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His point about the missing middle in dating apps is valid feedback about dating apps and all algo-based matching platforms (including news aggregators like thi
by awinter-py 7y ago
His point about the missing middle in dating apps is valid feedback about dating apps and all algo-based matching platforms (including news aggregators like this one, although in the case of aggregators it may be desirable).
Designing non-WTA systems is really hard
One system that gets around it is the matching algorithm for medical residency, which is designed to match every student with a space. But (1) this is probably not appropriate for dating, and (2) professional licensing has its own problems.
- dri_ft 7y agoWTA?
- simulate 7y agoWTA probably means winner-takes-all in this context.
- abstrakraft 7y agoWinner Take All
- alextheparrot 7y agoTo add to and explore the last bit of your comment a bit more, medical residency matching is a generalisation of the stable marriage problem — stable means that between two groups no two pairs can be broken apart where the members of the old pairs can form a new pair which is happier (Only one of the new pairs needs to be happier). If I recall correctly, the algorithm can be biased given that it might need to resolve multiple, competing stable solutions, which is an interesting exercise for whoever is trying to use it (I believe the medical one was changed to favour applicants in recent years). I wonder if there’s a perturbation on the dating app format where the app creates groupings, then invites members to speed-dating style events where rankings can occur (Or just outright pairings if people vibe, but that should be fine because they presumably would be paired later anyway as first choices), and then setup blind second dates with the stable pairs.