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I'm all for a lot of state-sponsored things, but a government run dating site sounds like one of the most dystopian ideas I can imagine. Blaming online dating

I'm all for a lot of state-sponsored things, but a government run dating site sounds like one of the most dystopian ideas I can imagine. Blaming online dating sites for mental health problems and mass shooting is a new one. I don't discount the feeling of despair that can occur on dating sites for men. However, the experience of a being woman on a dating app is absolutely harrowing, even if you have incredibly low standards and/or are incredibly desirable.

LambdaComplex 4y ago
Current dating apps are designed to make money for their creators. A dating app made by the government could be made with completely different incentives in mind. To put it differently, I'm reading your argument as equivalent to saying that the existence of the USPS (which will deliver to remote rural areas, despite the fact that doing so isn't profitable) is more dystopian than the existence of UPS and FedEx (which will not).
- antiterra 4y ago
  The functions of the USPS and a dating site differ substantially. If we were talking about an email or file transfer service then we could at least compare the paradigm.
- parineum 4y ago
  >Current dating apps are designed to make money for their creators. A dating app made by the government could be made with completely different incentives in mind. I once was a part of making a Facebook clone for the US military so service men and women wouldn't be on Facebook giving away secrets. It was garbage and nobody used it but nobody cared because we weren't being paid to get people to use it.
ryandrake 4y ago
It's always weird to read how government-run XYZ is somehow "dystopian" when we currently already have MassiveUnaccountableCorporation-run XYZ. I'd rather not have either of them run things, but if I had a choice, I'd much rather it be an institution that at least in theory answers to voters, than a meagcorporation that answers only to a set of rich shareholders. Talk about dystopian!

LambdaComplex 4y ago

Current dating apps are designed to make money for their creators. A dating app made by the government could be made with completely different incentives in mind. To put it differently, I'm reading your argument as equivalent to saying that the existence of the USPS (which will deliver to remote rural areas, despite the fact that doing so isn't profitable) is more dystopian than the existence of UPS and FedEx (which will not).

antiterra 4y ago
The functions of the USPS and a dating site differ substantially. If we were talking about an email or file transfer service then we could at least compare the paradigm.
parineum 4y ago
>Current dating apps are designed to make money for their creators. A dating app made by the government could be made with completely different incentives in mind. I once was a part of making a Facebook clone for the US military so service men and women wouldn't be on Facebook giving away secrets. It was garbage and nobody used it but nobody cared because we weren't being paid to get people to use it.

ryandrake 4y ago

It's always weird to read how government-run XYZ is somehow "dystopian" when we currently already have MassiveUnaccountableCorporation-run XYZ. I'd rather not have either of them run things, but if I had a choice, I'd much rather it be an institution that at least in theory answers to voters, than a meagcorporation that answers only to a set of rich shareholders. Talk about dystopian!