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Tinder has two goals: - make the most money from vulnerable people - make non vulnerable people behave like if they were on a social network Having different

by polote 6y ago

Tinder has two goals: - make the most money from vulnerable people - make non vulnerable people behave like if they were on a social network Having different price, per geography, gender and age is just a consequence of the first. It is not surprising that you can't see anymore the instagram handles of people on tinder. Instagram is a direct competitor to tinder for most of their users ( the non vulnerable ones). Actually that's very smart, Tinder is probably the only big social network (tinder is not a dating app) which didn't require ads or a lot of funding to get big, only because one small portion of their user are willing to pay to be part of their community

aspenmayer 6y ago
Thank you. You said what I was thinking. It’s a parlor trick to get people to lower their guard like they do at a club with chill vibes and good people through subtle polish and serviceable functionality. It’s not Wolfram they’re coding at Tinder but I am curious what they are coding there. It’s a mystery.
NestedLoopGoBrr 6y ago
Tinder removed the IG handles more likely because men were stalking women’s instagrams and it wasn’t immediately obvious connecting to instagram was going to display your username for all to see.
- polote 6y ago
  Bumble did it for that, probably not tinder. Most people who put their insta expect others to be able to add them on insta. This is the whole point of insta, it is to have the most people as possible watching at you. Tinder has always struggled to keep users in their app, which is the most important goal when you are a social network
  - AjithAntony 6y ago
    Tinder is still there for the "discovery" of the people to add on Instagram, that is not going to change. Tinder doesn't make any extra money after people match, whether they continue to chat in or out of the app. Once connections are made and the users move out of the app, they still come back to Tinder for more discovery.

by polote 6y ago

aspenmayer 6y ago

Thank you. You said what I was thinking. It’s a parlor trick to get people to lower their guard like they do at a club with chill vibes and good people through subtle polish and serviceable functionality. It’s not Wolfram they’re coding at Tinder but I am curious what they are coding there. It’s a mystery.

NestedLoopGoBrr 6y ago

Tinder removed the IG handles more likely because men were stalking women’s instagrams and it wasn’t immediately obvious connecting to instagram was going to display your username for all to see.

polote 6y ago
Bumble did it for that, probably not tinder. Most people who put their insta expect others to be able to add them on insta. This is the whole point of insta, it is to have the most people as possible watching at you. Tinder has always struggled to keep users in their app, which is the most important goal when you are a social network
- AjithAntony 6y ago
  Tinder is still there for the "discovery" of the people to add on Instagram, that is not going to change. Tinder doesn't make any extra money after people match, whether they continue to chat in or out of the app. Once connections are made and the users move out of the app, they still come back to Tinder for more discovery.