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Have you read the cold start problem? The online dating marketplaces optimize for women and the men naturally follow. Ie. If there were a bunch of single women
by catsarebetter 4y ago
Have you read the cold start problem? The online dating marketplaces optimize for women and the men naturally follow.
Ie. If there were a bunch of single women in any marketplace, men would naturally flock there, like any social media platforms dms
The users for online dating are women, men are the commodity/supply
- space_fountain 4y agoCouldn’t you just as easily have said men are the users (they’re the ones paying usually) and women are the supply?
- catsarebetter 4y agoI could've easily said it but that would've been completely wrong
- space_fountain 4y agoWhy? Is it wrong that men are the ones who pay? Edit: like don’t get me wrong, if we’re going to use such cold analogies the companies definitely care about their supply, they need to be able to sell it
- jakear 4y agoWhy? In traditional products, the users pay for access to the assets. Dating app men pay for access to dating app women. Women on the other hand are often given perks for free to get them to continue to use the app, making them a cost center the app must finance to maintain.
- chongli 4y agoIf men are the ones paying and women getting in for free, this is no different to the nightclub cover charge model. In both cases, men are the real customers (big spenders) and women are the product. It's the same as the social media business. Advertisers are the customers and users are the product.
- armchairhacker 4y agoIt's at the point where women don't benefit either though. Getting 1000x matches just leaves most women overwhelmed. Plus a lot of those matches end up being low-quality even despite trying to be picky, because the apps are so surface level. Plenty of men manage to get great pics and quotes but turn out to be complete douches.
- tsss 4y agoYou're assuming that women want to find a relationship on a dating app. Tinder is essentially porn for women, where they get all the attention they want without doing anything for it. It's primarily entertainment. Using the app itself is the goal, so more interaction and more options are good for attracting a female user base. Of course this female user base has no interest in actually dating the male users and is thus worthless if your goal is matchmaking, but this is also good for the app since frustrated male users pay for premium accounts while happy couples uninstall the app.
- DeathArrow 4y ago>Of course this female user base has no interest in actually dating the male users Are you suggesting that females like being alone? In my experience that is not true.