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Dating Apps Destroyed Dating

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The authors are starting their own dating service. If (and it's a very very slim chance) they become successful, they'll get gobbled up by the Match Group. Rince. Repeat.

Well, Bumble is one of the most successful and they haven't been gobbled up by Match Group.

But yeah, good luck to them. Their bit on the "feedback loop" will be a tough problem to solve.

Anyone interested in making an open source dating app?

It would certainly be an interesting project but, in the end, a fruitless exercise IMHO.

Think about how hard it is to get traction for a great new game! The only way a dating app gets popular is by gaining a large number of participants in many communities. The only way that would realistically be possible is with pretty deep marketing pockets.

There's always the Facebook/Gmail approach, which is to use invites at first so that members both spread the word and feel like they are in an exclusive group.

I think the best way to get a foot in the door as a dating app is to focus on a single community or subculture. Dating for nerds, goths, Christians, gamers, scientists or some other group that likes to hang out with like-minded people. Having only people from that group on your service makes it easier for users to find those like-minded people.

I loved the Youtube video where a woman tries to impersonate a man and get a date with women on a dating app. She cannot believe how difficult it is for men:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZTIbHIsIYw

At about 11 minutes in, the woman says, "Guys don't do this on dating apps. Just don't stop replying. They don't do that. Like, they don't 'ghost'. And, its weird that women do that so often."

These same numbers applied before dating apps. The most attractive people at a bar, festival, club, park, etc. have more options.

Same can be said for most things though: sports, engineers, etc.

Spot on. Doesn’t help progress in online dating that most of these apps are owner by one or two companies either

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