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Oh, just wow for that simplicity. Yes, people are one-dimensional, or something. Really, dating is not like ELO-rating, do they really not think people can bett
by mpol 5y ago
Oh, just wow for that simplicity. Yes, people are one-dimensional, or something. Really, dating is not like ELO-rating, do they really not think people can better be categorised in certain ways of thinking, instead of a one-dimensional ELO-rating? Like, how you view a relationship, just as one example.
Just today I started in the often advised book by Christian Rudder from 2015, from OkCupid. And yes, this one-dimensional thinking seems to be prevalent amongs this kind of people.
I very much prefer a dating website where I don't get the idea that I am an experiment. I want to meet someone with similar views on a relationship, views based on giving, trust, you know, the simple things. People who want other things, like traveling, will probably find similar minded matches.
- vmception 5y agoThey do it because the A/B test results also matched their revenue improvement results. I don't think many people involved actually believe this or actively think this way. That being said, the result does have some similarity to how the physical world operates in large gatherings like primary schools or military, where people of similar attractiveness and few differences in their supportive ability would congregate. People figure out where they are on the consensus-attractiveness scale and match with people in the same range. This doesn't match how the world outside of that works, and therefore almost all guys and unattractive women have the same result on dating apps. For dating apps they haven't figured out a better solution, and don't want to or need to as it is also a perfect frustration feedback loop for them.