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I wonder if it's just me or does the complaint concerns mostly oc cupid, which is very data obsessed. For example Tinder, a far more successful online dating tool seems to be much much simpler in purpose and not suffering from those problems.

In other words - I think it's specific to data obsessed nerds take on online dating and not the problem with online dating at all :-)

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I think Tinder nailed the concept that many people don't want/have time to write 10,000 words about themselves or answer stupid quizzes. At least in my experience, a lengthy profile isn't going to help you; it can only hurt, and the item of largest importance (as the article states) is the pictures.

Tinder seems ideal to quickly move from 'swipe', to a couple text messages, to a date. It's the first date that really matters. I'd argue that most people will know within the first 10 minutes of the date if they have any interest in continuing. Messaging back and forth prior to this date doesn't seem to do much except waste time.

Yeah. Tinder was willing to acknowledge and work with the fact that in seeking out new partners, the first thing that people notice and care about is physical appearance/attractiveness. If you can't get past that, there's little chance of anything happening no matter how awesome the other person might be in all other aspects.

I'll admit to having been firmly attached since before Tinder came onto the scene, but my guess would be Tinder skews towards a much younger, hookup-friendly crowd.

I'd assume older singles pursuing more serious companionship would gravitate towards the eharmony, match, okcupid type sites.

I have probably as much anecdotal evidence as you have, but from my experience tinder caters toward pretty much everyone, I've seen people trying to do a hookup for childcare on tinder.

I don't think Tinder is very effective. Most guys swipe right on everyone, meaning girls make the first choice, then guys select from those that they mutually matched with, to start a conversation. That's the summary.

Still, it's like the first iteration of the Stable Marriage algorithm :)

What makes it effective or not is if it's actually producing dates.

Makes sense for a guy to swipe right on most women. Being selected by the woman is the swipe that matters. Not much different than the real world. Same economy.

Just like in real life. How could it be different?

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