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It's still not clear to me that there's any feedback to the user based on how they swipe. Tinder could simply be adjusting scores of the people being rated. I
by shoyer 11y ago
It's still not clear to me that there's any feedback to the user based on how they swipe. Tinder could simply be adjusting scores of the people being rated.
I can see the feedback loop going very wrong if how you rate others has a significant impact impact on your own attractiveness score. I don't think it serves Tinder's interests to reward people for swiping left more often -- they benefit when people use their platform, which requires getting matches.
I'm sure Tinder has experimented with penalizing users who always swipe right, but probably not by adjusting the attractiveness nob. Always swiping right doesn't make you any less attractive, but it might suggest you're less likely to engage when someone likes you back. If Tinder is optimizing for maximizing user engagement, this would naturally enter into their pairing algorithm in a different way.
That said, the last thing Tinder wants to do is discourage the hypothetical "super user" who is very attractive, always swipes right and goes on tons of dates.