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What really happens inside a dating app. (blog.luap.info)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Conclusion

I'm not a lover of Match Group, I don't own their stocks, I'm not, and never have been paid by them. I don't like Tinder, I find Bumble's product to be super annoying. I don't recommend to people to install dating apps (unless you are a hot guy and looking for sex).

But really I challenge anyone that tells me that they are shit what would they change to make the product better for users (and don't tell me to remove paying features, they are a business they need to make money and it is going either through ads or through user membership).

The core problem is users (YOU) don't want to go on a date and want to find a gf/bf staying in their bed with unrealistic criteria

What do you guys think about this?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

People were not speaking for very long conversations in general, they were happy to start a chat, but never really cared to continue it. Which always makes me say, that people registered on these apps are not really here for dating, but more for entertainment purposes.

Correlation is not causation. And in this case, is actively the opposite. It's been shown multiple times that dating apps do not want their users dating, and have by this point probably winnowed their userbase down to those who aren't interested in dating either.

The author is proof of this. So much of the article is about retention. Retention is great for the company, but retention and 'dating' are at odds. Nobody in their right mind would believe any major dating company is optimising their algorithms for compatibility.

The core problem is users (YOU) don't want to go on a date and want to find a gf/bf staying in their bed with unrealistic criteria

No, the core problem is your product actively discourages it and you're too dumb to even realise it.