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I'm someone who's spent a fair amount on Tinder and other apps over the years. I definitely agree, the house always wins. That being said, when they're the onl

I'm someone who's spent a fair amount on Tinder and other apps over the years. I definitely agree, the house always wins. That being said, when they're the only house in town, you stop really worrying about whether you're truly getting your money's worth, because you know there's not really any alternative.

jimkleiber 5y ago
I guess I just wish we had a little more agency over how some companies worked, rather than only having the option to either stay or leave.
- honkdaddy 5y ago
  I wish we did too. In the dating app landscape, the biggest reason for this is that Match Group owns nearly every single player, with the only major holdout being Bumble. I think if each app were allowed to compete individually, instead of as part of a pseudomonopoly, you'd see a much better experience for paying users like myself. That being said, the "super like" I used yesterday to match with a woman who I'm taking out for dinner tonight cost me the equivalent of half a cup of coffee. Worth it? Who's to say.
  - jimkleiber 5y ago
    Yeah, I wish mergers and acquisitions didn't make so much money so that there would be less incentive to let companies merge and get acquired. > That being said, the "super like" I used yesterday to match with a woman who I'm taking out for dinner tonight cost me the equivalent of half a cup of coffee. Worth it? Who's to say. I guess there's a part of me that wishes this were pure serendipity or good strategy on your part, and another part that feels suspicious that Tinder could just manipulate the process somehow by front-loading your match with people she'd really not find attractive or even would anger her, then land you right after. Maybe I give them too much manipulation credit and yet without any insight into how their algorithms work, I guess we just take their word for it or leave? Also, just came up with a slogan that could maybe change how these orgs work (perhaps less so for Tinder but for more social media platforms): "No creation without representation." *edit: fixed typos

jimkleiber 5y ago

I guess I just wish we had a little more agency over how some companies worked, rather than only having the option to either stay or leave.

honkdaddy 5y ago
I wish we did too. In the dating app landscape, the biggest reason for this is that Match Group owns nearly every single player, with the only major holdout being Bumble. I think if each app were allowed to compete individually, instead of as part of a pseudomonopoly, you'd see a much better experience for paying users like myself. That being said, the "super like" I used yesterday to match with a woman who I'm taking out for dinner tonight cost me the equivalent of half a cup of coffee. Worth it? Who's to say.
- jimkleiber 5y ago
  Yeah, I wish mergers and acquisitions didn't make so much money so that there would be less incentive to let companies merge and get acquired. > That being said, the "super like" I used yesterday to match with a woman who I'm taking out for dinner tonight cost me the equivalent of half a cup of coffee. Worth it? Who's to say. I guess there's a part of me that wishes this were pure serendipity or good strategy on your part, and another part that feels suspicious that Tinder could just manipulate the process somehow by front-loading your match with people she'd really not find attractive or even would anger her, then land you right after. Maybe I give them too much manipulation credit and yet without any insight into how their algorithms work, I guess we just take their word for it or leave? Also, just came up with a slogan that could maybe change how these orgs work (perhaps less so for Tinder but for more social media platforms): "No creation without representation." *edit: fixed typos