> The short of it is that any platform you build to make friends (at least if you take the naive approach and just build a dating app for friends) turns into a

> The short of it is that any platform you build to make friends (at least if you take the naive approach and just build a dating app for friends) turns into a dating platform. I think this is largely true. And the followup is that any dating platform [that shows even a hint of success/growth] tends to turn into a platform for scammers and spammers.