3 ms·

The time constant can be quite long, some people are on these things for months or years. It takes time to equilibrate.

• TeMPOraL 3y ago
  I think the time constant might be larger than the lifetime of any of the dating apps so far. Unless the "undateable" person gives up and accepts staying single forever, they may stay on the platform for a decade or more. Maybe with decreasing activity/time investment, but still an active user eligible for matching. That's longer than I'd expect a dating platform (or any random software startup in general) to thrive.
• userinanother 3y ago
  A lot of these profiles stay on the site and appear active when the user has moved on. That’s good for the company but bad for actual people looking for matches
  • Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
    > A lot of these profiles stay on the site and appear active when the user has moved on. That’s good for the company but bad for actual people looking for matches It would seem that the obviously good solution to this is to hide profiles if the user hasn't been active in a certain time period. Say, 30 days? Of course, that's not good for the company metrics. They have to inflate their numbers somehow, and so including accounts that aren't being used anymore in their subscriber count makes them look good!
    • userinanother 3y ago
      Yeah they have no incentive to do that and actually have incentive to fake activity