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Will be incredibly interesting to see if investors start to clamp down on what they consider an "active user." Also, I wonder how they deal with fraud? Huge pr

Will be incredibly interesting to see if investors start to clamp down on what they consider an "active user." Also, I wonder how they deal with fraud? Huge problem for them and Tinder. Tons of phishing attempts / attempt to get you off app to sell you paid Snapchat or Onlyfans Here is an interesting article about the fake profiles on Tinder http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/us-model-sues-dating-1-5-b-over-093851338.html http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/us-model-sues-dating-1-5-b-ove... " The lawyer for a Florida model suing dating site Match.com as part of a 1.5-billion-dollar-class-action-lawsuit said that Match.com can easily weed out fake profiles by using software that can help pinpoint most fake profiles. Yuliana Avalos, a mother and part-time model, said that hundrerd of fake profiles on Match.com have used her pictures without her consent. The class action lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Thursday alleges that copyright laws were broken by the dating site, which also committed common law fraud by allowing fake profiles with unconsenting people's images to be approved, ABC News reported."

offtop5 6y ago
Fraud is a key part of the business model. Check the FTC filling against Match. The fake profiles get you engaged, and then you get a notification of your match. By the time you actually view it the other account is disabled. But you already paid. One needs to think of the ideal consumer of this stuff. Let's create a character , Dave. Dave logs on, gets a match the first week. He goes out with Sarah . They hit it off and he cancels his subscription. Very bad for dating apps. That's lost revenue. Let's play it back. Sarah was actually a bot which got disabled before Dave could even chat. But as Dave has no way of knowing this, it motivates him to stay subscribed. Which one of these two scenarios is more beneficial to Match / Bumble , etc ? In my experience I actually went out with a good amount of people. All were 30ish , unemployed and constantly complaining about their parents. Since I'm not interested in people like that I only date in real life. The results have been tremendous. I went out with several six-figure earners in 2019, including one special girl who was making 200k. Plus I don't really trust bumble or whoever to not sell my private information to make a few extra bucks. Life is a journey not a destination
- cheriot 6y ago
  They don't need to use bots. Pretty much every dating app gives new users an initial boost in visibility to get them hooked. Each app has its own demographic that I've noticed can change in different cities. Last I was using these, Coffee Meets Bagel had the professional crowd near me. FYI, it comes across poorly the way you seem to evaluate partners based on their income.
  - offtop5 6y ago
    >They don't need to use bots. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/ftc-sues-owner-online-dating-service-matchcom-using-fake-love https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/ftc-s... >FYI, it comes across poorly the way you seem to evaluate partners based on their income. In my experience people ether have fantastic careers and know where they're going in life, or don't want to do anything at all. Getting involved with anyone who doesn't have a job is never going to end well. I learned this the hard way...

offtop5 6y ago

Fraud is a key part of the business model. Check the FTC filling against Match. The fake profiles get you engaged, and then you get a notification of your match. By the time you actually view it the other account is disabled. But you already paid. One needs to think of the ideal consumer of this stuff. Let's create a character , Dave. Dave logs on, gets a match the first week. He goes out with Sarah . They hit it off and he cancels his subscription. Very bad for dating apps. That's lost revenue. Let's play it back. Sarah was actually a bot which got disabled before Dave could even chat. But as Dave has no way of knowing this, it motivates him to stay subscribed. Which one of these two scenarios is more beneficial to Match / Bumble , etc ? In my experience I actually went out with a good amount of people. All were 30ish , unemployed and constantly complaining about their parents. Since I'm not interested in people like that I only date in real life. The results have been tremendous. I went out with several six-figure earners in 2019, including one special girl who was making 200k. Plus I don't really trust bumble or whoever to not sell my private information to make a few extra bucks. Life is a journey not a destination

cheriot 6y ago
They don't need to use bots. Pretty much every dating app gives new users an initial boost in visibility to get them hooked. Each app has its own demographic that I've noticed can change in different cities. Last I was using these, Coffee Meets Bagel had the professional crowd near me. FYI, it comes across poorly the way you seem to evaluate partners based on their income.
- offtop5 6y ago
  >They don't need to use bots. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/ftc-sues-owner-online-dating-service-matchcom-using-fake-love https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases/2019/09/ftc-s... >FYI, it comes across poorly the way you seem to evaluate partners based on their income. In my experience people ether have fantastic careers and know where they're going in life, or don't want to do anything at all. Getting involved with anyone who doesn't have a job is never going to end well. I learned this the hard way...