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Reminds me of anaface.com (where they tell you how attractive you are based off of symmetry).

I'm married so this is just plain entertainment for me but I think there are some genuine use cases for this on the Tinder side of things. Think about it.

If Tinder knew your preferences and was able to analyze the faces of all the users nearest to you, it could make your feed so much more relevant. In the end, Tinder's success is directly proportional to the number of dates it sets up. Basically, the more "attractive" people you encounter in your feed, the more frequently users will engage with and return to the app. I'm biting off an idea that is too big for me to chew but I imagine huge potential here.

Kind of. You need attractive users who will interact with you, not just that you get to swipe.

Honestly, taking guys swiping out of the equation until women have swiped them would already massively improve the experience for most users. I've run into plenty of guys complaining that in a week and hundreds of swipes, they get none in return; and women complaining that the app must be broken because everyone they swipe right to already liked them back.

Of course Tinder is interesting already because it's gotten people to buy into the bare minimum effort side of things - unlike other sites which generally try to find good matches based on personality, shared friends, or anything.

> Honestly, taking guys swiping out of the equation until women have swiped them would already massively improve the experience for most users.

My understanding is that the app Coffee Meets Bagel does exactly this.

In a strange coincidence I downloaded that very app about 3 hours ago. But their site was down or not accepting signups or something, so I left it aside.

Anyway, from what I can tell, it's selling point is that it gives you one match a day... as opposed to the endless waves of matches of OkCupid or Tinder.

Whether or not that's actually a better experience, I don't know, but I do know a few female friends who like it. So that's enough to get me interested.

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