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Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by Barrin92 »

msoad wrote: post #49
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 think this is an "old people's thinking" perspective. Younger generation are way more open about their dating life than us. They openly talk about their dating life at work or friends group. They don't mind getting matched with a coworker or classmate.

>They don't mind getting matched with a coworker or classmate.

they don't mind now. One of the big problems with digital transparency is that this information will be hard to get rid off if they ever wish to in the future.

Is openness about past relationships in the workplace still a good idea if it leads to some sort of office intrigue a year or two down the line?

Re: Facebook Dating

#92

Post by jonknee »

StrangeDoctor wrote: post #42
jonknee wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 think you’ve gone astray equating young with prime dating, all you need is like seeking like, and both using FB is probably a good start.

Facebook has pitched this showing young people so I assumed that's their market. I guess the boomer dating market is probably underserved, maybe that's what they're actually going for.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by carbocation »

msoad wrote: post #49
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 think this is an "old people's thinking" perspective. Younger generation are way more open about their dating life than us. They openly talk about their dating life at work or friends group. They don't mind getting matched with a coworker or classmate.

Counterpoint: Finsta accounts.

Re: Facebook Dating

#94

Post by FillardMillmore »

magduf wrote: post #63
peterwwillis wrote: post #15

It doesn't seem to do anything that a normal "Dating" app does. It's just a private friends list. You can already like and message people you have a crush on, without this. Who is this for? "Secret Crush lets you match with people you already know on Facebook and/or Instagram." Because what people have been clamoring for is to know which of their friends like them more than is mutual, so they can feel weird. "You can…

>Because what people have been clamoring for is to know which of their friends like them more than is mutual, so they can feel weird. I haven't read the article, but I'm guessing this is probably a typical 2-way match algorithm, or else it really doesn't make sense. i.e., both friends have to put the other in their "secret crush" list for it to inform them that they have a crush on each other. What they really need i…

>What they really need is a "secret crush for FWB only" list: what if I have a friend that I'd be happy to be FWB with, but have zero interest in a serious relationship, but don't want to broach that topic with her for fear that it would mess up our friendship? This would be a perfect use for FB.

Now there's an idea!

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by saagarjha »

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.

> Privacy is always a concern no matter what the app/site/technology.

It’s not “privacy is a concern”, it’s “this thing is significantly worse for my privacy than this other thing”. Not caring about privacy because it’s “always a concern” falls to take into account that there are varying levels of privacy that services provide.

Re: Facebook Dating

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Post by n8henry »

taude wrote: post #77
msoad wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is an "old people's thinking" perspective. Younger generation are way more open about their dating life than us. They openly talk about their dating life at work or friends group. They don't mind getting matched with a coworker or classmate.

I didn't think young people used the Facebook brand anymore? If all the stories that have been published about that are to be believed.

They don't. They should have called this Instagram Dating, but Zuck doesn't want to admit that the Facebook brand is no longer "cool"

Re: Facebook Dating

#97

Post by marcusjt »

buro9 wrote: post #11
yalogin wrote: post #6

I don’t get their strategy. Why are they patching on to Facebook like this? Would this dating feature not be better strategically in Instagram? Facebook is rotten in the minds of users but IG is not yet.

Dating makes money, Tinder is successful, so Facebook are leaving money on the table... or worse, letting someone else take the money from the table... if they don't do dating. Of course, the pool of potential people you can date is "those on Facebook", so that's hilarious and compounds existing problems with echo chambers.

IMHO it's not about Facebook directly making money from dating subscriptions, it's about getting back a chunk of the user engagement that Facebook has lost to dating apps, i.e. adding dating gives users another reason to stay in the Facebook app, helping Facebook stay relevant in their lives (and spend less time in other apps), plus of course increase session durations & other positive metrics which help company reports, and ultimately derive income by showing more ads to users, likely within the dating experience itself (eventually, if not intially).

Re: Facebook Dating

#99

Post by dsfyu404ed »

magduf wrote: post #48
radlad wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I did not expect Marketplace to take off and now it's a must-check before Craigslist.

Not only that, but as much as I like to bad-mount FB, I will say that when I post stuff on FB Marketplace to sell, I never get people saying they want to buy it from me with a cashier's check. There are a lot of flakes, however, but that's the case with CL as well, but I've never run across a scammer, whereas on CL I get scammers all the time with the stupid cashier's check scam.

This is totally regional and item category specific. Anything primarily bought sold by the people that write "I check email once a week and don't text so call me" in their CL ads is not going to be on marketplace.

Re: Facebook Dating

#100

Post by tyre »

msoad wrote: post #49
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 think this is an "old people's thinking" perspective. Younger generation are way more open about their dating life than us. They openly talk about their dating life at work or friends group. They don't mind getting matched with a coworker or classmate.

How old is old? I'm 28 and would not use this because I don't trust Facebook.

My little brother is 16 and I know he won't use this because no one he knows uses Facebook. I don't even think he has an account. They're all on Snapchat and IG. I was talking to him about this last week. They all think of Facebook as for a different generation. As stale.

I feel similarly and know a lot of my circle does too. Except for events and sometimes messaging, nothing happens there.

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