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I don't think it is impossible but it is definitely hard to do it "everywhere". A lot of the sites allow for free users to create profiles and this simply attra

I don't think it is impossible but it is definitely hard to do it "everywhere". A lot of the sites allow for free users to create profiles and this simply attracts scams and bots. You need to make it expensive. You need to make messages cost above X per month. I think you need to start like Uber did at first, it is only people who make $Y+ and maybe it requires a W2. I imagine it like what The Ladders tried (unsuccessfully) to do. You can later slowly move down market but you will need the density of a large city for any matching to work. Personally, the best part of dating apps/site for me was meeting people outside of my social circles or people 30 minutes away. It also let me filter dates based on some kind of criteria besides "cute". Your other point is valid though, most people just want sex. That isn't a new phenomenon but these apps make new targets easy to find and those targets feel more isolated emotionally than they did in the past.

anon73044 7y ago
Originally, OkCupid and PoF were free with paid options. My experience is anecdotal, but I never had a problem with bots on OkCupid until after the IAC buyout. PoF has always had its share of bots.
anon73044 7y ago
Originally, OkCupid and PoF were free to message and had paid options. My experience is anecdotal, but I never had a problem with bots on OkCupid until after the IAC buyout. PoF has always had its share of bots.
Double_a_92 7y ago
> It also let me filter dates based on some kind of criteria besides "cute". Sadly this has gotten worse with the post-2010 dating apps / sites. You used to be able to filter by all sorts of things, detailed looks, education, hobbies, smoking,... Now you can only sort by age, distance and by online status (and the last two don't even work properly). It's all looks nowadays, which is kinda annoying since I e.g. would really like to filter by education and smoking. But I guess that would be to superficial and judging...

anon73044 7y ago

Originally, OkCupid and PoF were free with paid options. My experience is anecdotal, but I never had a problem with bots on OkCupid until after the IAC buyout. PoF has always had its share of bots.

anon73044 7y ago

Originally, OkCupid and PoF were free to message and had paid options. My experience is anecdotal, but I never had a problem with bots on OkCupid until after the IAC buyout. PoF has always had its share of bots.

Double_a_92 7y ago

> It also let me filter dates based on some kind of criteria besides "cute". Sadly this has gotten worse with the post-2010 dating apps / sites. You used to be able to filter by all sorts of things, detailed looks, education, hobbies, smoking,... Now you can only sort by age, distance and by online status (and the last two don't even work properly). It's all looks nowadays, which is kinda annoying since I e.g. would really like to filter by education and smoking. But I guess that would be to superficial and judging...