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Well no the issue is not monetization. Dating apps should not be profitable. It is an extreme conflict of interest against successfully matching users and getti
by Wiseacre 5y ago
Well no the issue is not monetization. Dating apps should not be profitable. It is an extreme conflict of interest against successfully matching users and getting them off the app. You cannot possibly expect to do this faithfully if you are making money off your users.
- ovao 5y agoYou’re not wrong, but how does an app cover operating costs?
- Wiseacre 5y agoHow do other useful not-for-profit services cover operating costs? I bet we don't need to reinvent the Wikimedia Foundation for this.
- david-gpu 5y ago> It is an extreme conflict of interest against successfully matching users and getting them off the app. That depends on the payment model, doesn't it? If it is set up in such a way that the app makes more money the longer people use it, that introduces a perverse incentive. But what if, for example, people paid upfront for unlimited access to the service? Then the incentives of the app would be better aligned to the users: find them a good match quickly so that they won't come back in a long time, if ever. That said, I am deeply grateful that I got married well before dating apps became popular. It would have been such a terrible experience for a nerd like me.
- Wiseacre 5y agoIn your scenario, the app would be incentivized to find you poor matches and to keep you on the app for as long as possible to maximize number of daily active users. After all, who in the world would pay for unlimited access to an app if you only needed it temporarily until you found a great match? And who in the world would pay unlimited access for an app that wasn't full of active users? The only thing it should be incentivized to do it find you a great match. There is no real reason why it needs to be profitable.