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Just a little market research for the folks in here: what would you think of a dating app that forced you sign up with a counterpart of the opposite sex/gender
by lwansbrough 6y ago
Just a little market research for the folks in here: what would you think of a dating app that forced you sign up with a counterpart of the opposite sex/gender (if you're straight) (ie. a friend) and then required you to talk via phone call (no video chat, no texting) to your matches.
There is two goals here: the first is to ensure the dating pool is relatively unbiased towards one sex (I call this Tinder's "sea of dicks" problem), as well as creating a bit of implicit social validation (this person is on the app essentially because they had a friend of the opposite sex who was willing to vouch for them) and then the other is trying to attack the problem of overly-polished conversation: people who are charming via text when they have a moment to think of a response, and decidedly less clever when speaking in person (this is something I'd like to change about myself, personally.) But the advantage here is that this is true for a lot of people, and puts some humanity back into meeting people online.
- orange_tee 6y agoAny dating app that adds friction (compared to Tinder) is doomed to fail, because women have no reason to bother with it.
- fuzzer37 6y agoWouldn't that at least prove that their potential partners were more dedicated to the app?
- polote 6y agoThat's not true, women who are really interested at finding people they like, will bother with it. But any way for the OP, the technology for matching people who like each other is already there. The only piece missing, is to create an app which doesnt have has a goal to make a lot of money. A bit like Signal is free and rely on donations while all others texting app rely on ads
- immy 6y agoThe first part of your sentence is true. As a marketplace, dating apps need as many users as possible.
- chrisseaton 6y agoNobody wants to have a phone call anymore.