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There was an article a few years ago saying that in Manhattan women outnumber men, and that led to men needing to compete less there, so yeah probably economics

There was an article a few years ago saying that in Manhattan women outnumber men, and that led to men needing to compete less there, so yeah probably economics related. But a gov-sponsored app? No way. It's bad enough they have your whole financial/employment history (IRS), but to add your health (medicare/aid) and now dating/sexual histories too? What's left that you can keep private? Sorry, bad idea there.

cuuupid 4y ago
I hear you on privacy, but would you rather the data be given to MatchGroup who can sell and use that as they wish, or to the government that at least has an incredible amount of oversight and has to go thru greatly transparent lengths to move data? Having worked in both the gov and commercial spaces for a while I’d definitely say govt agencies are much, much, much more careful about how they handle sensitive information.
- strawhatguy 4y ago
  I’ve also worked in gov. And they’re not very good at it either, OPM breach especially was pretty bad, and that’s it’s own workforce: the most protected set of people under any government. Gov does default to classifying documents, if that’s what you’re talking about, which leads to it being very secretive; the opposite of transparent. See the Biden/Trump cavalier treatment of such documents - honestly probably none are actually important anyway. But again the IRS, which deals with everyone most directly (more than say intel documents) is notoriously bad and behind the times at it’s computer systems. MatchGroup might sell your data to a company for ads and the like, but it’s opt in, and one of several. When’s the last time government did something opt-in? Who knows, the ads might be useful sometimes. Giving politicians and bureaucrats access to more information about you in another centralized db somewhere is a recipe for disaster, and even if they are angels, it’ll be a huge target for others!
- giantg2 4y ago
  They might be more bureaucratic about your data, but I wouldn't says it's really any safer. Even places with sensitive info like OPM have been hacked. I think the IRS had a leak at one point too, but don't remember now.
- LorenPechtel 4y ago
  Yup, if I were in the dating market I would definitely favor a government system. Not only do I trust the government more with data privacy (not that they are good, it's just they are way beyond private enterprise), but they have the data to weed out most of the junk. There wouldn't be a bunch of bots, there wouldn't be a bunch of sex workers who just create a new profile when the old one is banned etc. (And I would like to see government job boards, also, for basically the same reasons.)

cuuupid 4y ago

I hear you on privacy, but would you rather the data be given to MatchGroup who can sell and use that as they wish, or to the government that at least has an incredible amount of oversight and has to go thru greatly transparent lengths to move data? Having worked in both the gov and commercial spaces for a while I’d definitely say govt agencies are much, much, much more careful about how they handle sensitive information.

strawhatguy 4y ago
I’ve also worked in gov. And they’re not very good at it either, OPM breach especially was pretty bad, and that’s it’s own workforce: the most protected set of people under any government. Gov does default to classifying documents, if that’s what you’re talking about, which leads to it being very secretive; the opposite of transparent. See the Biden/Trump cavalier treatment of such documents - honestly probably none are actually important anyway. But again the IRS, which deals with everyone most directly (more than say intel documents) is notoriously bad and behind the times at it’s computer systems. MatchGroup might sell your data to a company for ads and the like, but it’s opt in, and one of several. When’s the last time government did something opt-in? Who knows, the ads might be useful sometimes. Giving politicians and bureaucrats access to more information about you in another centralized db somewhere is a recipe for disaster, and even if they are angels, it’ll be a huge target for others!
giantg2 4y ago
They might be more bureaucratic about your data, but I wouldn't says it's really any safer. Even places with sensitive info like OPM have been hacked. I think the IRS had a leak at one point too, but don't remember now.
LorenPechtel 4y ago
Yup, if I were in the dating market I would definitely favor a government system. Not only do I trust the government more with data privacy (not that they are good, it's just they are way beyond private enterprise), but they have the data to weed out most of the junk. There wouldn't be a bunch of bots, there wouldn't be a bunch of sex workers who just create a new profile when the old one is banned etc. (And I would like to see government job boards, also, for basically the same reasons.)