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Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

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Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

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>Q: I didn't get any match even tough Tinder tells me that I >got X+ likes!?

>A: Several reasons could explain that: >[...] >They are not in your elo anymore [...]

Kinda creepy that you can like a person, that person likes you too, and yet the algorithm might override your choice and decide to not create the match.

Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

#3

>Q: I didn't get any match even tough Tinder tells me that I >got X+ likes!? >A: Several reasons could explain that: >[...] >They are not in your elo anymore [...] Kinda creepy that you can like a person, that person likes you too, and yet the algorithm might override your choice and decide to not create the match.

What kind of elo do you have on tinder anyway?

Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

#4

>Q: I didn't get any match even tough Tinder tells me that I >got X+ likes!? >A: Several reasons could explain that: >[...] >They are not in your elo anymore [...] Kinda creepy that you can like a person, that person likes you too, and yet the algorithm might override your choice and decide to not create the match.

What kind of elo do you have on tinder anyway?

It's a combination of how many people are swiping left/right on you and the ELO of said people.

Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

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Dating sites definitely need some ML and AI thrown at them for the user, so we can make basic decision trees and save ourselves time and effort.

Is there an actual person in the photos? Is it obvious which person it is? Are there any that aren't close up selfies? Are there any close up selfies? Are they smiling? Any red flags like pictures of Machu Picchu or marathons or massive glasses of alcohol or teardrop tattoos under the left eye?

We can visually identify thousands of species of birds at this point, surely computer science can tackle this important problem next, no?

Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

#8

Dating sites definitely need some ML and AI thrown at them for the user, so we can make basic decision trees and save ourselves time and effort. Is there an actual person in the photos? Is it obvious which person it is? Are there any that aren't close up selfies? Are there any close up selfies? Are they smiling? Any red flags like pictures of Machu Picchu or marathons or massive glasses of alcohol or teardrop tattoos…

At the very least, dating sites should have all the data they need to figure out what a user's "type" might be and prioritize profiles matching that type.

Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

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>Q: I didn't get any match even tough Tinder tells me that I >got X+ likes!? >A: Several reasons could explain that: >[...] >They are not in your elo anymore [...] Kinda creepy that you can like a person, that person likes you too, and yet the algorithm might override your choice and decide to not create the match.

It’s no or more less creepy than Facebook or Twitter deciding which of your friends’ posts you will read today (as well as which you will not), and pretty much every internet-connected person on Earth has settled for and accepted this, so I guess this is what we get now.

Re: Tinder Auto-Matcher Bot

#10

>Q: I didn't get any match even tough Tinder tells me that I >got X+ likes!? >A: Several reasons could explain that: >[...] >They are not in your elo anymore [...] Kinda creepy that you can like a person, that person likes you too, and yet the algorithm might override your choice and decide to not create the match.

> yet the algorithm might override your choice and decide to not create the match

I believe part of the motivation for this is to keep the experience good for straight women. If straight women leave the app, it's going to die.

Because straight women often have more potential matches than they can go through, Tinder is more aggressive about prioritizing those.

If they present a woman with a man whose score was high, he might be physically attractive enough for her, but he might have "behaved badly" in recent conversations and therefore be low-value match for her in the end. If she keeps getting matches with men who behave badly when chatting starts, she'll probably quit the app.

Among my straight female friends who use Tinder, harassment fatigue is the #1 reason they quit or take breaks.

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