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This reminds me of the plentyoffish article that said that that site has purposefully distorted portraits in order to make users spend more time clicking throug

• andrewvc 16y ago
  Wow, thanks for brining that up. PoF is always trotted out on HN as a scaling success and a model way to run a business. I'd say it's more a story of reaching critical mass and doing a mediocre, but good enough job to keep people from leaving. It's on my a short list of sites I find actively irritating to use. Given that they trade in potential partners, something I and most others find extremely interesting in and of itself, that's quite a feat.