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>>Ironically the old fashioned matchmaker who only took a fee after the wedding had much better aligned incentives. And that, right there, is probably the key
by toss1 5y ago
>>Ironically the old fashioned matchmaker who only took a fee after the wedding had much better aligned incentives.
And that, right there, is probably the key principle for a solid matchmaking app...
- xtracto 5y agoI wrote it in another older thread: Make a service that asks you for say $1000 USD upfront and then pays you back partially every month until you find a match. Of course there must be logistics against anuse/fraud. But that would align incentives.
- karpierz 5y agoIf you found a match, how would the site know that you matched successfully if you didn't want the site to know (so you could recover the full amount)?
- ipaddr 5y agoThey would continue to setup dates and if you stopped showing up they could treat that date as the new relationship date.
- dane-pgp 5y agoThen wouldn't the app have an incentive to send you on dates with the most obnoxious and/or dangerous people possible, so that you refused to attend any more?
- Ajef 5y agoThe incentives for marriage in society today (atleast here) make this less of a financially viable thing: - less social pressure to get married than for my grandparents - less financial incentive through tax benefits already applying if you live together here (to not prefer any religous belief system) edit: formatting
- klipt 5y agoIn the US many dual earning couples actually pay a tax penalty to get married...