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My startup (not launched yet) is a dating site and one of the features we have is showing the response rate of the users (with some tweaks that solve the proble
by rksprst 19y ago
My startup (not launched yet) is a dating site and one of the features we have is showing the response rate of the users (with some tweaks that solve the problems that I talk about in the next sentence). However, you need to be careful in how you present this data to the user. Because even if a girl's response rate is only 20% it might simply be that she's attractive and has gotten all the guys to contact her and she just can't respond back. So the response rate is not a really accurate way of telling the user "you have a 20% chance of getting a response".
By asking the user for criteria and then saying "20% of users that met her/his criteria received a response" is not a good idea. A lot of users of online dating sites are frustrated with the perfection that they need to achieve. Not everyone can be perfect and fit your criteria, and just because the user doesn't fit the criteria doesn't mean that they can't be a perfect match for the user.
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- rksprst 19y agoIs that a serious question? If it is, the answer is no. We hope this feature as part of the whole feature set and the way we present the features to the user will make dating easier for the user. Dating sites (both paid and free) don't have to suck.