus not ethical exactly, but increasingly I've wondered if some governments will start supporting dating apps, if birthrates decline enough. Is that better than a private corporation app? Maybe or maybe not but it seems like it might change the "ethical issue landscape". Or maybe dating apps per se will fade away and dating functionality will just get folded into more gen…

I know this is a mostly software forum but the thought that you can successfully achieve long lasting romantic relationships with an app is so HN. A more economic policy would be to subsidise low-impact team sports that have lower fitness requirements than soccer or basketball.

Re: Duolicious – Open-source dating app

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Post by strken »

rsstack wrote: post #4

Oh no: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sites/duolicious-4chan-dating... The Know Your Meme article, linked from the post page, is the best anti-review for this app.

It knows exactly what it is and who it's for, and I think that's great.

Helping ill-suited users self-select out before they download your product is rare and wonderful.

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